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PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

COMMISSIONERS  OF  THE  SINKING  FUND 

OF 

THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
1900. 


New  York: 

MARTIN  B.  BROWN  CO.,  PRINTERS  AND  STATIONERS, 
Nus.  49  ro  57  Park  Place. 


I  90  I  . 


COMMISSIONERS. 


ROBERT  A.  VAN  WYCK, 

Mayor, 

BIRD  S.  COLER, 

Comptroller, 

PATRICK  KEENAN, 

Chamberlain, 

RANDOLPH  GUGGENHEIM ER, 

President  of  the  Council, 

ROBERT  MUH, 
Chairman,  Finance  Committee, 

Board  of  Aldermen. 


EDGAR  J.  LEVEY, 

Secretary. 


INDEX. 


PROCEEDINGS 

Sinking  Fund  Commissioners 

1900. 


INDEX,  1900. 


A 

PAGE 

Abrams,  Maria,  lessor  of  premises  No.  262  Driggs  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   Si 

Accounts,  Commissioners  of,  lease  of  rooms  for,  at  No.  280  Broadway,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan 75,  112,  428 

Agricultural  Laws,  fines  for  violations  of  94,  146,  194.  232,  258,  269,  345 

Aitken,  William  B.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  84  Prospect  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  .  .  217 

Almsteadt,  Isaac,  lessor  of  Richmond  Building,  Borough  of  Richmond   113 

Amador,  Martin,  application  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  City's  interest  in  a  portion  of  the  old 

Wallabout  road  490,  50*) 

American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals,  court  fines,  payable  to.  .17.  93,  136, 

i95»  254,  343-  400,  449'  482,  523 

Appraisements — 

Boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  : 

Nos.  49,  51  and  53  Ridge  street   1 3 

Southwest  corner  Great  Jones  and  Elm  streets   51 

Property  between  Third  and  Fourth  streets,  East  riv«r  (application  of  Charles 

L.  Dimon  et  al.)   414 

Third  avenue  and   One  Hundred  and   Thirty-fourth  street  (application  of 

MargaretS.  Ferrier)   51 

Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Portion  of  the  old  Clove  road  (application  of  William  R.  Pearce)  326,  300 

Part  of  the  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  (application  of  Julia  Clemen- 
tine Gray  , .  336,  390 

Part  of  the  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  (application  of  William  H. 

Barron)  348,  389 

Part  of  the  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  (application  of  The  Ger- 

mania  Real  Estate  and  Improvement  Company)   12 

Portion  of  the  old  Hunterfly  road  (application  of  Estate  of  Sarah  T.  Bull)   12 

Part  of  Reid's  lane  or  road  (application  of  Charles  E.  Crowell)   12 

Portion  of  the  old  Wallabout  road  (application  of  Martin  Amador)  490,  509 

Property  in  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward  (application 

of  Marcus  B.  Campbell)   332 

Property  in  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward  (application 

of  Magdelena  Becker).  „  334,  390 

Property  in  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward  (application 

of  Fiank  E.Arndt)  405,  440 


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Appraisements — 

Borough  of  Brooklyn  :  page 
Property  in  the  former  Town  of  New  Utrecht,  now  Thirtieth  Ward  (application 

of  Philip  Kratzer)  301,  441 

Property  in  rear  of  No.  991  St.  Mark's  avenue  (application  of  Messrs.  Man  & 

Man,  attorneys  for  John  C.  Thomas)   329 

Corner  Havemeyer  and  North  Eighth  streets  (application  of  George  Peabody 

Wetmore)  433,  479 

Armory  Board — 
Leases  : 

Stewart  Building,  No.  280  Broadway,  Room  161   no 

Durland's  Academy,  Fifty-ninth  street  and  Eighth  avenue   no 

Nos.  334  to  340  West  Forty-fourth  street   no 

Foot  of  Fifty-six t.h  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  (old  Atlantic  Yacht  Club 

property)   109 

First  Battery,  N.G.,  N.  Y: — 

Lease  of  quarters  for,  at  Nos.  334  to  340  West  Forty-fourth  street   no 

Site  for  new  armory  for,  at  Sixty-sixth  street,  east  of  Columbus  avenue   25 

Issue  of  bonds  authorized  for  the  erection  of  an  armory  for   360 

Twelfth  Regiment  Armory,  bid  of  William  R.  King  for  an  alteration  and  improve- 
ment to  the  roof  of   203 

Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  : 

Horgan  &  Slattery,  payment  of  architects'  fees  to  66,  319,  541 

Charles  Hart. 

Payment  to,  for  extra  work   319 

Award  to,  of  contract  for  alterations,  etc   471 

Joseph  W.  Cody,  payment  to,  for  services  in  making  borings.    542 

Report  of  the  President  of  the  Council,  relative  to  his  inspection  of   103 

Issue  of  bonds  for  alterations  and  improvements,  authorized   90,  158 

Second  Naval  Battalion  : 

Assignment  to,  of  City  property  foot  of  Forty-third  to  Forty-fourth  streets, 

Borough  of  Brooklyn   300 

Issue  of  $60,000  bonds  for  a  building  for  permanent  quarters  for,  authorized.  . .  357,  370 

Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court,  new  Court-house,  for — 
Charles  T.  Wills  : 

Reduction  of  bond  of   69 

Extension  of  contract  for  heating,  etc   214 

Arndt,  Frank  E.,  application  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  certain  prop- 
erty in  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend   405 


INDEX. 


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PAGE 

Astoria  Homestead  Company,  lessors  of  premises  Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue, 

Borough  of  Queens  ;  242,  383 

Assessments  paid  in  error,  refund  of   272 

Assessors,  Board  of,  lease  of  offices  for  at  No.  320  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan.  ...  52 
Attorney  for  the  Collection  of  Arrears  of  Personal  Taxes,  lease  of  offices  in  Stew  art 

Building  for   112 

B 

Bauer,  Henry  C,  lessor  of  lots  on  Lexington  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   468 

Bauer,  Mrs.  Katherina,  lessor  of  premises  in  the  rear  of  Sixty-ninth  Police  Precinct 

Station-house,  Coney  Island   168 

Barry,  Maurice  D.,  purchase  from,  of  his  interest  in  Pier,  old  54,  foot  of  Jackson  street, 

East  river   320 

Barron.  William  H.,  application  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  a  part  of  the 

old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  348,  389 

Bartels,  Gustav,  lessor  of  premises  on  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh  street  and  Court- 

landt  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   376 

Bates,  S.  E.,  application  of,  for  a  pipe-line  privilege   15 

Becker,  Magdalena,  application  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  certain  prop- 
erty in  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  334,  390 

Bell,  Mary,  purchase  from,  of  bulkhead  on  the  East  river,  between   Jefferson  and 

Clinton  streets,  Borough  of  Manhattan     162 

Bellew,  Patrick,  lessor  of  premises  No.  273  Gold  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   So 

Belmont  &  Luttgen,  lessors  of  bulkhead  on  Harlem  river,  at  One  Hundred  and  Thirty- 
eighth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   520 

Bernhard,  Elizabeth,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  372  and  374  Fulton  street,  Jamaica,  Borough 

of  Queens   312 

Blackford  &  Binward,  agents  of  premises  No.  859  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  81 

Blake,  Peter,  lessor  of  premises  No.  569  Dnggs  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   217 

Bock,  Nicholas,  lessor  of  premises  No.  1163  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  street, 

Borough  of  The  Bronx   426 

Board  of  Public  Improvements — 

Proposed  lease  of  offices  in  Long  Island  Savings  Bank  building   180 

No.  85  Borden  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  lease  of,  for   207 

Bond,  Patrick  J.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  743  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh 

street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   58 

Borough  Construction  Company,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Nostrand  avenue  and  Butler 

street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   57 

Boyle,  Peter,  lessor  of  premises  corner  East  avenue  and  Ninth  street.  Long  Island  City.  84 


X 


INDEX. 


Bridges,  Department  of — 

Leases :  •  page 

Lands  required  for  a  temporary  bridge  over  the  Bronx  river  at  Westchester 

avenue   297 

Lands  on  City  Island  for  bridge  between  City  Island  and  Pelham  Bay  Park 

(3  leases)   472 

No.  901  East  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-sixth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx.  . . .  419 
Brooklyn  Benevolent  Society,  lessor  of  premises  at  Columbia  and  Amity  streets,  Borough 

of  Brooklyn   217 

Brooklyn  Public  Library  — 

Leases,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

No.  380  Bedford  avenue   86 

Forty-eighth  street  and  Fourth  avenue   86 

No.  29  Pennsylvania  avenue   86 

Caton  avenue,  west  of  Flatbush  avenue  118,  521 

Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children,  court  fines,  payable  to  136,  233 

342,  399,  447,  4^2 

Brunsen,  Estate  of  E.  W.,  lessors  of  premises  No.  859  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   81 

Brown,  Martin  B.  Co.,  bills  of  132,  204 

Brennan,  Michael,  lessor  of  premises  on  Third  street,  Williamsbridge,  Borough  of  The 

Bronx   177 

Brower,  Mrs.  S.  T.,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Richmond  terrace  and  York  street,  Borough 

of  Richmond   218 

Bryan,  Susan  W.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  120  East  Thirty-second  street,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan   169 

Buildings,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Bradley  Building,  corner  Eighteenth  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of 

•    Manhattan  124,  175 

No.  2775  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   176 

Burrell,  James,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Coney  Island  and  Foster  avenues,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   53 

Burkandt,  John,  lessor  of  premises  No.  401  Central  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   82 

Bureau  for  the  Recovery  of  Penalties,  lease  of  offices  in  Temple  court,  for   179 

Bushman,  A.D.,  lessor  of  premises  on  West  Eighth  street,  Coney  Island,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   243 

C 

Campbell,  James,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  384  and 386  Bridge  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  53 
Campbell,  James,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Court  and  Livingston  streets,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   2iy 


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PAGE 

Campbell,  Marcus  B.,  application  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  certain 

property  in  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   332 

Campbell,  William  F.,  lessor  ot  premises  No.  44  Clinton  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn. .  .  421 
Cassidy,  John,  lessor  of  premises  comer  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Borough  of 

Queens  122,  189,  280 

Cavanagh  Bros.  &  Knapp,  award  to,  of  contract  for  furnishing  and  equipping  the  new 

Gouverneur  Hospital   237 

Carlin,  William,  lessor  of  premises  No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh  street,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   14,  59,  104 

Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey,  matter  of  ferry  franchise   301 

Chamberlain,  commission  for  payment  of  State  taxes   248 

Charities,  Department  of  Public — 
Leases  : 

398  First  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan  63,  417 

No.  622  Water  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   149 

Church  of  the  Ascension,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  120  and  122  Java  street,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   217 

Clark,  Isabel  R.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  108  John  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   519 

Coe,  Estate  of  Charles  A.,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Court  and  Butler  streets,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   534 

Cody,  Joseph  W.,  payment  to,  for  services  in  making  borings,  Fourteenth  Regiment 

Armory   542 

College  of  Pharmacy,  court  fines,  payable  to   256 

Commissioners  of  Accounts,  lease  of  offices  for,  in  Stewart  Building  75,  112,  428 

Commissioner  of  Jurors,  lease  of  offices  for,  in  Stewait  Building   112 

Commissioner  of  Jurors,  Special,  lease  of  offices  for,  in  Constable  Building,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   298 

Commissioner  of  Jurors,  Special,  for  Kings  County,  lease  of  offices  for,  at  Nos.  375  to 

379  Fulton  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   361 

Comptroller — 

Report  on  bonds  sold  January  23,  1900   27 

Report  on  bonds  sold  March  22,  1900   156 

Report  on  bonds  sold  June  25,  1900   301 

Report  on  bonds  sold  October  15,  1900   476 

Report  on  bonds  sold  November  20,  1900   495 

Report  on  bonds  sold  November  21,  1900   499 

Report  relative  to  bonds  maturing  in  1900   275 

Statement  of  securities  held  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  as  invest- 
ments, December  31,  1899   30 

Statement  of  leases  and  City  property  sold  at  public  auction  since  January  1,  1898. .  353 

i 


XI! 


INDEX. 


Connolly,  Estate  of  Edward,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  316  and  318  East  Ninety-sixth 


street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  8,  185,  512 

Coroners,  Board  of,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  assignment  to,  of  rooms  in  the  Criminal 

Court  Building   527 

Coroners,  Board  of,  Borough  of  Richmond,  lease  of  offices  at  No.  64  New  York  avenue, 

Borough  of  Richmond,  for   125 


Corporation  Counsel — 
Leases  : 

Staats-Zeitung  Building,  Tryon  row  

Stewart  Building,  No.  280  Broadway,  Attorney  for  the  Collection  of  Arrears 

of  Personal  Taxes  ,  

Temple  Court,  Bureau  for  the  Recovery  of  Penalties  


Opinions  : 

Application  of  the  National  Enameling  and  Stamping  Co.,  for  permission  to 

use  the  side  wall  of  Firemen's  Hall,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  as  a  party  wall.  394 

Leases  of  Lots  504  and  604,  Wallabout  Market   22 

Obligation  of  the  City  under  lease  of  premises  on  Radde  street,  near  Freeman 

avenue,  Long  Island  City   50 

Old  and  Abandoned  Roads.  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  sale  by  the  Commissioners 

of  the  Sinking  Fund,  of   324 

Petition  of  Kate  Wendel  for  a  release  from  certain  building  restrictions   73 

Petition  of  Empire  City  Subway  Co.,  for  permission  to  construct  a  subway  in 

West  Washington  Market   74 

Petition  of  Samuel  J.  Hughes  for  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  a  part  of 

the  old  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road   289 

Petition  of  Philip  Kratzer  for  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  certain  land 

in  the  former  town  of  New  Utrecht,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   391 

Petition  of  Martin  Amador  for  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  a  portion  of 

the  old  Wallabout  Road   491 

Petition  of  Charles  L.  Dimon  et  al.,  for  a  confirmatory  deed  of  certain  property 

between  Third  and  Fourth  streets,  East  river,  Borough  of  Manhattan   414 

Petition  of  Charles  D.  Ingersoll  and  Charles  P.  Latting,  for  a  quit- claim  deed  of 

property  on  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street,  west  of  Fourth  avenue, 

Borough  of  Manhattan  548,  549 

Petition  of  George  Peabody  Wetmore,  for  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in 

property  corner  of  Havemeyer  and  North  Eighth  streets,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   438 

Second  District  Municipal  Court,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  premises  to  be  used  by.  41 1 
Resale  of  lands  belonging  to  the  City  at  One  Hundred  ^nd  Thirty-fourth  street 

and  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   372 


112 


INDEX. 


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Corporation  Real  Estate  — 

Leases  of :  cage 
Harlem  Square,  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  to  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
first  street,  Third  avenue  and  Sylvan  place,  Borough  of  Manhattan   126 

Corner  Bedford  and  Metropolitan  avenues,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   285 

Statement  of  leases  and  city  property  sold  at  public  auction  since  January  1, 

1898   353 

Sales  of : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

Nos.  49,  51  and  53  Ridge  street   13 

Corner  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  .sheet  and  Madison  avenue  (appli- 
cation of  Jacob  H.  Miller)  295,  339,  391 

Property  between  Third  and  Fourth  streets,  East  river  (application  of 

Charles  L.  Dimon  et  al.)   414 

Borough  of  Brooklyn . 

Columbia  street,  between  Baltic  and  Harrison  streets   (application  of 

Sylvester  Ross)   97,  161 

Portion  of  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road  (application  of 

Samuel  J.  Hughes)  291,  391 

Part  of  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  roads  (application  of  Julia  Clementina 

Grey)  .  336,  390 

Part  of  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  roads  (application  of  William  H.  Barron).  .  348,  389 

Portion  of  the  Old  Clove  road  (application  of  William  R.  Pearce)  326,  390 

Portion  of  the  old  Wallabout  road  (application  of  Martin  Amador)  490,  509 

Property  in  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty- first  Ward  (applica- 
tion of  Marcus  B.  Campbell)   332 

Property  in  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward  (application 

of  Magdalena  Becker)  334,  390 

Property  in  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward  (application 

of  Frank  E.  Arndt)  405,  440 

Property  in  foaner  Town  of  New  Utrecht,  now  Thirtieth  Ward  (applica- 
tion of  Philip  Kratzer)  391,  441 

Property  in  rear  of  No.  991  St. Mark's  avenue  (application  of  Man  &  Man. 

attorneys  for  John  C.  Thomas)   320. 

Corner  of  Havemeyer  and  North  Eighth  streets  (application  of  George 

Peabody  Wetmore)  433,  479 

Assignment  of : 

Boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx. 

Criminal  Court  Building,  rooms  in,  to 

District  Attorney   459 

Court  of  Special  Sessions  127,  199,  460 

Court  of  General  Sessions   462 

Board  of  Coroners   527 


xiv  INDEX. 

Corporation  Real  Estate — 
Assignment  of  : 

Boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx.  page 
Building  on  City  Island,  formerly  occupied  by  Public  School  102,  to  Police 

Department   466 

Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Property  between  Forty-third  and  Forty-fourth  streets,  First  avenue  to 

pier  line,  Second  Naval  Battalion   300 

Plot  of  ground  on  Myrtle  avenue  to  Fire  Department.   406 

Turned  over  to  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Building  on  City  Island,  formerly  occupied  by  Public  School  102   465 

Correction,  Department  of,  lease  of  premises  No.  148  East  Twentieth  street,  Borough 

of  Manhattan,  for  385,  429 

Courts — 

Lease  of  court-room  : 

City  Magistrates'  Court,  First  District,  Sixth  street  and  East  avenue,  Long 

Island  City   85 

City  Magistrates'  Court,  First  District,  Nos.  115  and  117  Fifth  street,  Long 

Island  City,  payment  of  rent  authorized   316 

City  Magistrates'  Court,  Second  District,  corner  Court  and  Butler  streets, 

Borough  of  Brooklyn   534 

Municipal  Court,  First  District,  No.  46  Jackson  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens.  .  .  522 
Municipal  Court,  Second  District,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  proposed  lease  for,  of 

premises  on  Bridge  street  316,  409 

Municipal  Court,  Fourth  District,  No.  14  Howard  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  535 

Supreme  Court,  Appellate  Division,  new  Court-house  for — 
Charles  T.  Wills,  contractor  : 

Reduction  of  bonds  of   69,  339 

Extension  of  contract  for  heating,  etc   214 

Extension  of  contract  for  construction  of   347 

Crabbe,  Charles,  lessor  of  premises  on  Rockaway  Beach  Boulevard   190 

Criminal  Court  Building — 

Assignment  of  rooms  in,  to  : 

District  Attorney   459 

Court  of  Special  Sessions  127,  199,  460 

Court  of  General  Sessions    462 

Board  of  Coroners   527 

Croton  water  rents  paid  in  error,  refunds  of  96,  192',  271,  340,  402,  450,  525 

Cunningham,  Catharine  T.,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Washington  avenue  and  One 

Hundred  and  Sixtieth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   304 

Curtis,   N.    Willard,  lessor  of  premises    No.    2495    Atlantic  avenue,    Borough  of 

Brooklyn   81 


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Daily,  John  D.,  lessor  of  space  between  Twenty-ninth  and  Thirty-third  streets,  South 

Brooklyn   470 

Daus,  Rudolph  L.,  appointment  of,  as  architect,  Hall  of  Records,  Kings  County   534 

David  Jones  Company,  application  of,  for  pipe  line  privilege   443 

DeLacy,  Peter,  lessor  of  premises  No.  1570  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan   385 

Dennler,  Mary  L.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens.  ..105,  310,  522 

Dental  Society,  court  fines,  payable  to  18,  95,  137,  197,  231,  257,  345,  401,  524 

Devine,  John  J.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  608  Hart  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   81 

Dickerson,  Eleanor  C,  lessor  of  premises  on  Voorhis  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  .  .  .  115,  421 

Dick.  Maud  W.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  171  Division  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   81 

Dimon,  Charles  L.,  et  al.,  petition  of,  for  a  confirmatory  deed   414 

Dimond,  Thomas,  lessor  of  premises  No.  2237  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan   311 

District  Attorney,  New  York  County,  assignment  of  rooms  in  Criminal  Court  Building 

to   459 

Dobbins,  John,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  1897  and  1889  Park  avenue,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan  19 

Docks  and  Ferries,  Department  of — 

Approach  to  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge,  request  to  be  advised  before  action 

is  taken  on   75 

Change  in  locations  of  Piers,  new  29,  30  and  31,  East  river   132 

Changes  in  plan  of  water  front  between  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth  and  One 

Hundred  Thirty-fourth  streets,  North  river   149 

Change  in  lengths,  widths  and  locations  of  Piers,  new  10  and  new  II,  North  river. .  540 

Improvement  of  water  front,  between  Wall  and  Catharine  slips,  East  river   468 

Improvement  of  water  front,  between  Thirty-fourth  and  Forty-second  streets,  East 

river   161 

Issue  of  bonds  for  dock  purposes,  authorized  67,  352  360,  527 

Purchase  of  bulkhead,  between  Jefferson  and  Clinton  streets,  East  river,  together 

with  Pier  47,  East  river   162 

Purchase  of  wharfage  rights  on  South  street,  easterly  of  Market  slip,  East  river.  .163,  417,  500 

Purchase  of  bulkhead  westerly  of  the  westerly  line  of  Clinton  street,  East  river   321 

Proposed  purchase  from  Maurice  D.  Barry  of  his  interest  in  Pier,  old  54,  foot  of 

Jackson  street,  East  river   320 

Proposed  purchase  from  James  G.  Wallace  of  bulkhead  rights,  between  Eighteenth 

and  Nineteenth  streets,  west  of  Eleventh  avenue  »   355 

Dougherty,  Lillian  N.  and  others,  lessors  of  premises  No.  151  Crosby  street,  Borough  of 

Manhattan  379,  469 

Dowdney,  Daniel  W.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  18  Burling  slip,  Borough  of  Manhattan.  . .  .  170 

Duffy,  Jane,  lessor  of  premises  No.  84  Fourth  street,  Borough  of  Queens   53 

Durland,  William,  lessor  of  Durland  Academy,  Fifty-ninth  street  and  Eighth  avenue, 

Borough  of  Manhattan   no 

Dunn,  Robert  G.,  refund  to,  of  overpayment  for  street  vault  permit   480 


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PAGE 

East  Co-operative  Building  and  Loan  Association,  lessor  of  premises  No.  14,  Howard 

avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   535 

Education,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

Nos.  316  and  318  East  Ninety-sixth  street   8 

No.  722  Fifth  street   151 

One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street  and  Madison  avenue  184,  516 

No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street  184,  279 

Nos.  308  and  310  East  Ninety-sixth  street  184,  512 

Nos.  71  and  73  Pitt  street   187 

Ninety-ninth  street  and  Second  avenue  217,  308 

One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  street  and  St.  Nicholas  avenue   536 

No.  288  East  Broadway   537 

Nos.  509  to  517  East  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  street   511 

No.  102  Norfolk  street  513,  538 

Ninety-sixth  street  and  Park  avenue     515 

No.  230  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street   515 

No.  137  Henry  street   517 

Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fourth  street  and  Washington  avenue,  payment 

of  rent  authorized   184 

One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street,  between  Union  and  Tinton  avenues  .  .  225,  252 

No.  599  East  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  street   306 

One  Hundred  and  Fifiy-seventh  street  and  Courtlandt  avenue   374 

Fulton  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  and  One  Hundred 

and  Seventieth  streets   423 

No.  1 163  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  street   42*> 

Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

No.  1 187  Bedford  avenue   20,  465 

No.  1 1 89  Bedford  avenue   307 

Nos.  541  and  543  Leonard  street   182 

Corner  Court  and  Livingston  streets   217 

No.  84  Prospect  avenue     217 

Corner  Belmont  and  Shepherd  avenues   217 

Nos.  120  and  122  Java  street   217 

No.  66  Court  street   217 

No.  569  Driggs  avenue   217 

Corner  Columbia  and  Amity  streets   217 

No.  530  Rockaway  avenue  54,  152,  308 

New  York  avenue  and  Herkimer  street   465 


INDEX.  xvii 

Education,  Department  of: 

Leases  :  page 
Borough  of  Queens. 

Nos.  63  and  65  Broadway,  Flushing   65 

Nos.  67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing  425,  510 

Corner  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street  119,  189,  279 

Creedmoor,  "Klein's  Hotel'1   119 

St.  Patrick's  Church,  between  Crescent  street  and  Prospect  avenue,  north 

of  Wilbur  avenue   181 

Rockaway  Beach  Boulevard,  near  Pleasant  avenue   190 

Grove  and  Chestnut  streets,  Winfield   217 

Building  on  Washington  avenue  and  building  on  Lincoln  avenue,  Rock- 
away  Beach   305 

Queens  Lyceum,  payment  of  rent  of,  authorized   357 

Borough  of  Richmond. 

African  Methodist  Episcopal  Zion  Church,  Rossville   305 

The  Villa,  Prohibition  Park   151 

Garretsons  Bowling  Club,  payment  of  rent  to,  authorized   191 

Matter  of  school  site  and  building  materials  on  premises  known  as  Public  School  29, 

Castleton  Corners,  Borough  of  Richmond   100 

Building  on  City  Island,  formerly  occupied  by  Public  School  102,  turned  over  to 

Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund   465 

Ehlers,  Herman  H.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  876  Railroad  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx.  519 
Empire  City  Subway  Company,  petition  of,  for  permission  to  construct  subway  in  West 

Washington  Market   ;  t 

Ennis,  John,  lessor  of  premises  No.  1772  Eastern  parkway,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   419 

Esposito,  Mariano,  lessor  of  premises  No.  508  Henry  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   So 

Eustis,  Foster  &  Coleman,  attorney,  etc.,  application  of,  for  a  resale  of  land  at  One 

Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  and  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   201 

Examining  Board  of  Plumbers,  lease  of  offices  for,  at  No.  149  Church  street,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   90 


P 

Farrell,  Edward  D.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street, 


Borough  of  Manhattan   1S5 

Ferrier,  Margaret  S.,  application  of,  for  a  resale  of  gore  of  land  at  One  Hundred  and 

Thirty-fourth  street  and  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  201,  372 

Finance,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

No.  83  Chambers  street   52 

Stewart  Building  86,  no,  1 11,  218,  311 

Jamaica  Savings  Bank  Building,  Borough  ot  Queens   180 

Corner  Richmond  terrace  and  York  street,  Borough  of  Richmond   218 


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Fire  Department — 
Leases : 

Borough  of  Manhattan.  page 

West  Ninety-second  street,  opposite  St.  Agnes'  Church  (rescinded)   23 

No.  1570  Broadway   384 

No.  108  John  street   519 

No.  253  Spring  street   519 

Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

Third  street,  Williamsbridge   177 

No.  1  White  Plains  road   519 

No.  2801  Third  avenue   519 

876  Railroad  avenue   519 

Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Part  of  dock  foot  of  North  Eighth  street   6,  418 

Portion  of  Catharine  street  ferry  slip,  foot  of  Main  street   6,  418 

Plot  on  St.  Edwards  street,  between  Willoughby  and  Bolivar  streets   6,  418 

Nos.  153  and  155  Furman  street   7,  418 

West  Eighth  street,  near  Surf  avenue   243 

East  Twenty-third  street,  near  Voorhis  avenue   243 

Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Parkville  243,  314 

No.  1772  Eastern  parkway   418 

Borough  of  Queens.  . 

Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue. .  .  242,  383 

Report  relative  to  rents  of : 

Rockaway  avenue,  near  Flatlands  avenue,  Canarsie,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   242 

No.  231  Radde  street,  Long  Island  City   242 

No.  443  Buckley  street,  Long  Island  City   242 

Assignment  to  : 

Plot  of  ground  on  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   406 

Opinion  of  Corporation  Counsel  relative  to  obligation  of  City  under  lease  of  premises 

on  Radde  street,  near  Freeman  avenue,  Long  Island  City   50 

First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Tremont,  payment  of  rent  to,  authorized   184 

Fitzsimons,  Matilda,  lessor  of  premises  No.  345  East  Thirty-third  street,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   175 

Fitzgerald,  Mrs.  Mary  A.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  1786  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan.  421 
Fischer,  Henry  C,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Kent  avenue  and  West  Thirteenth  street, 

Borough  of  Brooklyn   282 

Fisheries,  Game  and  Forest  Law,  fines  for  violation  of  346,  524 

Fisk,  Harriet  B.,  et  al.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  83  Chambers  street,  Borough  of  Manhat- 
tan  52 

Foley,  Mrs.  J.  R.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  106  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth 

street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   53 


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PAGE 

Foley,  Mrs.  Margaret,  lessor  .of  ^premises  on  Vanderbilt  avenue,  Jamaica,  Borough  of 

Queens.   89 

Fordham',  William  R.,  lessor  of  lands  on  City  Island   473 

Fordham,  Mary  L.,  lessor  of  lands  on  City  Island   474 

Friendship  Engine  Company,  lessor  of  premises  on  East  Twenty-third  street,  Borough 

of  Brooklyn   243 

Freygang,  Henry,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  105  and  107  Second  avenue,  College  Point.  . .  118 

a 

Gair,  Robert,  application  of,  for  a  pipe  line  privilege  134,  220 

Garretsons  Bowling  Club,  payment  of  rent  to,  authorized   191 

Godwin,  Joseph  H.,  lessor  of  premises  at  Kingsbridge   252 

Gouverneur  Hospital — 

Equipment  of  129,  204,  235 

Acceptance  of  by  the  City  -  159 

Department  of  Public  Charities,  authorized  to  enter  into  occupation  of   506 

Grants  and  releases  of  Corporation  real  estate  97,  161,  291,  391,  326,  329,  332,  334,  336,  34S, 

391,  405,  412,  414,  433,  490 
Gray,  Eliza  N.,  lessor  of  premises  on  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street  and 

Southern  Boulevard,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   n 

Graham,  Daniel  F.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  473  Sixth  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   80 

Grand  Jury,  Kings  County,  presentment  of,  relative  to  county  buildings   533 

Green,  Andrew  H.,  lessor  of  premises  at  Fligh  Bridge,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   5 

Grey,  Julia  C,  application  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  a  part  of  the 

Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  Turnpike  road  336,  390 

Grill,  Philip,  lessor  of  premises  No.  160  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   Si 

II 

Haag,  Philip,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Forty-eighth  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  Borough 

of  Brooklyn   86 

Hackett,  Christopher,  lessor  of  Hackett  Building,  Borough  of  Queens   113 

Hackett  Building,  lease  of,  for  City  departments   113 

Hall  of  Records,  County  of  Kings,  appointment  of  Rudolph  L.  Daus,  as  architect  for 

alterations  to   534 

Hallock,  George  G.,  Jr's.,  Sons,  agents  of  premises  No.  288  Fast  Broadway,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   537 

Hanley,  John,  lessor  of  premises  No.  185  Atlantic  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   80 

Hanrahan,  Andrew,  lessor  of  premises  No.  753  Bergen  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   80 

Hart,  Charles — 

Payment  to,  for  extra  work  on  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building   319 

Contract  awarded  to,  for  alterations,  etc.,  to  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building.  471 


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PAGE 

Heilman,  Estate  of  Elizabeth,  lessor  of  premises  No.  I  White  Plains  road,  Borough  of 

The  Bronx   519 

I  Ienncberger,  Emma,  lessor  of  premises  No.  2801  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx.  519 
Herrman,  James  S.,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  408  and  410  West  Fifteenth  street,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   530 

Henderson,  William,  lessor  of  Post  Office  building,  Main  street,  Westchester,  Borough 

of  The  Bronx   421 

Heron,  Julia,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  71  and  73  Pitt  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   188 

Health,  Department  of — 

Pension  Fund  138,  484 

Leases  : 

Nos.  372  and  374  Fulton  street,  Jamaica,  Borough  of  Queens   312 

Nos.  38  and  40  Clinton  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   421 

No.  44  Clinton  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   421 

Hicks,  Mrs.  Mary,  lessor  of  premises  on  Beach  street,  Borough  of  Queens   61 

Highways,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

No.  186  Mulberry  street   467 

Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fifth  street,  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane 

place  209,  468,  540 

Corner  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and  College  avenue. 209,  297,  312,  468 

Corner  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fifth  street  and  College  avenue   468 

Station  place,  Williamsbridge   468 

Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

North  Eighth  street,  between  Havemeyer  street  and  Union  avenue   124 

Lots  Nos.  104  to  109  Lexington  avenue,  between  Broadway  and  Patchen 

avenue   468 

Borough  of  Queens. 

Plot  of  land  on  Beach  street   61 

Corner  Vanderbilt  avenue  and  Archer  place,  Jamaica   89 

Borough  of  Richmond . 

Jersey  street  yard   253 

White,  Potter  &  Page  Manufacturing  Company,  fee  to  be  paid  by,  for  pipe-line 

privilege   395,  445 

United  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company,  fee  to  be  paid  by,  for  pipe-line  privilege  396,  445 

S.  E.  Bates,  fee  to  be  paid  by,  for  pipe-line  privilege   15 

Robert  Gair,  fee  to  be  paid  by,  for  pipe-line  privilege  134,  220 

Phelps,  Dodge  &  Co.,  fee  to  be  paid  by,  for  pipe-line  privilege   441 

1  >avid  Jones  Company,  fee  to  be  paid  by,  for  pipe-line  privilege   443 


INDEX.  xxi 

PAGE 

Hill,  George  H.B.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  2775  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The-  Bronx.  .  177 
Hines,  Mary  E.,  lessor  of  premises  cn  Broadway.  Far  Rockaway,  Borough  of  Queens.  .  88 

Hoar,  George,  lessor  of  premises  No.  1189  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   307 

Hopkins  &  Co.,  refund  to,  of  overpayment  for  street  vault  permit   40J 

Horgan  &  Slattery — 

Fayment  to,  of  Architects'  fees,  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building  66,  319,  541 

Appointment  as  Architects  to  prepare  plans,  etc.,  for  alterations  to  Fourteenth 

Regiment  Armory  Building   02 

Hughes,  Samuel  J.,  petition  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  a  part  of  the 

Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road  286,  391 

Hughes,  Michael  J.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  64  New  York  avenue,  Borough  of  Richmond.  125 
Hunter,  Samuel  D.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  1011  Gates  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  ...  81 

I 

Ingersoll,  Charles,  and  Latting,  Charles  P.,  petition  of,  for  a  quit  claim  deed  of  prop- 
erty on  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street,  west  of  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of 
Manhattan   544 

Ireland,  John  H.,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Fulton  street  and  Sheffield  avenue,  Borough 

of  Brooklyn  220,  372 

J 

James,  John  F.  &:  Son,  lessor  of  premises  No.  66  Court  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   217 

Johnson,  Henry  C,  Jr.,  lessor  of  plot  of  ground  on  Willow  street,  Borough  of  Queens.  .  .  197 
Judson,  John  B.,  withdrawal  of  offer  for  property  at  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third 

street  and  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan   446 

Jurors,  Commissioner  of,  lease  of  offices  for,  in  Stewart  Building   112 

Jurors,  Commissioner  of,  Special,  lease  of  offices  for,  in  Constable  Building   298 

Jurors,  Commissioner  of,  Special,  for  Kings  County,  lease  of  offices  for,  at  Nos.  375  to 

379  Fulton  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   361 

K 

Kalischer,  Bernard,  lessor  of  premises  No.  213  Eastern  parkway,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  .  88 

Kearny,  Edward,  lessor  of  premises  No.  214  East  Ninth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  .  .  86 

Keese,  James,  purchase  from,  of  bulkhead  foot  of  Clinton  street,  East  river   321 

King,  George  H.,  agent  of  premises  Nos.  63  and  65  Broadway,  Flushing,  Borough  of 

Queens     65 

King,  William  R.,  bid  of,  for  alteration  to  roof  of  Twelfth  Regiment  Armory   203 

Klappert,  Emil  W.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  319  East  Twenty-fourth  street,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   84 

Kracht,  George,  lessor  of  premises  No.  186  Mulberry  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  ....  46/ 
Kratzer,  Philip,  application  of,  for  a  sale  ot  the  interest  of  City  in  certain  property  in  the 

former  Town  of  New  Utrecht,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   391 


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Ii 

PAGE 

Lee,  Mary  J.,  lessor  of  premises  on    Third   avenue,   between    One  Hundred  and 


Eighty-eighth  and  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-ninth  streets,  Borough  of  The 

Bronx   371 

Lichtenstein,  Joseph,  lessor  of  premises  No.  213  Eastern  parkway,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  53 
Loeser  &  Co.,  communication  from,  relative  to  tunnel  under  and  across  Fulton  place, 

Borough  of  Brooklyn   508 

Lutz,  George,  lessor  of  premises  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  172,  386 

Lynan,  Peter  F.,  lessor  of  plot  of  land  on  Atlantic  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   106 

Lyng,  Hannah,  lessor  of  premises  No.  901  East  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-sixth  street, 

Borough  of  The  Bronx   420 

LEASES  OF  CORPORATION  REAL  ESTATE. 

Harlem  square,  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  to  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  streets, 

Third  avenue  and  Sylvan  place,  Borough  of  Manhattan   126 

Corner  Bedford  and  Metropolitan  avenues,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   285 

LEASES  TO  THE  CITY. 

Borough  of  Manhattan- 
Stewart  Building,  offices  of  Commissioners  of  \ccounts  75,  112,  428 

Stewart  Building,  Room  161,  Armory  Board   110 

Durland's  Academy,  Room  A,  Armory  Board   1:0 

Nos.  334  to  340  West  Forty-fourth  street,  Armory  Board   no 

No. 320  Broadway,  Board  of  Assessors   52 

Bradley  Building,  Eighteenth  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  Department  of  Buildings.  .  124,  175 

Stewart  Building,  offices  of  the  Commissioner  of  Jurors   112 

Constable  Building,  offices  of  the  Special  Commissioner  of  Jurors   298 

Staats-Zeitung  Building,  Tryon  row,  Law  Department   84 

Stewart  Building,  Law  Department   1 12 

Temple  Court,  Law  Department   178 

No.  148  East  Twentieth  street,  Department  of  Correction  385,  429 

Nos.  316  and  318  East  Ninety-sixth  street,  Department  of  Education   8 

No.  722  Fifth  street,  Department  of  Education   15 1 

One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street  and  Madison  avenue,  Department  of  Educa- 
tion.   184,  516 

No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  Department  of  Education   184,  279 

Nos.  308  and  310  East  Ninety-sixth  street,  Department  of  Education.^  184,  512 

Nos.  71  and  73  Pitt  street,  Department  of  Education   187 

Ninety-ninth  street  and  Second  avenue,  Department  of  Education  217,  308 

One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  street  and  St.  Nicholas  avenue,  ^Department  of  Educa- 
tion  536 

No.  288  East  Broadway,  Department  of  Education   537 


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Borough  of  Manhattan —  paci 

Nos.  509  to  517  East  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  street,  Department  of  Education.  51 1 

No.  102  Norfolk  street,  Department  of  Education   513,  538 

Ninety-sixth  street  and  Park  avenue,  Department  of  Education   515 

No.  230  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street,  Department  of  Education   515 

No.  137  Henry  street,  Department  of  Education   517 

No.  149  Church  street.  Examining  Board  of  Plumbers   90 

No.  83  Chambers  street,  Department  of  Finance   52 

Stewart  Building,  Department  of  Finance  86,  no,  in,  218,  311 

No.  1570  Broadway,  Fire  Department   384 

No.  108  John  street,  Fire  Department   519 

No.  253  Spring  street,  Fire  Department   519 

No.  186  Mulberry  street,  Department  of  Highways   467 

No.  346  Broadway,  Municipal  Civil  Service  Commission  ,   204 

No.  106  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  street,  Police  Department   53 

No.  508  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  street,  Police  Department   53 

No.  151  Crosby  street,  Police  Department   ^79,  4°9 

No.  1786  Broadway,  Police  Department   421 

Temple  Court,  Public  Administrator,  New  York  County   19 

No.  231  East  Seventy-ninth  street,  Department  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and 

Supplies   470 

No.  214  East  Ninth  street,  Department  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies.  85,  388 
Corner  Grand  street  and  Bowery,  Department  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and 

Supplies   470 

No.  398  First  avenue,  Department  of  Public  Charities.   63,  417 

No.  622  Water  street,  Department  of  Public  Charities   149 

SteAvart  Building,  Sheriff,  New  York  County   179 

No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  14,  59,  104,  213 

Nos.  1897  and  1899  Park  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   iq 

No.  167  Chrystie  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   82,  213 

No.  319  East  Twenty-fourth  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   84 

No.  27  Bradhurst  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   107 

Corner  Yarick  and  Vestry  streets,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   150,  174 

No.  120  East  Thirty-second  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   169,  212 

No.  18  Burling  slip,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   169 

No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  172,  212,  386 

No.  345  East  Thirty-third  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   175 

No.  1934  Amsterdam  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   211 

No.  81  King  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   243 

Seventy-seventh  street  and  Riverside  drive,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   284 

No.  2237  Broadway,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   310 

Jane  street,  east  of  West  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   376 

No.  250  East  Fortieth  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   386 


XXIV 


INDEX. 


Borough  of  Manhattan —  fage 

No.  238  Broome  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   419 

No.  215  East  Forty-seventh  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   478 

Nos.  408  and  410  West  Fifteenth  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   528 

Nos.  511  to  515  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street,  Department  of  Street 

Cleaning   555 

Corner  Prince  and  Elizabeth  streets,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  283,  387 

Stewart  Building,  Department  of  Taxes  and  Assessments   112 

Emigrant  Industrial  Savings  Bank,  Department  of  Taxes  and  Assessments   112 

No.  214  West  Thirty-first  street,  Department  of  Water  Supply   371 

Borough  of  The  Bronx — 

Lands  for  temporary  bridge  over  Bronx  river  at  Westchester  avenue,  Department  of 

Bridges   297 

Lands  at  City  Island  for  temporary  bridge  between  City  Island  and  Pelham  Bay  Park 

(three  leases)  Department  of  Bridges   472 

No.  901  East  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-sixth  street,  Department  of  Bridges   419 

No.  2775  Third  avenue,  Department  of  Buildings   176 

One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street,  between  Union  and  Tinton  avenues,  Depart- 
ment of  Education  225,  252 

No.  599  East  One  Hundred  and  P'ortieth  street,  Department  of  Education   306 

One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh  street  and  Courtlandt  avenue,  Department  of 

Education   374 

Fulton  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  and 

Seventieth  streets,  Department  of  Education   423 

No.  1 163  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  street,  Department  of  Education   426 

Third  street,  Williamsbridge,  Fire  Department   177 

No.  1  White  Plains  road,  Fire  Department   519 

No.  2801  Third  avenue,  Fire  Department   519 

No. 876  Railroad  avenue,  Fire  Department   519 

One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fifth  street,  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place, 

Department  of  Highways  209,  468,  540 

One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and  College  avenue,  Department  of  High- 
ways  209,  297,  312,  468 

One  Hundred  and  Forty-fifth  street  and  College  avenue,  Department  of  High- 
ways  468 

Station  place,  Williamsbridge,  Department  of  Highways   468 

Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-eighth  street^  Police  Depart- 
ment   10 

Ilighbridge,  Police  Department   53 

Kingsbridge,  Police  Department  , .    251 

Wakefield,  Police  Department   279 

Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Sixtieth  street,  Police  Department   304 


INDEX. 


XXV 


Borough  of  The  Bronx — 

Post-office  building,  Main  street,  Westchester,  Police  Department   421 

One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street  and  Southern  Boulevard,  Department  of 

Sewers   11 

Mount  Hope  place,  Department  of  Sewers   11 

No.  743  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  Department  of  Street  Clean- 
ing   58 

Third  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-ninth  street,  Department  of  Street 

Cleaning   83 

No.  3396  Third  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   171 

No.  534  Willis  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   [98 

Bulkhead,  Harlem  river  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  street,  Department  of 

Street  Cleaning   520 

Third  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-eighth  and  One  Hundred  and 

Eighty-ninth  streets,  Department  of  Water  Supply   371 

Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-sixth  street,  Department  of  Water 

t            Supply   371 

Borough  of  Brooklyn — 

Foot  of  Fifty-sixth  street  (old  Atlantic  Yacht  Club  property),  Armory  Board   109 

No.  380  Bedford  avenue,  Brooklyn  Public  Library   86 

Forty-eighth  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  Brooklyn  Public  Library   86 

No.  29  Pennsylvania  avenue,  Brooklyn  Public  Library   86 

Caton  avenue,  west  of  Flatbush  avenue,  Brooklyn  Public  Library   118,  521 

Nos. 375  and  379  Fulton  street,  Special  Commissioner  of  Jurors  for  Kings  County. . 

Corner  Court  and  Butler  streets,  Second  District  City  Magistrate's  Court   534 

No.  14  Howard  avenue,  Fourth  District  Municipal  Court   535 

No.  1 187  Bedford  avenue,  Department  of  Education   20,  465 

No.  1 189  Bedford  avenue,  Department  of  Education   307 

Nos.  541  and  543  Leonard  street,  Department  of  Education   182 

Corner  of  Court  and  Livingston  streets,  Department  of  Education   217 

No. 84  Prospect  avenue,  Department  of  Education   217 

Corner  of  Belmont  and  Shepherd  avenues,  Department  of  Education   217 

Nos.  120  and  122  Java  street,  Department  of  Education..   217 

No.  66  Court  street,  Department  of  Education   217 

No.  569  Driggs  avenue,  Department  of  Education   217 

Corner  of  Columbia  and  Amity  streets.  Department  of  Education   217 

No. 530  Rockaway  avenue,  Department  of  Education  54,  152,  308 

New  York  avenue  and  Herkimer  street,  Department  of  Education   465 

Dock  foot  of  North  Eighth  street,  Fire  Department   6,  418 

Part  of  Catharine  street  ferry-slip,  Fire  Department   6,  418 

Plot  on  St.  Edward's  street,  Fire  Department   6,  418 

Nos.  153  and  155  Furman  street,  Fire  Department   7,  418 


XXVI 


INDEX. 


Borough  of  Brooklyn —  page 

West  Eighth  street,  near  Surf  avenue,  Fire  Department   243 

East  Twenty-third  street,  near  Voorhis  avenue,  Fire  Department   243 

Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Parkville,  Fire  Department  243,  314 

No.  1772  Eastern  Parkway,  Fire  Department   418 

Nos.  38  and  40  Clinton  street,  Department  of  Health   421 

No.  44  Clinton  street,  Department  of  Health   421 

North  Eighth  street,  between  Havemeyer  street  and  Union  avenue,  Department  of 

Highways     124 

Lots  on  Lexington  avenue  between  Broadway  and  Patchen  avenue,  Department  of 

Highways   468 

Nos. 384  and  386  Bridge  street,  Police  Department   53 

No.  5  Vine  street,  Police  Department  ,   53 

Pitkin  avenue  (No.  211  Eastern  Parkway),  Police  Department   177 

213  Eastern  Parkway,  Police  Department   53,  87 

East  Ninety-fourth  street  and  Avenue  G,  Police  Department   53 

Corner  of  Coney  Island  and  Foster  avenues,  Police  Department     53 

Vernon  avenue,  east  of  Fiatbush  avenue,  Police  Department   54 

Voorhis  avenue,  west  of  Shore  road,  Police  Department..   115,  421 

Nos.  16  and  18  Smith  street,  Police  Department                                                    .  115 

Stables  in  rear  of  West  Eighth  street  station-house,  Police  Department   168 

Nineteenth  avenue,  between  Benson  and  Bath  avenues,  Police  Department   421 

Space  between  Twenty-ninth  and  Thirty-third  streets,  South  Brooklyn,  Department 

of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies   470 

No.  61  Howard  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   55 

Nostrand  avenue  and  Butler  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   57 

No.  185  Atlantic  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning     80 

No. 508  Henry  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  ,   80 

No.  226  Hamilton  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   80 

No.  162  Fourth  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   80 

No.  437  Sixth  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   80 

No.  273  Gold  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   80 

No.  368  Myrtle  avenue,  Department  of  .Street  Cleaning   80,  173 

No.  753  Bergen  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   80 

No.  195  Clifton  place,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   80 

No.  859  Myrtle  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81 

No.  334  Lexington  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81,  210 

No. 784  Park  place,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81 

No.  171  Division  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81 

No.  60  Grand  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81 

No.  160  Bedford  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81 

Xo.  262  Driggs  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81 

No.  608  Hart  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81 


INDEX. 


XXVII 


Borough  of  Brooklyn —  •  PAge 

No.  ion  Gates  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81 

No.  2495  Atlantic  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81 

No.  19  Grant  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   81,  272 

No.  401  Central  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   82 

Atlantic  avenue,  east  of  Utica  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   105 

Hausman  street,  near  Nassau  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  147,  155 

No.  320  Myitle  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  209,  283 

No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  273,  299,  369 

Corner  Kent  avenue  and  North  Thirteenth  street,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning. .  280 

No.  1006  Fourth  avenue.  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   346 

Butler  street,  west  of  Fifth  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   451 

Corner  Fulton  street  and  Sheffield  avenue,  Department  of  Water  Supply   219,  372 

Borough  of  Queens — 

No.  85  Borden  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  Board  of  Public  Improvements   207 

Sixth  street  and  East  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  First  District  Magistrate's  Court .  .  85 

No.  46  Jackson  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  First  District  Municipal  Court   522 

Nos.  63  and  65  Broadway,  Flushing,  Department  of  Education   65 

Nos.  67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  Department  of  Education  425,  510 

Klein's  Hotel,  Creedmoor,  Department  of  Education   119 

St.  Patrick's  Church,  between  Crescent  street  and  Prospect  avenue,  Department  of 

Education   181 

Rockaway  Beach  Boulevard,  near  Pleasant  avenue,  Department  of  Education   190 

Grove  and  Chestnut  streets,  Winheld,  Department  of  Education   21  •; 

Building  on  Washington  avenue  and  building  on  Lincoln  avenue.  Rockaway  Beach, 

Department  of  Education   305 

Jamaica  Savings  Bank  building,  Department  of  Finance   180 

Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue,  Fire  Department  242,  383 

Hackett  Building,  Long  Island  City,  for  City  Departments   113 

Nos.  372  and  374  Fulton  street,  Jamaica,  Department  of  Health   312 

Plot  of  land  on  Beach  street,  Department  of  Highways   61 

Vanderbilt  avenue  and  Archer  place,  Jamaica,  Department  of  Highways   89 

No.  84  Fourth  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  Police  Department   53 

Corner  East  avenue  and  Ninth  street,  Long  Island  City,  Police  Department   279 

Broadway,  near  Mott  avenue,  Far  Rockaway,  Police  Department   87 

Nos.  105  and  107  Second  avenue,  College  Point,  Police  Department   117 

Henry  street,  Rockaway  Beach,  Police  Department   251 

Fourth  avenue,  between  West  and  Vernon  avenues,  Department  of  Sewers   60,  99 

No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  76,  105,  309 

First  ward,  plot  of  ground,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning.  .  .  ,   244 

Jamaica,  plot  of  ground,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   245 

Far  Rockaway,  plot  of  ground,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning   245 

Plot  of  ground  on  Willow  street,  Long  Island  City,  Department  of  Water  Supply. .  19S 


XXVIII 


INDEX. 


Borough  of  Richmond —  page 

No.  64  New  York  avenue,  Board  of  Coroners   125 

A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  Rossville,  Department  of  Education   305 

The  Villa,  Prohibition  Park,  Department  of  Education   151 

Corner  Richmond  terrace  and  York  streets,  Department  of  Finance   218 

Jersey  street  yards,  Department  of  Highways   253 

Staten  Island  Savings  Bank  building,  corner  Beach  and  Water  streets,  Police 

Department   421 

Richmond  building,  Richmond  terrace  and  York  avenue,  for  City  Departments.  ...  113 

M 

McGarry,  B.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  1006  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   347 

McGrath,  Margaret,  lessor  of  premises  on  Nineteenth  avenue,  between  Benson  and  Bath 

avenues,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   421 

McGuire,  Rev.  John,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  1 15  and  117  Fifth  street,  Borough  of  Queens  316 
Maas,  Mrs.  Dora,  lessor  of  premises  on  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street,  Borough  of 

The  Bronx   225 

Man  &  Man,  attorneys,  application  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  property 

in  rear  of  No.  991  St.  Mark's  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   329 

May,  Urban,  lessor  of  lands  on  City  Island,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   473 

Magee,  Charles  H.,  lessor  of  premises  corner  of  Belmont  and  Shepherd  avenues,  Borough 

of  Brooklyn   217 

Maher,  D.  F..  lessor  of  premises  on  Hausman  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  147,  155 

Mandle,  Max  and  Annie  B.,  application  of,  for  permission  to  sublet  lots  in  Wallabout 

Market   445 

Martin,  William  A.,  lessor  of  premises  at  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street  and 

Madison  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan   186,  516 

Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  court  fines,  payable  to  18,  94,  196,  231,  255, 

344,  401,  448,  484,  525 
Michels,  Estate  of  William,  lessor  of  premises  No.  215  East  Forty-seventh  street, 

Borough  of  Manhattan   478 

Milbank,  Joseph,  refund  to,  for  over-payment  for  street  vault  permit   481 

Miller,  John  L.,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Seventy-ninth  street  and  Riverside  drive, 

Borough  of  Manhattan   284 

Miller,  William  M.,  Admr.,  etc.,  lessor  of  premises  on  East  Ninty-fourth  street  and 

Avenue  G,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   53 

Miller,  Jacob  H„  petition  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  irr  lot  corner  One 

Hundred  and.Thirty-fourth  street  and  Madison  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan.  .291,  339,  391 
Miner,  Estate  of  H.  C,  lessor  of  premises  No.  167  Chrystie  street,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan !   82,213 

Miner,  Samuel  J.,  lessor  of  premises  on  Jane  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   376 

Minzesheimer,  Max,  agent  of  premises  No.  1786  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan   421 


INDEX.  xxix 

PAGE 

Moller  Brothers  &  Co.,  lessors  of  premises  No.  1187  Bedford  avenue,   Borough  of 

Brooklyn   20,  465 

Morris,  William  J.,  executor,  lessor  of  premises  No.  162  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   80 

Morse  Iron  Works,  lessors  of  the  old  Atlantic  Yacht  Club  property,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  109 

Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  application  of,  for  a  land  grant  67,  362,  412 

Mott  Haven  Company — 

Lessors  of  premises  corner  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and  College  avenue, 

Borough  of  The  Bronx  209,  297,  312,  468 

Lessors  of  premises  corner  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fifth  street  and  College  avenue, 

Borough  of  The  Bronx   468 

Municipal  Civil  Service  Commission,  lease  of  offices  for,  at  No.  346  Broadway,  Borough 

of  Mauhattan    204 

Murray,  S.,  agent  of  premises  on  Washington  avenue,  Rockaway  Beach   306 

Murphy,  Peter  J.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  784  Park  place,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   81 

X 

National  Enameling  and  Stamping  Company — 

Application  of,  for  a  lease  of  lot  on  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  215,  285 

Application  of,  for  permission  to  use  the  side  wall  of  Firemen's  Hall  as  a  party  wall.  394 
Nelson,  Andrew,  lessor  of  premises  No.  27  Bradhurst  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan. ...  108 
Nelson,  John  F.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  226  Hamilton  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn. ...  80 

Nereid  Association,  lessor  of  premises  at  Wakefield,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   279 

New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children,  court  fines,  payable  to.  . . .    17,  9 

135,  194,  230,  253,  341,  399,  446,  481,  522 

New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company,  matter  of  approach  to  I,  75,  158,  238 

New  York  Floating  Dry  Dock  Company,  communication  from,  relative  to  sale  of  its 

water-front  property  on  East  river   237 

New  York  and  New  Jersey  Telephone  Company,  lessors  of  premises  Nos.  16  and  18 

Smith  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   117 

New  York  Land  and  Warehouse  Company — 

Lessors  of  premises  No.  85  Borden  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens   207 

Lessors  of  premises  corner  East  avenue  and  Ninth  street,  Borough  of  Queens   279 

New  York  Avenue  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  lessor  of  premises  at  New  York  avenue 

and  Herkimer  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   465 

New  Criminal  Court  Building — 
Assignment  of  rooms  in,  to  : 

District  Attorney.  ...    459 

Court  of  General  Sessions   462 

Court  of  Special  Sessions  127,  199,  460 

Board  of  Coroners   527 

Nichols,  Eliza  M.,  lessor  of  premises  on  Mount  Hope  place,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   n 


XXX 


INDEX. 


O 

PAGE 

O'Brien,  Daniel,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Third  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventy- 
ninth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   83 

O'Brien,  Thomas  C,  lessor  of  premises  No.  61  Howard  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  . .  56 

O'Donnell,  Joseph  P.,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred 

and  Seventy-eighth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   10 

O'Neil,  Mrs.  Josephine  M.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  1943  Amsterdam  avenue,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   24  J 

Oriental  Bank,  lessor  of  Oriental  Bank  building,  corner  Grand  street  and  Bowery, 

Borough  of  Manhattan   47 1 

Overton,  Charles  C,  withdrawal  of  bid  of,  for  Grand  Union  Hotel  property,  Coney 

Island,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   192 

P 

Packard,  Edward,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  38  to  40  Clinton  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.. .  421 

Palmer,  L.  M.,  lessor  of  dock  at  the  foot  of  North  Eighth  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  .  6,  418 

Palmer,  J.  C.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  380  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   86 

Payne,  George  E.,  lessor  of  plot  of  ground  in  First  Ward,  Borough  of  Queens   244 

Payne,  William  H.,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and 

Sixty-sixth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx     371 

Pearce,  William  R.,  application  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  a  portion  of 

the  old  Clove  road,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   326.  3^0 

Phelps,  Dodge  &  Co.,  application  of,  for  a  pipe  line  privilege   44* 

Pierce,  Curtis  B.,  refund  to,  of  money  paid  at  erroneous  assessment  sale   16 

Pipe  line  permits  : 

S.E.Bates   15 

Robert  Gair   134,  220 

White,  Potter  and  Page  Manufacturing  Company   395,  445 

United  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company   39^»  445 

Phelps,  Dodge  &  Co   44 1 

David  Jones  Company   443 

Piatt,  William  O.,  agent  of  premises  on  West  Eighth  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   124 

Plunkett,  George  W.,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  513  10515  East  One  Hundred  andSixteenth 

street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   555 

Plumbers,  Examining  Board  of,  lease  of  offices  for   9° 

Police,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

No.  106  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  street   53 

No.  508  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  street   53 

No.  151  Crosby  street   379>  469 

No.  1 786  Broadway   42 1 


INDEX.  xxxi 

Police,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Borough  of  The  Bronx.  page 

Corner  Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-eighth  street.  .  10 

Highbridge   53 

Kingsbridge   251 

Wakefield   279 

Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Sixtieth  street   304 

Post  Office  Building,  Main  street,  Westchester   421 

Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Nos.  384  to  386  Bridge  street   53 

No.  5  Vine  street   53 

No.  211  Eastern  Parkway  (Pitkin  avenue)   177 

No.  213  Eastern  Parkway   53,  87 

East  Ninety-fourth  street  and  Avenue  G   53 

Corner  Coney  Island  and  Foster  avenues   53 

Vernon  avenue  East  of  Flatbush  avenue   54 

Voorhis  avenue  West  of  Shore  road  115,  421 

Nos.  16  to  18  Smith  street   115 

Stable  in  rear  of  Sixty-ninth  Precinct  Station-house,  West  Eighth  street, 

Coney  Island   168 

Nineteenth  avenue,  between  Benson  and  Bath  avenues   421 

Borough  of  Queens. 

No.  84  Fourth  avenue,  Long  Island  City   53 

Corner  East  avenue  and  Ninth  street,  Long  Island  City   279 

Broadway,  near  Mott  avenue,  Far  Rockaway. ...    87 

Nos.  105  and  107  Second  avenue,  College  Point   117 

Henry  street,  Rockaway  Beach   251 

Borough  of  Richmond. 

Staten  Island  Savings  Bank  Building,  corner  Beach  and  Water  streets.  .  .  .  421 
Construction  of  New  Station-houses  : 

Sedgwick  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  165,  380 

Bathgate  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx    248,  380 

Boston  avenue  and  Summit  place,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   543 

Liberty  avenue.  Borough  of  Brooklyn  166,  380 

Purchase  of  property  at  Kingsbridge,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   250 

Proposed  purchase  of  property,  corner  Jackson  avenue  and  Pearson  street,  Borough 

of  Queens   304 

Assignment  to,  of  building  on  City  Island   466 

President  of  the  Council — 

Report  of,  relative  to  application  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company.  .  158 

Report  of,  relative  to  inspection  of  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory   103 


XXXII 


INDEX. 


President  of  the  Council —  page 

Report  of,  relative  to  application  of  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  for  a  grant  of  land   412 

Report  of,  relative  to  proposed  purchase  of  wharfage  rights  of  the  Protestant  Episco 

pal  Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen   500 

Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen,  proposed  purchase  from,  of 

wharfage  rights. ,  163,  417,  500 

Public  Administrator,  New  York  County,  lease  of  offices  for,  in  Temple  Court   19 

Public  Administrator,  Richmond  County,  request  of,  for  additional  office  room.  . .   382 

Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  Department  of — 

Leases : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

No.  231  East  Seventy-ninth  street   470 

No.  214  East  Ninth  street   85,  388 

Oriental  Bank  Building,  corner  Grand  street  and  Bowery   470 

Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Space  between  Twenty-ninth  and  Thirty-third  streets,  South  Brooklyn   470 

Equipment  of  Gouverneur  Hospital  s   129 

Public  Charities,  Department  of — 

Leases  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

No.  398  First  avenue   60,  417 

No.  622  Water  street   149 

Public  Improvements,  Board  of — 
Leases  : 

No.  85  Borden  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens   207 

Proposed  lease  of  rooms  for,  in  Long^Island  Savings  Bank  Building,  No.  21 

Jackson  avenue,  Bororfgh  of  Queens   180 

Public  School  Teachers'  Retirement  Fund,  deposit  of  interest  to  the  credit  of   92,  357 

Purcell,  Patrick,  lessor  of  premises  No.  250  East  Fortieth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan .  386 
Pyburn,  John  J.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  195  Clifton  place,  Borough  of  Brooklyn    80 

R. 

Rambold,  Mrs.  A.N. ,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Grove  and  Chestnut  streets,  Borough  of 

Queens  ••••  217 

Real  Estate  Corporation  of  New  York  City,  lessor  of  land  required  for  a  temporary 

bridge  over  Bronx  river   297 

Remsen,  Isaac  B — 

Lessor  of  a  plot  of  ground  at  Far  Rockaway  >   244 

Lessor  of  a  plot  of  ground  in  Jamaica   244 

Regan,  Daniel,  lessor  of  premises  No.  334  Lexington  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   210 


INDEX. 


XXXII 


Reis,  John — 

Lessor  of  premises  on  Caton  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  118,  521 

Lessor  of  premises  on  Lawrence  avenue,  Parkville,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  243,  315 

Rhonheimer,  Falk,  lessor  of  premises,  No.  722  Fifth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   151 

Refunds — 

Croton  water  rents  paid  in  error  96,  192,  271,  340,  402,  450,  525 

Overpayments  for  street  vault  permits  97,  193,  233,  403,  404,  448,  480,  481,  526 

Assessments  paid  in  error  16,  272,  404 

Curtis  B.  Pierce,  money  paid  at  erroneous  assessment  sale   16 

I 

August  Silz,  amount  of  fine  for  violation  of  game  law   270 

Robert  G.  Dun,  overpayment  for  street  vault  permit   480 

Joseph  Milbank,  overpayment  for  street  vault  permit   481 

Richmond  Building,  Borough  of  Richmond,  lease  of,  for  city  departments   '  113 

Rodgers,  John  C,  application  of,  for  a  grant  of  land  under  water  at  Kingsbndge   226,  429 

Ross,  Sylvester,  petition  of,  for  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  certain  property  on 

Columbia  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   97,  161 

Rozell,  H.W.,  agent  of  premises  No.  368  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   80,  173 

Ruppert,  Jacob,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Ninety-ninth  street  and  Second  avenue,  Bor- 
ough of  Manhattan   217,  308 

Ryan,  George  J.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens  

Ryttenberg,  M.R.,  communication  from,  relative  to  bill  introduced  in  Assembly  in 

behalf  of  Mt.  Sinai  Hospital   67 

S. 

St.  John's  German  Lutheran  Church,  lessor  of  premises  on  Fulton  avenue,  between  One 
Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  street,  Borough  of  The 
Bronx   424 

St.  Patrick's  Roman  Catholic  Church,  lessor  of  premises  between  Crescent  and  Prospect 

avenue,  Borough  of  Queens   181 

St.  Paul's  Church,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  541  and  543,  Leonard  street,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   182 

Schmidt,  Frederick,  lessor  of  premises  No.  508  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second 

street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   53 

Schnugg,  J.  Francis,  lessor  of  premises  on  Park  avenue  and  Ninety-sixth  street,  Borough 

of  Manhattan   516 

Schulze,  Frederick  E.,  lessor  of  premises  on  Vernon  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   54 

Schumacher,  John  G.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  368  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn. .  80 

Schmuck,  Katharina,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  334  to  340  West  Forty-fourth  street,  Bor- 
ough of  Manhattan   no 

Schwegler,  William,  lessor  of  premises  No.  3396  Third  avenue.  Borough  of  The  Bronx. .  171 

Schmenger,  J.  P.,  lessor  of  premises  on  East  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fifth  street,  Bor- 


ough of  The  Bronx  209,  468,  540 


XXXIV 


INDEX. 


FACE 

Schilling,  Charles  A.,  lessor  of  premises  on  Henry  street,  Rockaway  Beach   252 

Scherer,  Andrew,  lessor  of  premises  No.  214  West  Thirty-first  street,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan     371 

Sheriff,  New  York  County,  lease  of  offices  for,  in  Stewart  Building   179 

Schween,  John,  lessor  of  premises  No.  238  Broome  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   419 

Sharkey,  H.J.,  lessor  of  premises  on  Fourth  street,  Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens  60.  99 

Siedler,  Charles,  lessor  of  premises  No.  398  First  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan   63,  417 

Silz,  August,  refund  to,  of  amount  of  fine  for  violation  of  game  law   270 

Simmons,  Charles  H.,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Varick  and  Vestry  streets,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   150,  174 

Seybel,  Daniel  E.,  petition  of,  for  a  release  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  certain  property 

on  Dyckman  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   222 

Slater,  James,  lessor  of  premises  No.  148  East  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  street,  Bor- 
ough of  Manhattan   385,  429 

Stapleton,  Mrs.  Annie  C,  lessor  of  premises  at  Station  place.  Wiliamsbridge   468 

Stein,  Joseph,  lessor  of  premises  No.  471  East  Seventy-ninth  street,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan   471 

Staten  Island  Savings  Bank,  lessor  of  premises  corner  Beach  and  Water  streets,  Borough 

of  Richmond   421 

Sterling,  H.  M.  M.  S.  and  C.  P.,  lessors  of  premises  No.  599  East  One  Hundred  and  For- 
tieth street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   306 

Stevens,  A.  P.,  lessor  of  premises  on  St.  Edwards  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   6,  418 

Street  vault  permits,  refunds  of  overpayment  for  97,  193,  233,  403,  404,  448,  480,  481 

Swift,  F.  J.,  communication  from  relative  to  acceptance  of  Gouverneur  Hospital   159 

Spratley,  Louie  Viola,  lessor  of  premises  on  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  street  and  St. 

Nicholas  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan   536 

Squibb,  E.  H.and  C.  F.,  lessors  of  premises  Nos.  153  and  155  Furman  street,  Borough 

of  Brooklyn   7,  418 

Sewers,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street  and  Southern  Boulevard,  Borough  of 

The  Bronx   11 

Mount  Hope  place,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   11 

Fourth  street,  between  West  and  Vernon  avenues,  Borough  of  Queens   60,  99 

Street  Cleaning,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh  street  14,  59,  104,  213 

Nos.  1897  and  1899  Park  avenue  »   19 

No.  167  Chrystie  street   82,  213 

No.  319  East  Twenty-fourth  street   84 


INDEX. 


X  X  X  V 


Street  Cleaning,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan.  page 

No.  27  Bradhurst  avenue   107 

Corner  Varick  and  Vestry  streets   150,  174 

No.  120  East  Thirty-second  street  169,  212 

No.  18  Burling  slip   169 

No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street  172,  212,  386 

No.  345  East  Thirty-third  street    175 

No.  1934  Amsterdam  avenue   211 

No.  81  King  street   243 

Seventy-seventh  street  and  Riverside  drive   284 

No.  2237  Broadway     310 

Jane  street,  east  of  West  street   376 

No.  250  East  Fortieth  street   386 

No.  238  Broome  street     419 

No.  215  East  Forty-seventh  street   478 

Nos.408  and  410  West  Fifteenth  street   528 

Nos.  511  to  515  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street   555 

Corner  Prince  and  Elizabeth  streets   283,  387 

Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

No.  743  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street .  . :   58 

Third  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-ninth  street   83 

No .  3396  Third  avenue   171 

No.  534  Willis  avenue   198 

Bulkhead,  Harlem  river  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  street   520 

Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

No.  61  Howard  avenue   56 

Nostrand  avenue  and  Butler  street   57 

No.  185  Atlantic  avenue   80 

No.  508  Henry  street   80 

No.  226  Hamilton  avenue   80 

No.  162  Fourth  avenue   80 

No.  437  Sixth  avenue   80 

No.  273  Gold  street     80 

No.  368  Myrtle  avenue   80,  173 

No.  753  Bergen  street   80 

No.  195  Clifton  place  '.   80 

No. 859  Myrtle  avenue   81 

No. 334  Lexington  avenue   81,  210 

No.  784  Park  place   81 

No,  171  Division  avenue   81 


XXXVI 


INDEX. 


Street  Cleaning,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Borough  of  Brooklyn.  pack 

No.  60  Grand  street  ,   81 

No.  160  Bedford  avenue   81 

No.  262  Driggs  avenue     81 

No.  608  Hart  street   81 

No.  1011  Gates  avenue   81 

No.  2495  Atlantic  avenue   8 1 

No.,  19  Grant  street   81,272 

No.  401  Central  avenue   82 

Atlantic  avenue,  east  of  Utica  avenue   105 

Hausman  street,  near  Nassau  avenue  147,  155 

No.  320  Myrtle  avenue  209,  283 

No. 228  Graham  avenue    273,  299,  369 

Corner  Kent  avenue  and  North  Thirteenth  street     280 

No.  1006  Fourth  avenue   346 

Butler  street,  west  of  Fifth  avenue   451 

Borough  of  Queens. 

No.  48  Jackson  avenue  76,  105,  309 

First  Ward,  plot  of  ground   244 

Jamaica,  plot  of  ground   245 

Far  Rockaway,  plot  of  ground   245 

SINKING  FUNDS. 

Statements — 

Bonds  and  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  held  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
as  Investments,  December  31,  1899  : 

For  account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  ot  the  City  Debt,  No.  1 . .  30 

For  account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.  2.  .  41 

For  account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The'City  of  New  York   42 

For  account  of  the  Water  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York   42 

For  account  oi  the  Sinking  Fund  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn   43 

For  account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  Long  Island  City  for  the  Redemption  of 

Revenue  Bonds   48 

Bonds  and  mortgages  on  East  Side  Park  Lands  held  by  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn, 

I  )ecember  31,  1899    »   46 

Bonds  and  mortgages  on  East  Side  Park  Lands  placed  in  hands  of  Corporation 
Counsel  for  foreclosure,  for  account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  the  City  of 

Brooklyn  J   49 

Sheriff's  deeds  on  East  Side  Park  Lands  to  City  of  Brooklyn,  plaintiff  in  fore- 
closure, for  account  of  Sinking  Fund  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn   49 


INDEX. 


\xx\  Ii 


Statements —  page 

Transfer  of  $1,500,000  from  "  Interest  Fund  "  to  "  Redemption  Fund  "   361 

Transfer  of  $2,000,000  from  "  Interest  Fund  "  to  "  Redemption  Fund  "   531 

STOCKS  AND  BONDS. 

Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  issue  authorized — 

For  armory  purposes  25,  92,  158,  360,  370 

For  the  Uses  and  Purposes  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  360,  527 

Cancellation  of  $1,277,616.52  bonds  maturing  in   19CO,  held  by  the  Commissioners 

of  the  Sinking  Fund   277 

Cancellation  of  $556,900  bonds  maturing  in  1900,  held  by  the  Commissioners  of  the 

Sinking  Fund   277 

Cancellation  of  $30,000  Assessment  Bonds  for  Riverside  Avenue  Improvement,  payable 

on  or  after  November  1,  1890   351 

Redemption  of  $3,799,300  bonds  maturing  in  1900,  held  by  the  public   277 

Redemption  of  $1,000,000  bonds  maturing  in  1900,  held  by  the  public   278 

Report  of  Comptroller  on  bonds  sold — 

January  23,  1900   27 

March  22,  1900   156 

June  25,  1900   301 

October  15,  1900   476 

November  20,  1900   495 

November  21,  1900   499 

Report  of  Comptroller  relative  to  bonds  maturing  in  1900   275 

T 

Taxes  and  Assessments,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Stewart  Building,  offices  in   112 

Emigrant  Industrial  Savings  Bank,  offices  in   1 12 

Taft,  Julius,  lessor  of  premises  No.  60  Grand  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   81 

Taylor,  Robert  H.,  lessor  of  premises  on  Butler  street,  west  of  Fifth  avenue,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   452 

Thomas,  John  C,  application  of,  for  a  deed  or  release  of  land  in  rear  of  No.  991  St. 

Mark's  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   329 

Thomas,  John  R.,  architect's  fees   65 

Tielcke,  Frederick,  application  of,  for  lease  of  lots  in  Wallabout  Market   21 

Tierney,  John,  estate  of,  lessor  of  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   273 

Tierney,  Marcia  A.,  and  another,  lessor  of  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough  of 

Brooklyn   299 

Tierney,  John  W.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn . . .  369 


XXXVIII 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company,  agents  for  Magdalena  Becker,  application  of   334 

Transfers  "  Interest  Fund  "  to  "Redemption  Fund"  361,  531 

Trinity  Church  Corporation  : 

Lessor  of  premises  No.  81  King  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   243 

Lessor  of  premises  No.  253  Spring  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   519 

U 

Union  Ferry  Company,  lessors  of  pier  on  easterly  side  of  Catharine  F'erry  slip,  Borough 

of  Brooklyn   6,  418 

United  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company,  application  of,  for  a  pipe-line  privilege.  .  . .  396,  445 

United  States  Trust  Company,  trustees  of  premises  No.  102  Norfolk  street,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   538 

Ursuline  Convent  of  St.  Theresa's,  lessors  of  premises  No.  137  Henry  street,  Borough  of 

Manhattan   518 

V 

Van  Amden,  William,  lessor  of  premises  No.  5  Vine  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   53 

Van  Wart,  G.  B.,  Justice,  Second  District  Municipal  Court,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  com- 
munications from  316,  409 


VV 

Water  Supply,  Department  of — 
Leases  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

No.  214  West  Thirty-first  street   371 

Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

Third  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-eighth  and  One  Hun- 
dred and  Eighty-ninth  streets   371 

Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-sixth  street..   371 

Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Corner  Fulton  street  and  Sheffield  avenue  219,  372 

Borough  of  Queens. 

Plot  of  ground  on  Willow  street,  Long  Island  City   198 

Wallabout  Market,  leases  of  Lots  Nos.  504  and  604   21 

Wallace,  James  G.,  owner  of  bulkhead  between  Eighteenth  and  Nineteenth  streets, 

North  river   3S6 

Walsh,  Martin  J.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  334  Lexington  avenue,  Horough  of  Brooklyn.  .  81 

Walsh,  Mary  A.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  320  Myrtle  avenue,  Bbrough  of  Brooklyn   210 

Walsh,  A.S.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  29  Pennsylvania  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   86 

Walsh,  William  K.,  lessor  of  premises  Jersey  street,  Borough  of  Richmond   253 


INDEX. 


x\  xix 


PAG  E 

Walther,  John  Peter,  lessor  of  premises  No.  250  East  One  Hundred  and  Tw  enty-fifth 

street,  Borough  of  Manhattan   516 

Watson,  Robert  C,  et  al.,  lessor  of  lands  required  for  a  bridge  over  Bronx  river   297 

Wells,  Abby  L.,  lessor  of  premises  No.  19  Grant  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   81,  272 

Wendel,  Kate,  petition  of,  tor  a  release  from  certain  building  restrictions   71 

Weinstein,  Harris,  lessor  of  premises  on  Pitkin  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn   177 

Wetmore,  George  Peabody,  application  of,  for  a  grant  of  land  corner  Havemever 

and  North  Eighth  streets,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  433,  479 

White,  Potter  &  Page  Manufacturing  Co.,  application  of,  for  a  pipe-line  privilege  395,  445 

Wills,  Charles  T— 

Appellate  Division  Court-house  : 

Reduction  of  bond  given  for  construction  of   69,  339 

Extension  of  contract  for  construction  of.   347 

Extension  of  contract  for  heating  and  keeping  in  order  ,   214 

Wilson,  Baker  &  Wilson,  refund  to,  of  assessmens  paid  in  error   404 

Wintringham,  Sidny,  lessor  of  premises  Nos.  67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  Borough 

of  Queens  426,  510 

WATER  FRONT,  PIERS,  ETC. 
Improvement  of  the  water  front — 
North  river. 

Between  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth 

streets   149 

East  river. 

Between  Thirty-fourth  and  Forty-second  streets   161 

Between  Wall  and  Catharine  slips   468 

Piers — 

Changes  in  lines  and  locations  : 
North  river. 

Piers,  new  10  and  new  n '.   540 

East  river. 

Piers,  new  29,  31  and  32   132 

Wharf  property — 
East  river. 

Purchase  of  bulkhead  between  Jefferson  and  Clinton  streets,  together  with 

Pier,  old  47   163 

Purchase  of  wharfage  rights  on  South  street,  easterly  of  Market  slip  163,  417,  500 

Purchase  of  bulkhead  westerly  of  the  westerly  line  of  Clinton  street   321 

Proposed  purchase  from  M.  D.  Barry  of  his  interest  in  Pier,  old  54,  at  the  foot 

of  Jackson  street   320 

Z 

Zeltner,  Henry,  lessor  of  premises  No.  534  Willis  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx   198 

4 


♦ 


COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE    SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of   the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's 
Office,  at  12  o'clock  M.,  on  Tuesday,  January  1 6,  1900. 


Present — Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ;  Patrick  Keenan,  Cham- 
berlain, and  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council. 


The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  December  28,  1S99,  were  approved  as  printed. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Com- 
pany relative  to  the  approaches  to  a  proposed  bridge  across  the  North  river  : 

New  York,  January  12,  1900. 

To  the  Mayor  of  The  City  of  New  Yorky  as  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commis- 
sioners : 

Sir — Referring  to  the  formal  communication  recently  addressed  to  you  by  the  New  York  and 
New  Jersey  Bridge  Company  in  the  matter  of  approval  of  approaches  located  for  the  New  York  and 
New  Jersey  Bridge  by  the  Commissioners  named  in  or  appointed  under  chapter  233  of  the  Laws  of 
189c,  I  am  instructed  by  the  company  to  inform  you  that  it  is  at  this  moment  greatly  desired  to 
have  the  subject  considered  by  the  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  at  'the  earliest  date 
compatible  with  your  own  convenience  and  with  that  of  the  other  members  cf  the  Board. 

We  venture  to  hope  to  be  notified  to  attend  before  the  Board  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  as  soon 
as  it  may  be  agreeable  to  you  to  call  it,  and  when  we  may  be  able  to  furnish  such  further  infor- 
mation as  may  be  needed  by  members. 

With  great  respect, 

Very  truly  yours, 

CHAS.  H.  SWAN, 
Secretary  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company. 


January  16,  1900.] 


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In  connection  therewith  representatives  of  the  Bridge  Company  appeared  before  the  Board, 
and  Mr.  Burton  N.  Harrison,  acting  as  spokesman,  was  heard  at  length  in  regard  thereto,  and 
filed  the  following  documents  and  plans  : 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Commissioners  named  in  and  appointed  in  pursuance  of  chapter  233  of 
the  Laws  of  ihe  State  of  New  York,  1890,  and  an  act  entitled,  "An  Act  to  incorporate  the  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company,  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  and  maintaining  a  per- 
manent bridge  for  passengers  and  other  traffic,  over  the  waters  between  New  York  City  and  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  together  with  all  necessary  connections,  appurtenances  and  approaches 
thereto  and  stations,"  duly  called  upon  proper  and  sufficient  notice  to  each  ot  said  Commission- 
ers, and  held  on  the  third  day  of  December,  1897,  the  following  resolution  was  regularly  and  duly 
adopted,  viz. : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  named  in  and  appointed  in  pursuance  of  chapter  233  of 
the  Laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  1890,  and  an  act  entitled,  "  An  Act  to  incorporate  the  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company,  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  and  maintaining  a  perma- 
nent bridge  for  passengers  and  other  traffic,  over  the  waters  between  New  York  City  and  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  together  with  all  necessary  connections,  appurtenances  and  approaches 
thereto  and  stations,"  do  hereby  locate  a  necessary  approach  to  said  bridge,  and  do  hereby  fix  and 
determine  the  location  of  said  approach  and  the  dimensions  thereof,  as  follows,  to  wit  : 

No.  1. 

This  location  to  be  eighty  feet  in  width  or  forty  feet  in  width  on  each  side  of  a  centre  line 
and  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southerly  line  of  West  Fifty-fifth  street,  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet 
westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of  Eleventh  avenue  ;  said  point  being  also  on  "he  centre  line  of 
the  approach  of  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  heretofore  located  ;  thence  curving  to  the 
right  on  a  curve  with  a  radius  of  six  hundred  and  fifty  feet  to  a  tangent  point  on  the  centre  line 
between  West  Fifty-third  and  West  Fifty-fourth  streets  ;  thence  in  a  straight  line  in  a  south- 
westerly direction  to  a  point  of  curve  on  the  northerly  line  of  West  Fiftieth  street  fifty  feet  west- 
erly from  the  easterly  line  of  Twelfth  avenue  ;  thence  curving  to  the  left  on  a  curve  with  a 
radius  of  six  hundred  and  fifty  feet  to  a  tangent  point  in  the  southerly  line  of  West  Forty-ninth 
street  and  one  hundred  and  forty-five  feet  westerly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Twelfth  avenue  ; 
thence  southerly  and  parallel  to  the  easterly  line  of  Twelfth  avenue  and  one  hundred  and  forty- 
five  feet  distant  westerly  therefrom  to  Thirteenth  avenue  ;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  with 
the  easterly  line  of  Thirteenth  avenue  and  one  hundred  and  forty-five  feet  distant  westerly  there- 
from to  a  point  of  curve  in  the  northerly  line  of  West  Twenty-fourth  street  extended  westerly  ; 
thence  curving  to  the  left  on  a  curve  with  a  radius  of  five  hundred  and  fifty  feet  to  a  tangent 
point  in  the  northeily  line  of  West  Twenty-third  street  extended  westerly  ;  thence  in  a  straight 
line  in  a  southeasterly  direction  to  a  point  of  curve  in  the  northerly  line  of  West  Twenty-second 
street  ;  thence  curving  to  the  right  on  a  curve  with  a  radius  of  nine  hundred  feet  to  tangent 
point  in  the  southerly  line  of  West  Twenty-first  street,  which  point  is  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
feet  westerly  measured  at  right  angles  to  the  easterly  line  of  the  proposed  "  marginal  street, 
wharf  or  place." 

No.  2. 

This  location  to  be  seventy  feet  in  width  or  thirty-five  feet  in  width  on  each  side  of  a  centre 
line,  and  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  a  southerly  line  of  West  Twenty-first  street,  which  point  is  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-five  feet  westerly,  measured  at  right  angles  to  the  easterly  line  of  the  proposed 
"marginal  street,  wharf,  or  place,"  thence  running  southerly  and  parallel  to  the  easterly  line  of 


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said  proposed  "  marginal  street,  whar£  or  place,"  and  one  hundred  and  thirty-rive  teet  distant  there- 
from to  a  point  of  curve  on  the  southerly  line  ot  West  Thirteenth  street;  thence  curving  to  the 
right  on  a  curve  with  a  radius  of  eighteen  hundred  feet  to  a  tangent  point  in  the  northerly  line  of 
Little  West  Twelfth  street  ;  thence  in  a  straight  line  in  a  southerly  direction  to  a  point  of  curve  ; 
thence  curving  to  (he  left  on  a  curve  with  a  radius  of  one  thousand  feet  to  a  tangent  point  in  the 
southerly  line  of  Gansevoort  street  extended  westerly,  which  point  is  one  hundred  and  ten  feet 
westerly,  measured  at  right  angles  to  the  easterly  line  of  West  street  ;  thence  running  southerly 
and  parallel  to  the  easterly  line  of  West  street  and  one  hundred  and  ten  feet  distant  therefrom  to 
a  point  in  the  northerly  line  extended  easterly  of  Pier,  new  i. 

No.  3. 

This  location  to  he  forty  feet  in  width  or  twenty  feet  on  each  side  of  a  centre  line,  described 
as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southerly  line  of  West  Forty-ninth  street  one  hundred  and  forty- 
five  feet  westerly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Twelfth  avenue  ;  thence  northerly  and  parallel  to  the 
easterly  line  of  Twelfth  avenue  and  one  hundred  and  forty-five  feet  distant  westerly  therefrom  to  a 
point  in  the  southerly  line  of  West  Fifty-ninth  street  extended  westerly. 

No.  4. 

Said  approach  and  location  are  more  particularly  described  and  shown  upon  the  map  annexed 
hereto,  marked  "A,"  and  hereby  made  a  part  of  this  resolution  and  certified  as  follows,  to  wit  : 

"  This  plan  of  location  is  that  referred  to  in  a  resolution  adopted  on  the  third  day  of 
December,  1897,  by  the  Commissioners  appointed  by  and  under  chapter  233  of  the  Laws  of  1890 
of  the  State  of  New  York. 

ANDREW  H.  GREEN,  Chairman." 

And  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  said  approach  shall  be  constructed  as  an  elevated  structure  under  and  sub- 
ject to  the  limitations  and  rights  contained  in  said  chapter  233  of  the  Laws  of  1890  of  the  State  of 
New  York. 

ANDREW  H.  GREEN".  "\ 

R.  SOMERS  HAYES,  I 

CHAS.  M.  VAIL,  VCommissioners. 

EVAN  THOMAS,  ( 

ISIDOR  STRAUSS,  J 

I  hereby  certify  than  this  is  a  true  copy  of  the  original. 

EVAN  THOMAS,  Secretary. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Commissioners  named  in  or  appointed  in  pursuance  of  chapter^33  of  the 
Laws  of  the  State  of  New  York  of  1890,  being  an  act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  incorporate  the  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company,  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  and  maintaining  a  per- 
manent bridge  for  passengers  and  other  traffic  over  the  waters  between  New  York  City  and  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  together  with  all  necessary  connections,  appurtenances  and  approaches 
thereto  and  stations,"  duly  called  upon  proper  and  sufficient  notice  to  each  of  said  Commissioners 
and  held  on  the  28th  day  of  December,  1899,  all  being  present  and  acting,  the  following  pre- 
amble and  resolutions  were  regularly  adopted,  namely  : 

"Whereas,  The  Commissioners,  at  a  meeting  held  on  the  third  day  of  December,  1S97, 
adopted  a  resolution  locating  a  necessary  approach  to  said  bridge,  extending  to  a  point  in  the 
northerly  line  of  Pier,  new  1,  extended  easterly,  and  more  particularly  described  in  section  2 
of  said  location,  and 


January  i6,  1900.] 


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W  hereas,  It  is  necessary  to  complete  said  approach  by  providing  a  necessary  loop  which  will 
furnish  space  and  facilities  at  the  southerly  end  for  the  purpose  of  turning  vehicles  using  said 
approach  ;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  named  in  or  appointed  in  pursuance  of  chapter  233  of  the 
Laws  of  the  State  of  New  York  of  1890,  being  an  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  incorporate  the  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company,  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  and  maintaining  a  per- 
manant  bridge  for  passengers  and  other  traffic  over  the  waters  between  New  York  City  and  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  together  with  all  necessary  connections,  appurtenances  and  approaches 
thereto  and  stations,"  do  hereby  fix  and  determine  the  location  of  such  loop  to  be  a  part  of  said 
approach  and  to  serve  as  a  turn-around  for  vehicles  using  it,  and  the  dimensions  thereof,  as 
follows,  to  wit : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  centre  line  of  the  said  approach,  and  100  feet  in  a  northerly 
direction  from  the  northerly  line  of  Pier,  new  I,  extended  easterly,  and  from  that  point 
describing  an  arc  of  circle  with  a  radius  of  100  feet  and  inclosing  space  on  each  side  of  and  in 
addition  to  that  covered  by  the  said  previous  location,  the  circular  loop,  so  made,  is  to  be  con- 
nected by  a  reverse  curve  on  either  side  with  said  approach  as  located  December,  3,  1897,  and 
with  the  same  radius  of  100  feet,  as  shown  upon  the  accompanying  plan. 

Said  completion  of  said  approach  and  this  location  are  more  particularly  described  and 
shown  upon  the  map  annexed  hereto,  marked  "  B,"  and  hereby  made  a  part  of  this  resolution, 
which  is  certified  by  the  Chairman  of  these  Commissioners  as  follows,  to  wit  : 

"  This  plan  of  location  is  that  referred  to  in  a  resolutien  adopted  on  the  28th  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1899,  by  the  Commissioners  appointed  by  and  under  chapter  233  of  the  Laws  of  1890  of  the 
State  of  New  York. 

,  Chairman." 

And  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  said  approach  and  this  completion  thereof  shall  be  constructed  as  an  ele- 
vated structure  under  and  subject  to  the  limitations  and  rights  provided  in  said  chapter  233  of 
the  Laws  of  1890  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

AND.  H.   GREEN,  \ 
EVAN  THOMAS, 

R.  SOMERS  HAYES,  ^-Commissioners. 
ISIDOR  STRAUS,  j 
F.  \V.  DEVOE,  I 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  is  a  true  copy  of  the  original. 

EVAN  THOMAS,  Secretary. 

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[January  16,  1900. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highways  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  leases  of  premises  No.  186  Mulberry  street  and  Nos.  214  and  216  West  Ninety-ninth 
street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  premises  at  Station  Place,  Williamsbridge,  Borough  of  The 
Bronx: 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  December  28,  1899. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wvck,  Mayor  and  Chairman,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Dear  Sir — I  respectfully  request  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize 
renewals  of  the  leases  of  the  following  premises,  used  by  the  Department  of  Highways  : 

Part  of  the  premises  No.  186  Mulberry  street,  comprising  store  space  on  the  north  side  of  the 
building,  and  half  of  the  cellar,  used  as  a  repair  shop  for  the  Bureau  of  Street  Openings,  Paving 
and  Repaying.  The  lease  requires  that  water  and  light  shall  be  furnished  by  the  lessor,  but  no 
janitor  service  or  heat.  The  lessor  pays  taxes  and  assessments.  The  rent  is  $360  a  year,  payable 
monthly  from  the  appropriation  for  "  Repairs  and  Renewal  of  Pavements  and  Regrading/' 
Borough  of  Manhattan.  The  lessor  is  George  Kracht.  The  lease  should  be  renewed  from  Janu- 
ary 1,  1900,  as  the  existing  lease  will  expire  December  31,  1899. 

Lots  Nos.  214  and  216  West  Ninety-ninth  street,  used  as  a  storage  yard  by  the  Bureau  of 
Streets  and  Roads.  The  present  lease  will  expire  December  31,  1899,  and  should  be  renewed 
from  January  I,  1900.  The  rent  is  $100  per  annum,  payable  monthly.  The  lessor  is  Herman 
F.  Meyer.  The  rent  is  payable  from  the  appropriation  made  to  the  Department  of  Highways, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  "  Boulevards,  Roads  and  Avenues — Maintenance  of." 

The  premises  at  Station  place,  Williamsbridge,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  occupied  by  employees 
of  die  Department  of  Highways.  The  owner  is  Annie  C.  Stapleton,  and  the  rent  is  $216  per 
annum,  payable  monthly  from  the  appropriation  made  to  the  Department  of  Highways,  Borough 
of  The  Bronx,  for  "  Labor,  Maintenance  and  Supplies."  The  present  lease  will  expire  Decem- 
ber 31,  1899,  and  should  be  renewed  from  January  1,  1900.  The  conditions  of  the  lease  require 
the  lessor  to  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair,  and  stipulate  that  the  City  may  remove  any 
improvements  put  up  by  it,  except  lath  and  plaster  partitions  and  doors  and  flooring. 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renew- 
als of  the  following  leases  of  premises  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Highways  : 

1.  Premises  No.  186  Mulberry  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  comprising  store  space  on  the 
north  side  of  the  building  and  half  of  the  cellar,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  I,  1900, 
at  an.  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360),  payable  monthly,  otherwise  upon 
the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  former  lease  ;  George  Kracht,  lessor. 

2.  Lots  Nos.  214  and  216  West  Ninety-ninth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  one 
year  from  January  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  hundred  dollars  ($100).  payable  monthly, 
otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  former  lease:  Herman  F. 
Meyer,  lessor. 

3.  Premises  at  Station  place,  Williamsbridge,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  one 
year  from  January  1,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  $18  per  month,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  the  former  lease  ;  Mrs.  Annie  C.  Stapleton,  lessor. 


January  16,  1900.]  6 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Fire  Department  relative  to  leases  of 
premises  at  the  foot  of  Main  street,  foot  of  North  Eighth  street,  and  lot  on  St.  Edwards  street, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  January  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  YVyck,  Mayor  and  Chairman  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  have  the  honor,  upon  recommendation  of  the  Deputy  Commissioner,  to  request  your 
Honorable  Commission  to  please  authorize  the  execution  of  new  leases  of  the  following  premises, 
used  and  occupied  by  this  Department  in  the  boroughs  of  Brooklyn  and  Queens,  the  said  leases 
having  expired  January  I,  1900 — in  the  first  two  instances  for  a  period  of  one  year  from  said  date, 
with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  a  like  term,  and  in  the  second  instance  for  a  term  of  two  years — 
upon  the  same  terms  and  upon  the  same  conditions  as  contained  in  the  leases  which  have  expired  : 


Quarters. 

Location. 

Lfssor. 

Rent. 

Engine  23  (fire-boat)  

Engine  32  (fire-boat   

Lot  adjoining  Hospital  and  Train-  ^ 

F  oot  N.  Eighth  street  

St.  Edward's   street,  between  Wil-  \ 

Union  Ferry  Company. 
L.  M.  Palmer  

Si, coo  00 
i,oco  00 
ICO  00 

Yours  respectfully, 

J.  J.  SCAXNELL,  Commissioner. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 
of  leases  to  the  City  of  the  following-described  premises,  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department  : 

1.  A  portion  of  the  Pier  on  the  easterly  side  of  the  Catharine  Street  Ferry  Slip,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  used  by  the  Fire  Department  for  the  fire -boat  "  Seth  Low,  "  for  a  term  of  one  year  from 
January  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars  (Si, 000.00),  payment  quarterly, 
otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  last  lease  thereof ;  The  Union 
Ferry  Company,  lessor. 

2.  Pari  of  the  dock  at  the  foot  of  North  Eighth  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  now  occupied  by 
the  Fire  Department  for  dockage  for  fire-boats,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1900,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000.00),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same 
terms  and  conditions  as  in  the  last  lease  thereof  ;  L.  M.  Palmer,  lessor. 

3.  The  plot  of  ground  adjoining  the  hospital  and  training  stables  located  on  St.  Edwards 
street,  between  Willoughby  and  Bolivar  streets,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from 
January  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00),  payable  quarterly,  other- 
wise upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions^  as  contained  in  the  last  lease  thereof;  A.  P.  Stevens, 
lessor. 


7  [January  16,  1900. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  lhat  such  leases  be  made. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  hire  Department  relative  to  a  renewal  of 
the  lease  of  premises  Nos.  153  and  155  Furman  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  October  10,  1899. 
Mr.  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Deputy  Comptroller,  280  Broadway,  New  York  : 

Sir — The  Deputy  Commissioner,  boroughs  of  Brooklyn  and  Queens,  to  whom  was  referred 
your  letter  of  the  28th  of  August,  reporting  the  receipt  of  a  communication  from  the  owners  of 
premises  Xo.  153  and  155  Furman  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  occupied  as  quarters  for  Engine 
124,  the  lease  of  which  expires  January  1,  1900,  refusing  to  renew  the  same  for  less  than  Si, 200 
per  annum,  an  advance  of  $700,  has  submitted  a  report  in  reference  thereto,  a  copy  of  which  I 
have  been  directed  by  the  Commissioner  to  forward. 

Yours  respectfully, 

AUGUSTUS  T.  DOCHARTY,  Secretary. 

Borough  of  Brooklyn,  October  10,  1899. 

Hon.  John  J.  Scannell,  Fire  Commissioner: 

Sir — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  August  29,  transmitting  copy  of  a  communication  from  Deputy 
Comptroller  Edgar  J.  Levey,  in  which  attention  was  called  to  notification  from  Messrs.  E.  R. 
Squibb  &  Sons,  owners  of  premises  Nos.  153  and  155  Furman  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  that 
upon  the  termination  of  the  lease  to  said  premises,  January  1,  1900,  the  same  would  not  be 
renewed  for  less  than  $1,200  per  annum,  which  is  an  advance  of  $700  per  annum,  I  beg  to 
say  that,  after  an  inspection  of  that  section,  I  find  there  is  no  other  building  available  for  our 
purposes,  and  that  if  said  lease  is  not  renewed,  we  shall  have  to  change  the  quarters  of  Engine 
124,  now  occupying  said  buildings,  to  some  other  neighborhood.  Such  a  change  should 
be  avoided  if  possible.  The  neighborhood  of  No.  153  and  155  Furman  street  consists  chiefly  of 
warehouses,  stored  with  all  sorts  of  materials,  inflammable  and  otherwise,  and  it  is  very  essential 
for  the  public  safety  that  a  fire-engine  should  be  at  hand  in  case  of  emergency. 

The  Deputy  Comptroller  in  his  letter  states  that  the  present  rental,  $500,  is  the  full  rental 
value  of  these  premises.    That  may  be,  but  if  we  are  unable  to  procure  any  other  premises  in 
that  neighborhood,  some  action  should  be  taken  which  would  provide  for  the  protection  of 
property  in  that  vicinity. 
Respectful!  v, 

(Signed)      JAMES  H.  TULLY, 
Deputy  Fire  Commissioner,  Boroughs  of  Brooklyn  and  Queens. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

January  8,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR — The  lease  of  the  premises  Nos.  153  and  155  Furman  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and 
which  premises  are  used  by  the  Fire  Department  as  an  engine-house,  expired  on  January  1,  1900. 

Mr.  E.  R.  Squibb  has  called  upon  me  in  regard  to  a  renewal  of  the  same,  and  submits  an 
offer  of  $90:)  per  annum  for  a  lease  of  one  year,  with  the  privilege  of  four  yearly  renewals  ;  other- 
wise upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  in  the  previous  lease. 


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This  is  a  reduction  of  $300  per  annum  from  the  rental  previously  demanded  for  a  renewal  of 
this  lease,  as  will  be  seen  from  my  reports  of  October  14  and  November  1,  1899,  in  regard  to  this 
matter. 

Tt  would  appear  that  the  owners  of  property  in  this  vicinity  are  very  loath  to  have  the  engine 
company  removed  from  its  present  location.  In  consequence,  Mr.  Squibb  has  made  this  material 
reduction  in  the  rental  price  of  this  building,  although  at  the  same  time  he  claims  that  the  value 
of  the  premises  for  the  purposes  of  his  business  is  at  least  Si, 200  per  annum. 

It  has  been  found  impossible  to  locate  this  engine  company  in  any  other  suitable  building  in 
this  street,  and  the  Fire  Department  deem  it  necessary  for  the  protection  of  the  property  there 
situated  that  an  engine  company  should  be  located  on  this  street,  I  consider  that  it  would  be  for 
the  best  interests  of  the  City  that  the  lease  be  renewed  upon  the  amended  terms,  as  submitted  by 
Mr.  Squibb,  namely,  $900  per  annum  for  a  term  of  one  year,  with  the  privilege  of  four  yearly 
renewals. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coi.kr,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
city,  from  Edward  H.  Squibb  and  Charles  F.  Squibb,  of  the  first  and  second  floors,  exclusive  of  stair- 
way, of  the  building  known  as  Nos.  153  and  155  Furman  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  with  the  right 
to  use  the  stairway  between  said  floors  in  common  with  the  other  owners  or  occupants,  for  the  use 
of  the  Fire  Department,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  nine 
hundred  dollars  ($900.  00),  payable  quarterly,  with  the  privilege  of  four  yearly  renewals,  other- 
wise upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  previous  lease  ;  and  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the 
interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  direc^d  to 
execute  the  same,  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sec- 
tions 149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  Nos.  316  and  318  Fast  Ninety-sixth  street.  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  December  28,  1899. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coi.kr,  Comptroller; 

Dkar  Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  inclose  herewith  certified  copy  of  a  report  and  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  the  27th  instant  relative  to  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises 
Nos.  316  and  318  East  Ninely-sixih  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  occupied  by  Public  School  No. 
150,  for  two  years  from  February  8,  1900,  at  an  annual  rentol  of  $2,400  and  Croton  water  tax. 

Respectfully, 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER.  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  I  lie  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
.School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,,  on  November  1,  1899,  requesting 
that  the  lease  of  premises  Nos.  316  and  318  East  Ninety-sixth  street,  occupied  by  Public  School  150, 


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[January  16,  1900. 


Manhattan,  be  renewed  for  two  years  from  February  8,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  an 
additional  year,  at  an  annual  rental-  of  $2,400  and  water  tax,  respectfully  ieports  that  the  matter 
has  been  carefully  investigated  and  it  is  found  that  the  premises  are  required  for  school  purposes 
^tnd  will  be  for  some  time  to  come,  The  owner,  Henry  A.  Conolly,  agent  for  the  estate  of  Edward 
D.  Conolly,  has  signified  his  willingness  to  renew  the  lease  on  the  same  terms  now  in  force,  and 
the  following  resolution  is  therefore  submitted  for  adoption. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premises  No>.  316  and  3 18  East 
Ninety-sixth  street,  Manhattan,  occupied  by  Public  School  150,  for  two  years  from  February  8, 
1900,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand 
four  hundred  dollars  and  Croton  water  tax,  the  other  terms  to  be  the  same  as  those  of  the  pres- 
ent lease. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  December 
27,  1809. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education, 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution: 

January  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  at  a  meeting  held  December  27,  1899,  adopted  the  following 
resolution  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premises  Nos.  316  and  318 
East  Ninety-sixth  street,  Manhattan,  occupied  by  Public  School  150,  for  two  years  from  February 
8,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $2,400  and 
Croton  water  tax,  the  other  terms  to  be  the  same  as  those  of  the  present  lease." 

Lessor,  Henry  A.  Conolly,  agent  for  the  estate  of  Edward  D.  Conolly,  No.  41  East  Fifty- 
ninth  street. 

The  premises  consist  of  the  two-story  and  basement  brick  building,  19  feet  by  83  feet,  on  a 
plot  of  land  50  feet  by  100  feet  Sy2  niches,  and  is  one  of  three  leased  buildings  on  the  south  side 
of  East  Ninety-sixth  street,  which,  taken  together,  comprise  Public  School  150. 

The  present  lease,  which  expires  February  I,  1900,  was  for  a  term  of  three  years,  at  $2,400 
per  annum  and  Croton  water  tax.  The  building,  which  was  formerly  used  for  manufacturing 
purposes,  was  altered  at  the  expense  of  the  lessor,  who  claims  that  he  expended  the  sum  of  §6, 000 
in  order  to  fit  it  for  school  purposes. 

Mr.  Conolly  has  stated  to  me  that  his  original  proposition  to  the  Board  of  Education  was  for 
a  term  of  five  years,  which  term  was  reduced  by  the  Board  to  three,  and  that  in  consequence, 
without  a  two,  and  privilege  of  a  third  year  renewal,  which  is  now  asked  for,  would  have  been  a 
losing  venture  from  a  business  standpoint.  He  also  states  that  the  alterations  which  have  been 
made  would  not  be  suitable  for  any  probable  tenant  at  the  termination  of  the  lease,  and  that  it 
would  cost,  approximately,  51,500  to  restore  the  building  to  a  condition  suitable  for  business 
purposes. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  it  is  absolutely  necessary  that  school  accommodations  in  leased  build- 
ings be  had  in  this  immediate  vicinity,  I  think  a  renewal  of  this  lease,  upon  the  terms  mentioned, 
$2,400  per  annum  and  Croton  water  tax,  may  be  approved. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 


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Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Henry  A.  Conolly,  agent  for  the  estate  of  Edward  D.  Conolly,  of  premises  Nos.  316 
and  318  East  Ninety-sixth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  occupied  by  Public  School  No.  150,  for 
a  term  of  two  years  from  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the  existing  lease,  v. ith  the  privilege  of 
renewal  for  an  additional  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  twenty-four  hundred  dollars  ($2,400),  and 
Croton  water  tax,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing 
lease  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and 
Seventy-eighth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

New  York,  January  3,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  renewal  of  leases  for  the  use  of  the  Police 
Department  of  The  City  of  New  York  of  the  following  : 

Joseph  O'Donnell,  premises  northeast  corner  Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and 
Seventy-eighth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  station-house  for  Thirty-seventh  Precinct,  one 
year  from  March  11,  1900,  $2,750  per  annum. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  DELAMATER,  Deputy  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Joseph  P.  O'Donnell,  of  the  premises  occupied  by  the  Police 
Department  as  a  station-house  for  the  Thirty-seventh  Precinct,  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Washing- 
ton avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-eighth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of 
one  year  from  March  II,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  two  thousand  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
($2,750)  per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  con- 
tained in  the  existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair 
and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Sewers  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  leases  of  premises  on  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  near  Southern 
Boulevard,  and  premises  on  Mount  Hope  place,  Borough  of  The  Bronx: 


1 1  [January  i6,  1900. 

New  York,  January  10,  1900. 

Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  City  of  New  York  ; 

Gentlemen — I  herewith  transmit  original  communication  with  copy  of  leases  received  from 
the  Deputy-Commissioner  of  Sewers,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  in  relation  to  leasing  premises  on 
Mount  Hope  place  and  on  the  north  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  one  hundred 
feet  east  of  Southern  Boulevard,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Sewers,  Borough  of  the  Bronx. 

There  has  been  a  delay  through  an  oversight  of  the  office  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx, 
which  I  exceedingly  regret,  but  I  hasten  to  transmit  all  the  papers  in  the  case  to  you,  and  recom- 
mend that  the  leases  be  made  for  the  premises  mentioned. 

I  am,  yours  respectfully, 

JAS.  KANE,  Commissioner  of  Sewers. 

New  York,  January  9,  1900. 
Hon.  James  Kane,  Commissioner  of  Sewers \  City  of  New  York: 

Dear  Sir — In  the  matter  of  the  leases  for  1900  of  property  to  be  used  by  this  Department  as 
branch  offices,  I  beg  to  inform  you  that  the  following  described  properties  were  leased  by  The 
City  of  New  York  and  occupied  by  this  Department,  during  the  year  1899  : 

"  Grounds  and  buildings  on  Mount  Hope  place,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  about  115  feet  west 
of  Amhony  avenue,  running  through  to  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-seventh  street,  owned  by 
Mrs.  Eliza  M.  Nichols  and  leased  from  her  by  The  City  of  New  York  at  an  annual  rental  of  $400, 
from  the  1st  of  May,  1899,  to  the  1st  of  May,  1900." 

"  Premises  on  the  north  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  100  feet  east  of  the 
Southern  Boulevard,  owned  by  Eliza  N.  Gray  and  leased  from  her  by  the  City  at  a  monthly  rental 
of  $25,  from  the  ist  of  January,  1899,  to  the  1st  of  January,  1900." 

I  was  under  the  impression  that  both  of  these  leases  were  dated  May  1,  1899,  and  did  not 
expire  until  May  1,  1900,  but  I  find  that  I  have  been  in  error,  inasmuch  as  the  lease  of  the  pro- 
perty owned  by  Mrs.  Eliza  N.  Gray  expired  on  January  1,  1900. 

I  regret  exceedingly  the  delay  caused  by  this  oversight  and  hasten  to  respectfully  request 
that  you  lay  these  matters  before  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  with  the  recommendation  that 
both  of  the  above  described  premises  be  leased  by  The  City  of  New  York  for  the  year  1900,  the 
lease  of  the  property  in  Mount  Hope  place  to  date  from  May  1,  1900,  to  May  1,  1901,  and  the 
lease  of  the  property  in  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street  to  be  dated  back  to  take  effect 
January  I,  1900,  and  to  expire  January  1,  1901,  at  the  same  rental  for  both  places  as  obtained  in 
1899. 

I  inclose  herewith  copies  of  the  two  leases  mentioned. 

Respectfully, 

THOS.  J.  BYRNE, 
Deputy  Commissioner  of  Sewers,  Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  direc .ed  toexecute  renewal^ 
of  leases  to  the  City  of  the  following  described  premises  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Sewers, 
on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  former  leases  thereof,  except  as  herein- 
after set  forth  : 


I.  Premises  on  the  north  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  Borough  of  The 
Bronx,  100  feet  east  of  the  Southern  Boulevard,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1900,  at  a 


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monthly  rental  of  twentyrfive  dollars  ($25),  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rents  upon  the  premises 
to  be  paid  by  the  lessor  ;  Eliza  N.  Gray,  lessor. 

2.  Grounds  and  buildings  on  Mount  Hope  place,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  about  115  feet  west 
of  Anthony  avenue,  running  through  to  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-seventh  street,  for  a  term  of 
one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  seven  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  ($720), 
payable  quarterly,  the  lessee  to  pay  the  water  rent  ;  Mrs.  Eliza  M.  Nichols,  lesser,  or  Cotton  W. 
Bean,  agent. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  to  ratify  and  affirm  appraisements  and 
upset  prices  fixed  for  the  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  city  in  certain  lands  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn  : 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  a  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests  of 
the  City  in  a  strip  of  land  formerly  part  of  Reid's  lane  or  road,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
running  through  certain  lots  known  as  Nos.  278,  280,  284  and  286  Reid  avenue  and  Nos.  530  and 
532  Macon  street,  at  the  sum  of  one  dollar  ($1),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and 
seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  expenses  of  the  sale,  examinations,  etc.,  as  made  by  resolution  of 
this  Board,  adopted  May  ij,  1899,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  a  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests  of 
the  City  in  and  to  the  parcel  of  land  formerly  part  of  the  Flatbush  Turnpike  road,  in  the  Bore  ugh 
of  Brooklyn,  included  within  the  boundaries  of  certain  lots  designated  by  the  numbers  6381  to 
6385,  both  inclusive,  in  Block  126,  at  the  sum  of  one  dollar  ($1),  the  purchasers  to  pay  the 
auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  expenses  of  the  sale,  examinations,  conveyances, 
etc.,  as  made  by  resolution  of  this  Board,  adopted  May  17,  1899,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  rati- 
fied and  affirmed. 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  a  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests  of 
the  City  in  and  to  the  portion  of  the  old  Hunterfly  road,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  running 
through  certain  lots  on  Ralph  avenue,  at  the  sum  of  one  dollar  ($1),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the 
auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  expenses  of  the  sale,  examinations,  convey- 
ance, etc.,  as  made  by  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  May  17,  1899,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  appraising  the  value  of  property  owned  by  the  City  and  known  as  Nos.  49,  51  and  53 
Ridge  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  offered  the  following  resolution:  (see  minutes  of  August 
8,  1898,  page  201,  and  minutes  of  January  20,  1899,  page  1).  1 


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December  26.  1899. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — I  appraise  the  value  of  the  property  shown  on  the  inclosed  drawing,  within  heavy  lines, 
at  $54,000.    This  appraisal  is  based  on  the  awards  of  the  Commissioners  in  condemnation  pro- 
ceedings, confirmed  by  the  Supreme  Court  February  4,  1895. 

The  property  was  acquired  under  chapter  350  of  the  Laws  of  1892,  for  the  use  of  the  Police 
Department.    As  shown  by  the  diagram,  it  adjoins  Public  School  No.  92. 

In  the  event  of  the  sale  of  the  property,  I  would  suggest  the  above  amount,  $54,000,  be  fixed 
as  the  upset  price. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


Public  School  No.  92 


BROOME  STREET 


Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  take  such  steps 
as  may  be  necesary  to  sell  at  public  auction  to  the  highest  bidder  at  the  minimum  or  upset  price 


January  16,  1900.] 


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of  fifty-four  thousand  dollars  ($54,000),  the  plot  of  ground  belonging  to  the  City  and  known  as 
Nos.  49,  51  and  53  Ridge  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  January  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  WyCK,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter, 
for  a  lease  from  William  Carlin,  No.  2190  Broadway,  of  the  lot  No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh 
street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  being  25  feet  front  by  102  feet  2  inches  in  depth,  with  a 
stable  three  stories  in  height,  with  basement  thereto,  to  be  erected  according  to  the  plans  and 
specifications  to  be  furnished  to  your  Board  ;  for  the  period  beginning  with  the  completion  and 
acceptance  of  said  stable  and  ending  May  I,  1904,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $3,000,  payable 
quarterly. 

This  stable  is  intended  to  be  an  addition  to  the  stable  already  leased  at  Nos.  221  and  223 
West  Seventy-seventh  street,  leased  by  this  Department  from  Henry  Stahl,  for  five  years  from 
May  1,  1899,  and  is  to  be  connected  with  said  stable  by  three  doorways,  as  follows  : 

One  in  the  basement  5  feet  wide  by  9  feet  high,  with  a  6-inch  arch.  One  on  the  ground 
floor  10  feet  wide  by  8  feet  4^  inches  high.  One  in  the  second  story  5  feet  wide  by  9  feet  high, 
with  a  6-inch  arch.  One  in  the  third  story  10  feet  wide  by  9  feet  high,  with  a  1 2- inch  arch  ;  it 
being  understood  that  the  consent  for  the  cutting  of  the.se  through  the  present  stable  would  be 
given  by  the  lessor  thereof. 

I  transmit  herewith  plans  and  elevations  of  proposed  stable,  and  will  forward  within  a  few 
days  a  copy  of  the  specifications  now  being  prepared. 

Respectfully  yours, 

JAMES  MCCARTNEY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

January  i i,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  James  McCartney,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under 
date  of  January  4,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  a  lease  from  William  Carlin,  No.  2190  Broadway,  of  the  lot  No.  219  West  Seventy- 
seventh  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  being  25  feet  front  by  102  feet  2  inches  in  depth, 
with  a  stable  three  stories  in  height,  with  basement  thereto,  to  be  erected  according  to  the  plans 
and  specifications  to  be  furnished  to  the  Board,  for  the  period  beginning  with  the  completion 
and  acceptance  of  said  stable  and  ending  May  1,  1904,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $3,000,  payable 
quarterly. 

This  stable  is  intended  tn  be  an  addition  to  the  stable  already  leased  at  Nos.  221  and  223 
West  Seventy-seventh  street,  leased  by  this  Department  from  Henry  Stahl  for  five  years  from 
May  1,  1899,  and  is  to  be  connected  with  said  stable  by  three  doorways,  as  follows  : 

One  in  the  basement  5  feet  wide  by  9  feet  high,  with  a  6-inch  arch.  One  on  the  ground 
floor  10  feet  wide  by  8  feet  \l/2  inches  high.  One  in  the  second  story  5  leet  wide  by  9  feet 
high,  with  a  6-inch  arch.    One  in  the  third  story  10  feet  wide  by 9  feet  high,  with  a  12-inch  arch; 


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it  being  understood  that  the  consent  for  the  cutting  of  these  through  the  present  stable  would  be 
given  by  the  lessor  thereof. 

The  plans  and  specifications  for  the  erection  and  completion  of  the  brick  stable  at  No.  219 
XV'est  Seventy-seventh  street,  prepared  by  Wm.  II.  Rahman,  architect,  are  submitted. 

From  an  examination  of  these  pirns  and  specifications,  it  would  appear  that  this  stable  is  as 
described  above,  and  has  accommodations  for  74  horses,  37  stalls  being  located  in  the  basement 
and  37  stalls  on  the  second  story  ;  the  first  and  third  stories  being  used  for  storage  of  wagons. 
This  building,  as  designed,  will  be  entirely  dependent  for  elevator  service  and  a  runway,  upon 
the  one  adjacent,  which  is  now  leased  by  the  City,  and  from  a  comparison  of  the  two  buildings, 
and  the  rental  paid  by  the  City  for  the  one  adjoining,  it  would  appear  to  me  that  a  rental  of 
$2, 000  per  annum  for  this  budding  will  be  ample. 

Again  I  have  estimated  the  value  of  the  land  and  the  building  when  completed  at  $25,000, 
upon  which  a  rental  of  $2,000  per  annum,  as  above,  would  be  on  a  basis  of  8  per  cent.,  which  I 
consider  reasonable  and  just. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  of  a  lease  from  William  Carlin,  of  the  Lot  No. 
219  West  Seventy-seventh  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  with  a  stable  three  stories  in  height, 
with  basement  thereto,  to  be  erected  according  to  plans  and  specifications  furnished  to  this  Board, 
for  the  period  beginning  with  the  completion  and  acceptance  of  said  stable,  and  ending  May  1, 
1904,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000),  payable  quarterly  ;  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  inter- 
ests of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  .was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance, 
and  offered  the  following  resolution,  relative  to  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  City  by  S.  E.  Bates, 
manager,  etc.,  for  pipe  line  permit  : 

December  29,  1899. 

lion.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir  — The  Board  of  Aldermen,  by  resolution  dated  September  21,  1898,  adopted  by  the 
Council  October  4,  1898,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  October  18,  1898,  grants  permission  to 
"  S.  E.  Bales,  manager  of  the  Hotel  Margaret,  No.  99  Columbia  Heights,  Borough  ot  Brooklyn, 
"  to  lay  a  conduit  trom  said  building,  No.  99  Columbia  Heights,  to  the  opposite  side,  No.  114 
"  Columbia  Heights,  said  conduit  (o  contain  pipes  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  steam  and 
"  electricity  for  heating  and  lighting  said  building,  No.  1 14  Columbia  Heights,  upon  payment  to 
"  the  City,  as  compensation  for  the  privilege,  such  amount  as  maybe  determined  as  an  equivalent 
"  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund." 

Would  report  on  examination  of  the  premises,  I  find  that  Mr.  Bates,  manager  of  the  Hotel 
Margaret,  has  laid  three  iron  pipes  (one  8-inch  and  two  3  inch),  instead  of  building  a  conduit  as 
allowed.  These  pipes  were  put  across  Columbia  Heights  on  or  about  September  1,  1898;  there- 
fore, all  charges  for  privilege  should  date  from  September  1,  1898. 


January  16,  1900.] 


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The  distance  between  curb  lines  in  front  of  the  premises  is  18  feet,  and  I  think  $72  per  annum 
a  correct  charge  for  the  privilege. 

These  pipes  having  been  forced  through  the  street  without  disturbing  the  surface,  I  would 
suggest  that  the  usual  fee  for  opening  the  street  be  omitted. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  City  by  S.  E.  Bates,  manager  of  the  Hotel 
Margaret,  No.  99  Columbia  Heights,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  privilege  of  placing  under 
ground  three  iron  pipes,  one  8  inches  and  two  3  inches,  from  said  building  to  the  opposite  side, 
No.  1 14  Columbia  Heights,  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  steam  and  electricity  for  heating  and 
lighting  said  building,  No.  1 14  Columbia  Heights,  shall  be  seventy-two  dollars  ($72)  per  annum, 
from  September  1,  1898,  permission  having  been  granted  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen, 
dated  September  21,  1898,  adopted  by  the  Council  October  4,  1898,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor 
October  18,  1898  ;  provided  that  the  right  be  reserved  to  revoke  such  permission  at  any  future 
time,  if  necessary,  in  the  interest  of  the  City. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 

The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  to  refund  $252.65  to 
Curtis  B.  Pierce  : 

January  ii,  1900. 

Noji.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— At  the  City  sale  of  lands,  tenements,  etc.,  for  unpaid  assessments,  Curtis  B.  Pierce,  on 
December  11,  1899,  purchased  two  parcels  of  land,  in  which,  from  description  in  catalogue,  be  is 
interested.    Subsequent  investigation  shows  that  both  parcels  were  sold  in  error. 

1st.  Certificate  No.  10,655,  App.,  Bloomingdale  Road  Closing,  confirmed  December  4,  1880, 
Map  No.  19,375/19,381,  Block  No.  (Old)  1285,  Lot  No.  (Old)  31/37.  The  assessment,  $76.80,  had 
been  paid  last  April,  but  the  parcel  had  not  been  marked  off  the  catalogue. 

2d.  Certificate  No.  10,657,  App.,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth  street  regulating,  etc., 
between  Broadway  and  Hudson  river,  confirmed  October  7,  1876,  Map  No.  44^  (with  erroneous 
and  misleading  addition  of  Block  No.  1285,  Ward  No.  39).  The  assessment  $175.85  is  on  "  River- 
side Park,"  the  property  of  the  City. 

The  total  amount  of  assessments  thus  paid  in  purchase  price  of  said  parcels,  $252.65,  was 
deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt. 

Mr.  Pierce  has  applied  for  the  refund  of  purchase  money  paid  for  the  said  parcels  sold  in 
error.  Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain,  for  the  sum  ot  two  hundred  and  fifty-two  dollars  and 
sixty-five  cents,  for  deposit  to  credit  of  account  '•  Assessment  Sales'  Moneys  Refunded,"  to 
refund  Curtis  B.  Pierce  this  amount  of  assessment  included  in  purchase  price  paid  for  parcels  sold 
in  error  as  per  Certificate  App.  Nos.  10,655  and  ic,657,  sale  of  1899. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


17  [January  16,  1900. 

The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

January  i  i  ,  1900. 

^flou.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— The  following  fine  for  cruelty  to  children  was  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  in  the  month  of  December,  1899,  viz.  : 

December  7,  Timothy  Higgins,  $75. 

The  returns  of  the  court  show  that  the  case  was  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the  New  York 
Society  for  the  Prevention  of  C  ruelty  to  Children.  Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of 
1876,  said  fine  is  payable  to  the  said  society. 

The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
bund,  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Chil- 
dren for  the  sum  of  seventy-five  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fine  for  cruelty  to  children  imposed 
and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  in  the  month  of  December,  1899, 
and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

January  ii,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — Fines  for  cruelty  to  animals  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special 
Sessions  (First  Division)  during  the  month  of  December,  1899,  as  follows,  viz.  : 


Dec.  13.  John  Sacco   $25  00 

Dec.  13.  Patrick  Callaghan   50  00 

Dec.  13.  James  Hayes   25  00 

Total   $100  00 


The  total  amount  of  the  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

The  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals,  the  prosecutor  in  each  case, 
is  entitled  to  the  amount  of  said  fines,  pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals, 
for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to  animals  imposed  and 


January  16,  1900.  J  18 

collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  during  the  month  of  December,  1899, 
and  payable  to  the  said  Society  pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  : 

January  ii,  1900. 

Hon.  BirdS.  Coler,  Comptroller; 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  violation  of  medical  law  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  month  of  December,  1899,  viz.: 

Dec.  18.  Isadore  D.  Wolff   $50  00 

Dec.  21.  Rachel  Kohen   5000 

Total   $100  00 

These  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York.  The 
counsel  to  said  Society  applies  for  the  amount  of  said  fines,  which  are  payable  to  the  society 
pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

The  amount  of  said  fines  has  been  deposited  in  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  payment  of  the 
interest  on  the  City  Debt.  Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRFTT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violation  of  medical  law  imposed  and  col- 
lected by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions.  (First  Division)  in  the  month  of  December,  1899,  and 
payable  to  said  society,  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Dental  Society  : 

January  ii,  1900. 

lion.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — In  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  December  8,  1899,  Nathan  Siskind  was  fined  $150  for 
illegally  practising  dentistry.  The  amount  of  said  fine  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to 
credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893,  said  fine  is  payable  to  the  Dental  Society 
of  the  State  of  New  Y'ork.  Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  De  ital  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  being  amount  of  fine  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry  imposed  upon 
aud  collected  from  Nathan  Siskind  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  December, 
1899,  and  payable  to  said  Society  pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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[January  16,  1900. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Public  Administrator  of  the  County  of 
New  York,  relative  to  a  renewal  of- office  in  Temple  Court,  Nos.  119  and  121  Nassau  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan. 

^  New  York,  January  9,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  oj  the  Sinking  Fund  0/  The  City  of  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — The  lease  of  the  offices  at  present  occupied  by  this  Bureau  expires  on  May  1 
next. 

I  am  required  by  law  to  publish  certain  notices  to  creditors  requiring  them  to  file  claims 
with  me  at  my  Bureau  within  three  months  thereafter,  and  it  is  important  for  that  reason 
that  I  should  know  before  February  1  whether  your  Board  intends  to  renew  the  present  lease. 

The  present  offices  are  convenient  for  the  business  of  the  Bureau  and  the  location  now  well 
known.  I  take  it  that  the  location  of  offices  of  this  kind  should  not  be  changed,  unless  the 
interest  of  the  City,  by  reason  of  cheaper  rent  or  otherwise,  demands  it.  The  rent  now  paid  is  at 
the  rate  of  $1.25  per  square  foot,  which,  in  view  of  the  location  of  the  offices,  is  reasonable. 

I  respectfully  ask  that  the  present  lease  be  renewed  for  the  further  period  of  from  three  to  five 
years.  Yours  respectfully, 

WILLIAM  M.  HOES,  Public  Administrator  of  The  County  of  New  York. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution: 
Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to 
the  City,  of  rooms  Nos.  1025,  1026,  1027,  1028  and  1029  in  the  building  known  as  Temple  Court, 
at  Nos.  119  and  121  Nassau  street,  now  occupied  by  the  Public  Administrator,  for  a  term  of  three 
years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000),  payable  quarterly, 
otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease — and,  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel, 
as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  rela- 
tive to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  Nos.  1897  and  1899  Park  avenue,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan : 

New  York,  January  13,  1900. 
Hon.  RouertA.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir  — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  pursuant 
to  section  541  of  the  Charter,  from  John  Dobbins,  of  the  premises  and  buildings  Nos.  1897  and  1899 
Park  avenue,  for  one  year,  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  the  existing  lease. 
Respectfully  yours, 

F.  M.  GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
designated  with  full  powers  of  the  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  John 


January  16,  1900.  |  20 

Dobbins,  of  premises  and  buildings  Nos.  1897  and  1899  P&r^  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for 
a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rentai  of  eight  hundred  and  thirty-eight  dol- 
lars and  fifty-seven  cents  ($838.57),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  con- 
ditions as  contained  in  the  existing  lease— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the 
said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be 
made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  resolution  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education,  relative  to  a  lease  of 
premises  No.  1 187  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn: 

New  York,  January  11,  1900. 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  on  December  5,  1899,  recommending  that  the  premises  No. 
1 187  Bedford  avenue,  in  that  Borough,  be  hired  for  one  year  from  February  1,  1900,  at  a  rental 
of  $45  per  month,  for  the  relief  of  the  Commercial  High  School,  respectfully  reports  that  the 
matter  has  been  investigated,  and  it  is  found  that  the  part  of  the  building  intended  to  be  leased 
consists  of  a  store  21  by  56  feet,  and  the  necessary  alterations  to  fit  the  room  for  school  use  will 
cost  about  $140.    The  rental  asked,  $45  per  month,  is  considered  reasonable. 

The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store,  vvith  privilege  of  use  of  coal  bin  in  cellar, 
in  the  building  No.  1 187  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  one  year  from  February  1, 
1900,  for  the  relief  of  the  Commercial  High  School,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  forty-five  dollars,  pay- 
able quarterly  ;  the  owners,  Moller  Brothers  &  Co.,  No.  672  St.  Mark's  avenue,  Brooklyn,  ro  fur- 
nish water  ;  necessary  repairs,  etc.,  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Education. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  January  10,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

January  15,  1900. 

Hon.  BlRD.S.  CoLER,  Comptroller: 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  at  a  meeting  held  January  10,  1900,  adopted  the  following 
report  and  resolution  : 

"  The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  on  December  5,  1899,  recommending  that  the  premises  No. 
1 187  Bedford  avenue,  in  that  borough,  be  hired  for  one  year  from  February  1,  1900,  at  a  rental  01" 
$45  per  month,  for  the  relief  of  the  Commercial  High  School,  respectfully  reports  that  the  matter 
has  been  investigated,  and  it  is  found  that  the  part  of  the  building  intended  to  be  leased  consists  of 
a  store  21  by  56  feet,  and  the  necessary  alterations  to  fit  the  room  for  school  use  will  cost  about 
$140.    The  rental  asked,  $45  per  month,  is  considered  reasonable. 

The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store,  with  privilege  of  use  of  coal  bin  in 
cellar,  in  the  building  No.  1 187  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  one  year  from  February 


21 


[January  16.  icjoo. 


I,  1900,  for  the  relief  of  the  Commercial  High  School,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  forty-five  dollars, 
payable  quarterly  ;  the  owners,  Moller  Brothers  &  Co.,  No.  672  St.  Mark's  avenue,  Brooklyn,  to 
furnish  water  ;  necessary  repairs,  etc.,  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Education.'1 

The  premises  consist  of  the  store  floor  of  a  four-story  and  basement  brown  stone  front  build- 
ing, 22  by  60  feet,  on  a  plot  of  ground  22  by  90  feet. 

The  store  is  in  good,  tenantable  condition,  and  I  consider  the  rental  asked,  namely,  $45  per 
month  (the  owner  to  furnish  water),  to  be  full,  but  not  excessive. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Moller  Brothers  &  Company,  of  the  store,  with  the  privilege  of  use  of  coal  bin  and 
cellar  in  the  building  No.  1187  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  lor  the  use  of  the  Board  of 
Education,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  February  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  and 
forty  dollars  ($540),  payable  quarterly,  the  owners  to  furnish  water  and  the  repairs  to  be  made  by 
the  City  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  here- 
by authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resoluti  m  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Frederick  Tieleke  relative  to  a  lease  of  lots 
Nos.  504  and  604  Wallabout  Market  : 

Brooklyn.  N.  V.,  January  6,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — Application  is  hereby  made  for  the  leasing  of  Lots  Nos.  504  and  604  Wallabout 
Market  for  ten  years. 

Respectfully, 

FREDERICK  TIELEKE. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

January  15,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Mr.  Frederick  Tieleke,  in  communication  of  January  6,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund,  makes  application  to  lease  Lots  Nos.  504  and  604  Wallabout  Market  for  the 
term  of  ten  years 

Mr.  David  O'Brien,  Collector  of  City  Revenue,  in  report  to  the  Comptroller  states  that  the 
lots  adjoining,  of  the  same  size,  rent  for  $225  per  annum  each,  or  $450  per  annum  for  the  two  lots 
together,  making  a  lot  25  by  ico.  I  estimate  the  value  of  this  lot  at  S5,Soo,  and  would  recom- 
mend that  this  rate,  $450  per  annum,  being  7.75  per  cent,  on  that  value,  be  fixed  as  the  upset 
juice,  and  that  the  lease  be  sold  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  and  in  the  same  manner  as 


January  16,  1900.] 


22 


authorized  by  resolution  of  the  Commissioners,  December  28,  1899,  in  the  case  of  other  Wallabout 
Market  lots. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  MCLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction  to  the  highest  bidder,  the  lease  of  the  premises  known  as  lots  numbered  504  and  604, 
respectively,  on  map  of  the  Wallabout  Market,  for  the  period  of  ten  years,  at  the  minimum  or 
upset  price  of  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  ($225)  per  annum  for  each  lot,  or  four  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  ($450)  per  annum  for  both  lots  together,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms 
and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  resolution  adopted  by  this  Board  December  28,  1899,  author- 
izing leases  of  certain  other  lots  in  the  said  market. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 


EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


23 


[January  23,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE    SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the   Sinking  Fund,  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor  s 
Office,  at  11   o'clock  A.M.,  on  Tuesday,  January  23,  1900. 


Present — Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ;  Patrick  Keenan,  Cham- 
berlain ;  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman,  Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  January  16,  1900,  were  read  and  approved. 


Mr.  John  M.Gardner  and  Mr.  Herman  H.  Cammann,  in  behalf  of  a  delegation  of  property- 
owners,  addressed  the  Board  in  connection  with  the  assignment  to  the  Fire  Department  of  propertv 
on  West  Ninety-second  street,  directly  opposite  St.  Agnes'  Church,  and  requested  that  the  resolu- 
tion assigning  this  property  to  the  Fire  Department  be  rescinded. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Mayor  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  Decem- 
ber 28,  1899.  assigning  to  the  Fire  Department  a  plot  of  ground,  belonging  to  the  City,  situated 
on  the  northerly  side  of  Ninety-second  street,  distant  two  hundred  feet  west  of  Columbus  avenue, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  rescinded. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Armory  Board  relative  to  awards,  cost>, 
charges  and  expenses  of  acquiring  title  to  property  for  an  armory  site  for  the  First  Batterv, 
N.C.,  N.  V.  : 

New  York,  January  16,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Armory  Board,  held  January  16,  1900,  the  following  un- 
adopted : 

"  Whereas,  At  a  Special  Term  of  Part  3  of  the  Supreme  Couri,  State  of  New  York,  on 
"  December  28,  1899,  the  report  of  the  Commissioners  in  the  matter  of  the  Application  of  the 


ANUARY  2§,  1900.] 


24 


Armory  Hoard,  in 'The  City  of  New  York,  acquiring  title  to  property  for  an  armory  site, 
'  beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southerly  line  of  Sixty-sixth  street  distant  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet 
'  easterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line  of  Sixty-sixth  street  with 
'  the  easterly  line  of  Columbus  avenue  ;  running  thence  southerly  and  parallel  to  Columbus 
1  avenue  one  hundred  feet  and  five  inches  to  the  centre  line  of  the  block  ;  thence  easterly  and 
'  along  said  centre  line  of  the  block  one  hundred  and  seventy-four  feet  four  and  one-half  inches  ; 
'  thence  northerly  and  parallel  to  Columbus  avenue  one  hundred  feet  and  five  inches  to  the 
'  southerly  line  of  Sixty-sixth  street,  and  thence  westerly  along  said  southerly  line  of  Sixty-sixth 
'  street  one  hundred  and  seventy-four  feet  four  and  one-half  inches  to  the  point  or  place  of  begin- 
*  ning,  for  the  First  Bat'ery,  N.  (!.,  N.  Y.,  was  confirmed,  and  the  following  payments  were 
'  ordered  and  adjudged  : 

' '  A  wards  ro  Owner  and  Lessee. 


1  Lucy  W.  Drexel — 

"  Land   $91,947  80 

"  Extra  allowance   2  62 

"  Additional  allowance   L75°  00 

'  George  W.  Tubbs  — 

"  Lease   16,552  20 

"  Extra  allowance   75 

"  Additional  allowance.   800  00 

"  Set-vices  for  Commissioners. 

1  Arthur  Ingraham   750  00 

'  Joseph  Freedman     750  00 

'  William  J.  Carroll   750  00 

"  Services  as  Stenographer. 

<  C.  G.  Pratt   902  95 

"  Services  as  Guardian. 

'  Frank  W.  Arnold   500  co 

"  Services  as  Counsel. 

<  Charles  N.  Harris   475  00 

"  Services  as  Witnesses. 

•  Thomas  C.  Smith   250  00 

'  William  \V.  Fogg   250  00 

"Total   $115,681  32 


"  Resolved,  That  the  Armory  Board  hereby  approves  of  the  above  awards  and  expenses,  and 
<  recommends  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  that  the  sanie  be  paid,  in  accordance 
«  with  the  provisions  of  section  134  of  chapter  212  of  the  Laws  of  1899.  " 

Yours  truly, 

THOMAS  L.  FEITNER,  Secretary. 


25 


[January  23.  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  134  ot  chapter  212  of  the  Laws  of  1898, 
the  Comptroller  be  and  hereby  is  authorized  and  directed  to  issue  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of 
New  York  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  to  the  amount 
of  one  hundred  and  fifteen  thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty-one  dollars  and  thirty-two  cents 
($115,681.32),  the  proceeds  whereof  shall  be  applied  to  pay  the  awards,  costs,  charges  and 
expenses  of  acquiring  title  to  property  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  of  New  York,  for  an 
armory  site  for  the  First  Battery,  IN.  G.,  N.  Y.,  as  described  in  a  resolution  of  the  Armory  Board 
adopted  January  16,  1900. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 

EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


27 


[February  i,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS   OF   THE   SINKING   FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's  Office  at 
12  o'clock  M.  on  Thursday,  February  1,  1900. 


Present— Robert  A. Van  Wyck,  Mayor;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller;  Patrick  Keenan, 
Chamberlain,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman,  Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  on  bonds  sold  January  23,  19CO  : 
To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Gentlemen — Sealed  proposals  were  received  by  the  Comptroller  at  his  office  on  January  23, 
1900,  after  due  advertisement  in  pursuance  of  law,  for  $5,568,483.90  of  3^  per  cent.  Corporate 
Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  exempt  from  taxation  (as  hereinafter  more  particularly  described), 
principal  and  interest  payable  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  of  America  of  the  present  standard 
of  weight  and  fineness. 

Description  of  Stock. 


Amount. 

Title. 

Authority. 

Principal 
Payable. 

Interest 
Payable 
Semi-annually 

on 

S2,oco,ooo  00 
450,000  00 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
C'ty  of  New  York,  for 
the  New  East  River ' 

[ 

Chapter  789  of  the  Laws  of  1895, 
as  amended  ;  sections  169  and  170 
of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897  ; 
resolution  of  the  Board  of  Estimate 
and  Apportionment  adopted  July 
13,  i8u9,  and  resolution  of  the 
Municipal  Assembly  approved  by 

Nov.  i,  1940 
Nov.  1,  1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 
May  1  and  Nov.  1 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
Citv  of    New  York, 
for 'a   New   Hall  of' 

Chapters  59  and  793  of  the  Laws  of 
1897;  sections  169  and  1 70  of  chapter 
378  of  the  Laws  of  1897;  resolution 
oftheBoardof  Estimate  and  Appor- 
tionment adopted  February  3,  1899, 
and  resolution  of  the  Municipal 
Assembly,  adopted  by  the  Board 
of  Aldermen  August  2,  1899,  and 
by  the  Council  August  9,  1899. . . . 

February  i,  1900.] 


28 


Amount. 

Title. 

»  Authority. 

Principal 
Payable. 

Interest 
Payable 
Semi-Annually 
on 

$300,000  00 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  for-! 
School  -  houses  and 

1 

Chapter  458  of  the  Laws  of  1884.  anc 
the  acts  amendatory  thereof  and 
supplementary  thereto  ;  sections 
16*  and  170  of  chapter  378  of  the 
Laws  of  1897  ;  resolutions  of  the 
Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportion- 
ment adopted  November  22,  De- 
cember 1,  December  9  and  De- 
cember 30,  1898,  and  January  24, 
1899,  and  resolutions  of  the  Muni- 
cipal Assembly  approved  by  the 
Mayor  February  15,  March  7  and 
March  28,  1899  

Nov.  1,  1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

500,000  00 

Corporate  Stock  of  The  [ 
City   of  New   York,  | 
for  School-houses  and  -j 
Sites   therefor  in  the 
Borough  ot  Brooklyn.  | 
I 

Sections    48    and    169   of  chapter 
378  of  the  Laws  of  1897  ;  resolu- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Estimate  and 
Apportionment  adopted  February 
15,   1899,  and  resolution  of  the 
Municipal  Assembly  approved  by 
the  Mayor  March  7,  1899  

Nov.  1,  1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

368,483  90 

( 

Corporate  Stock  of  The  1 
City  of  New  York,  for  J 
High     Schools  and] 

I 

l  na nf f  V    A  1 0    r\f   tV\f*   T  owe    nf  t 8a-t  • 
v^iicijnLi        i  -£    \j  1    Li.c   XjdWo    \ji    lOy/  , 

sections  169  and  170  ot  chapter 
378  of  the  Laws  of  TS97;  resolu- 
tions of  the  Board  of  Estimate  and 
Apportionment  adopted  Novem- 
ber 29,  1899,  ar,d  resolution  of  the 
Municipal  Assembly  approved  by 

Nov.  1,  1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

300,000  00 

r 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  ot  New  York,  for 
constructing  a  Public -{ 
Driveway  along  the 

Chapter  102  ot  the  Laws  of  1893,  as 
cuncndGcl  by  chsptcr*  8  of  the  Lslws 
of  1894  ;  sections  169  and  170  of 
chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897  ; 
resolution  of  the  Board  of  Estimate 
and  Apportionment  adopted  July 
27,    1898,  and   resolution  of  the 
Municipal  Assembly  approved  by 

Nov  1,  1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

1,650,000  00 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  for- 
the  New  Aqueduct. . .  j 

I 

Chapter  490  of  the  Laws  of  1883 ; 
sections  169  and  170  of  chap'er 
378   of  the   Laws  of  1897,  and 
resolutions  of  the  Aqueduct  Com- 
mission of  The  City  of  New  York 
adopted  June  13  and  December 
*9>  l899  

Oct.   1,  1919 

Apr.  t  and  Oct.  1 

The  above-described  stock  is  free  and  exempt  from  all  taxation  in  the  State  of  New  York,  except  for  State 
purposes,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  169  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 

The  principal  of  and  interest  on  said  stock  are  payable  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
of  the  present  standard  of  -weight  and  fineness,  pursuant  to  a  resolution  of  the  Cotnniissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  adopted  June  9,  iSgS. 


29  [February  i,  1900. 


Proposals  Received. 


Bidder. 


Kuhn,  Loeb  &  Co  

The  Brooklyn  Daily  Eagle  

Ailen,  Sand  &  Co  

Welles,  Herrick  &  Hicks  

Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  { 
Fisk  &  Sons  ) 

Knickerbocker  Trust  Company. 

Farson,  Leach  &  Co  , 

The  People's  Trust  Company. . . 

New  York  Security  and  Trust) 
Company  J 

The  Western  National  Bank.... 

Franklin  Trust  Company   

R.  L.  Day  &  Co...  

Clinton  N.  Field  &  Co  

ArthurS.  Leland  &  Co  

Newburgh  Savings  Bank  

John  H.  Thompson  

James  P.  Fish  

Nancy  J.  Fish  

Hamilton  Trust  Company  


Amount 

of 
Deposit. 


f 

$111,360.  68<{ 
I 


8,000  co-| 
I 

r 

111,369  68<{ 
I 
( 

6,000  00  I 

111,369  68 
20,000  co 

53,000  00  I 
( 

111,369  68 


f 

4,000  00  ■{ 


11,50c  00 


6,000  00 
10,000  00 
2,000  00 
1,000  00 
10  00 
10  00 
20,000  00 


Class  of  Corporate  Stock. 


All  or  any  part  of  stock  payable  No 
vember  i,  1940  , 

All  or  any  part  of  stock  payable  Octo 
ber  1,  1919  

For  the  New  East  River  Bridge  

Any  issue  due  November  1,  1940  

Or  the  issue  due  October  1,  1919,  at 
105.70. 

All  or  any  part  of  stock  due  November  ) 

1. 1940  •  ) 

Or  any  part  of  the  stock  due  October  1, 

1919,  at  105.62. 
For  all  or  any  part  of  the  stock  paya-  | 

ble  November  1,  1940  ) 

And  all  or  any  part  of  the  stock  due  \_ 

October  1,  1919  ( 

Any  issue  due  November  1,  1940  

Or  the  issue  due  October  1,  1919,  at 
105.38. 

($5,959,948.32)  For  whole  issue  

Any  issue  due  November  1,  1940  

Any  issue  due  November  1,  1940  

And  for  the  stock  payable  October  1, 1919 

For  whole  issue  

All  or  any  part  of  stock  due  Novem- ) 

ber  1,  1940  j 

Or  the  issue  due  October   1,  1919,  at 

105. 

Any  stock  due  November  r,  1940  

Or  the  issue  due  October    i,  1919,  at 
105.78. 

And  any  stock  due  November  1,  1940. . . 
Or  the  issue  due  October   1,  1919,  at 
105.52. 

And  for  any  stock  due  November  1,  ) 

1940  ( 

Or  the  issue  due  October  1,  1919,  at 
105.28. 

Any  of  the  six  issues  due  November  1,  j 

1940  f 

Any  stock  due  November  1,  1940  

The  stock  due  October  1,  1919  

Any  issue  

Any  issue  

Any  issue  

Any  stock  due  November  1,  1940  ...... 

Total  


Amounts. 


$3,918,483  95 
1,650,000  00 
25.000  00 
100,000  00 


3,918,483  90 
1,650,000  00 
300,000  00 

5,568,483  90 

l.OOO.OCO  CO 

1,000,000  CO 

1,650,000  00 

5,568,483  90 
200,000  00 

1,650,000  CO 
1,650,000  CO 

2,268,483  90 

300,000  00 
500,000  00 
100,000  00 
50,000  00 
500  00 
500  00 
r, 000,000  00 


£34,468,419  50 


Priced 

PER 

$100. 


$108.56 
105-15 

109.744 
109.02 

108.68 
109.477 

106.037 
108.46 

j  About 
I  107.03 

107 . 30 
107.05 
IQ4-75 
106.66 
108.00 

109.03 
108.78 

108.38 

108.465 
109.225 
105-51 

IOO. CO 

102.00 
102.00 
106.80 


February  i,  1900.] 

The  following  bids  were  accepted  : 


50 


Bidder. 


The  Brooklyn  Daily  Eagle  

Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  Fisk  \ 

&  Sons  j 

Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  Fisk 

&  Son*;  f 

Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  Fisk  j 

&  Sons  } 

Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  Fisk  | 

&  Sons  ) 

Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  Fisk  I 

.  &  Sons  J 

Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  Fisk  ) 

&  Sons   ] 

Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  Fisk  ) 

&  Sons  ( 


Class  of  Corporate  Stock. 


For  the  New  East  River  Bridge  

For  a  New  Hall  of  Records  

For  School-houses  and  Sites  therefor  

For  School-houses  and   Sites  therefor    in  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn  

For  High-schools  and  Sites  therefor  

For  constructing  a  Public  Driveway  along  the 
Harlem  river  

For  the  New  Aqueduct  

Total  


Amounts. 


$25,000  CO 
1,975,000  00 


Price 

PER  $IOO 


$109,744 
IO9.477 


450,000  OO   1  IO9.477 


300,000  OO 

500,000  OO 

368,483  90 

300,000  OO 
1,650,000  00 


$5,568,483  90 


IC9.477 
IC9.477 
109.477 
109.477 

106.037 


New  York,  January  25,  1900. 
Which  was  ordered  filed. 


Respectfully  submitted, 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  of  securities  held  by  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  as  investments  December  31,  1899  : 

Statement  of  Eonds  and  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  Held  by  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  as  Investments,  December  31,  1899. 

For  Account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.i. 


Rate. 


2^  per  cent. 
3 

3 

m  " 

3 

3 


Title. 


Bonds  and  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York, 
as  constituted  prior  to  January  i,  1898. 

Additional  Croton  Water  Stock  

Additional  Water  Stock  

Additional  Water  Stock  for  Sanitary  Protection  of 

Water  Supply  

Armory  Bonds  


Maturity. 


1904 
1904 
1905 
1907 
1907 
1913-1933 

1912 
1907 
1907 
19110 


$300,000  OO 
2,427,000  OO 
182, coo  00 


$950,000  OO 
750,000  OO 
45,000  OO 


$213,500  OO 
142,632  06 

1,133.566  12 


3i 


[February  i,  1900. 


Rate. 


Title. 


Maturity. 


2Y2,  per  cent. 
3 
3 
3 


Assessment  Bonds  (Chapter  420,  Laws  1896;  j  0n  °^^X 

a  a  (  On  or  after 

1  1890 

««  it  j  On  or  after 

  j  1891 

t(  a  \  On  or  after 


§50,000  00 
620,000  co 
35,000  00 
45,000  00 


Assessment  Bonds  (Fort  Washington  Ridge  Road). 


Assessment  Bonds  (Improvement  of  Harlem  River 

and  Spuytcn  Duyvil  Creek)    

Assessment   Bonds   (Improvement   of  Riverside 

Avenue)  

Assessment  Bonds  (One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth 

Street  Viaduct)  

Assessment  Bonds    One  Hundred  and  Fifty-filth 

Street  Viaduct)  ".  

Assessment  Bonds  (One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth 

Street  Viaduct.)  

Assessment  Bonds  (One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth 

Street  Viaduci ;  

Assessment  Bonds   (One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth 

Street  Viaduct)  


Assessment  Bonds  (Section  144). 


Assessment  Bonds  (Section  150J. 


Assessment  Fund  Stock, 


City  Improvement  Stock  ,'Consolidated  Stock;. 
City  Parks  Improvement  Fund  Stock  


On  or  after  ( 

1*95  » 

On  or  after  j 

1896  J 
On  or  after  ( 

1897  I 
On  or  after  I 

,898  j 

On  or  after  / 

1888  ( 

On  or  after  i 

1890  ( 

On  or  after  > 

1893  .  ( 

On  or  after  \ 

1893  ) 
On  or  after  I 

1894  I  j 
On  or  after  I 

1895  I 
On  or  after  / 


$36,042  29 

5,887  e2 
7.165  40  I 


11,417  60 


55,occ  00 
594,000  00 
125,000  00 


[6,500  00 


,500  co 


On  or  after  f 

1896  (" 

On  or  after  | 

1899  f 
On  or  after  I 

1900  I  f 

On  or  after  \ 

1893  J 

On  or  after  ) 


1900 
1901 

1903 
1903 
1910 


1,175, 000  00 
150,000  co 
825,000  00 

ii,coc,ooo  00 
1,550,000  00 
700,000  00 
i,45o,oco  00 


Consolidated  Stock  (Ambulance  Station  on  East  { 
Seventeenth  Street,  etc.)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Completion  of  Addition  to) 
Building  of  the  American  Museum  of  Natural  I 
History'  \ 

Consolidated  Stock  (Completion  of  Addition  to  j 
Building  of  the  American  Museum  of  Natural  )- 
History)  ) 


1900 
1901 
1902 

1903 
1904 
1904 

iqi6 
1913 


S500  00 
156,100  00 
364,850  00 

51,371,500  00 
685,000  00 
704;oco  co 
336,000  00 
125  000  00 


$10,000  oo 


$750,000  00 


60,512  91 
75,000  00 
30,000  00 


742,000  00 


2,150,000  oc 


4,700,000  00 


521,450  00 

13,616  52 


5,221,500  00 
50,000  oo 


February  i,  1900.] 


32 


Title. 


Maturity. 


Consolidated  Stock  (East  Wing  Addition,  American  i 

Museum  of  Natural  History)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Completion  of  East  Wing  Ad- ) 

dition,  American  Museum  of  Natural  History).  ( 
Consolidated  Stock  (Enlargement  of  Building,  etc.,  I 

American  Museum  of  Natural  History)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Enlargement  of  Building,  etc.,  I 

American  Museum  of  Natural  History)  | 

Consolidated  Stock  (Erecting  and  Equipping  Addi-j 

tion,  American  Museum  of  Natural  History) ...  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Building  for  Botanical  ) 
Museum  and  Herbarium)  ( 

Consolidated  Stock  (Buildings,  etc.,  Department  ( 
ol  Public  Charities)  j 

Consolidated  S'.ock  (Buildings,  etc.,  Department  of  ( 
Correction)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Buildings  for  Public  Health  I 
and  Comfort)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Buildings,  etc.,  Waid's  Island  J 
and  Central  Islip)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Court-house,  Appellate  Divi- 
sion, Supreme  Court,  Erection  and  Construc- 
tion)   

Consolidated  Stock  (Court-house,  Appellate  Divi- ) 
sion,  Supreme  Court,  Furnishing  and  Equipping)  I 

Consolidated  Stock  (Fifth  District  Police  and  Ninth  I 
Judicial  District  Courts)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Fifth  District  Police  and! 
Ninth  Judical  District  Courts)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Filth  District  Police  and  ( 
Ninth  Judicial  District  Courts)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Hospital  Building  in  Gouver-'j 
neur  Slip)    \ 

Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement,  Castle  Garden,  1 
etc.)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (To  Complete  and  Stock  Castle  I 
Garden  for  Aquarium)  } 

Consolidated  Stock  (Approaches  to  Metropolitan ) 

Museum  of  Art)  ( 

Consolidated  Stock  (Approaches  to  Metropolitan  ) 

Museum  of  Art)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Boiler-house,  etc. ,  North  Wing,  | 

Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Completion,  etc.,  Metropolitan  | 

Museum  of  Art;  \ 

Consolidated  Stock  (Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art).. 

Consolidated  Stock  (Completion,  etc.,  Metropolitan  I 
Museum  of  Art)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  'Equipment,  etc.,  North  Wing,  ) 
and  Repairing  Other  Parts  of  Building  of  Metro-  [- 
politan  Museum  ol  Art)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (North  Extension,  Metropolitan  | 
Museum  of  Artj  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (New  Hall  of  Records)  

Consolidated  Stock  (New  Municipal  Building)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Public  Building,  Crotona  Park). . 


Consolidated  Stock  (Public  Bath  on  Rivington  street) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Seventh  District  Police  Court  { 
and  Prison  and  Eleventh  Judicial  District  Court)  | 

Consolidated  Stock  (Seventh  District  Police  Court) 
and  Prison  and  Eleventh  Judicial  District  Court) ) 


1920 

$401,103  36 

1920 

38.000  CO 

19T3 

195, coo  00 

19*3 

205,000  00 

IQ25 

30,000  00 

1921 

IQ2I 

1921 

1919 

I9O2 

I9I9 

S9-593  75 

1919 

55,000  00 

I9II 

$75,000  00 

I912 

75, coo  00 

1913 

39,188  92 

I916 

19 1  2 

$145,000  00 

1912 

85,000  00 

1907 

$30,000  00 

1907 

io,o;o  00 

1912 

90,000  00 

19*3 

120,000  00 

1905 

25,000  00 

1913 

192,000  00 

1913 

135,000  00 

19*3 

400,000  00 

1923 



1912 

1914 

$33,164  00 

J920 

36,947  00 

1919 

1916 

$73,636  28 

1917 

14,485  00 

33 


[February  i.  1900. 


Rate 


Title. 


3  per  cent.      Consolidated  Stock  (Revenue  Bonds,  GansevoDrt 
Market)  

3        "          Consolidated  Stock  (Revenue  Bonds,  Gansevoortl 
Market)  I 

3         "          Consolidated  Stock  (Revenue  Bonds,  Gansevoort 
Market)  


3 
3 
3 
3 

2^ 

3 
3 
3 
3 
3 


3 
3 

2K 

3 
3 
3 
3 

3 
3 
3 
3 


2^ 
3 


Consolidated  Stock  Bridge  No.  26,  Central  Park). 

Consolidated  Stock  (Entrance  to  Central  Park,  ai 
Ninetieth  Street  and  Eighth  Avenue)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Entrance  to  Central  Park,  Fifth 
Avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Street) . . . 

Consolidated  Stock  Improvement  of  JNorthwest 
Corner  Central  Park)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Landscape  Improvement, 
Central  Park)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Landscape  Improvement, 
Central  Park)  

Consolidated  Stock  Laying  Asphalt  Walks  in 
Central  Park)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Tool-house  and  Wagon  Shed, 
Central  Park)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Transverse  Road  No.  2,  Cen- 
tral Park)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Wall  in  Central  Park  on  Une 
Hundred  and  Tenth  Street)  


Consolidated  Stock  (Corlear's  Hook  Park) , 
Consolidated  Stock  (East  River  Park)  


Maturity. 


Consolidated  Stock  Return  Wall,  etc.,  East  River  ( 
Park)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Return  Wall,  etc..  East  River  j 
Park)  : . . .  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (For  New  Parks,  etc.,  Twenty-  ( 

third  and  Twenty-fourth  Wards)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Completion  of  Cathedral  Park-  ) 

way)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Construction  and    Improve-  | 

ment  of  St.  John's  Park)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Construction  and  Improve-) 

ment  of  Parkways)  ,  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Construction  and  Improve-  I 

ment  of  Parkways)  \ 

Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement  of  Mosholu ) 
Parkway)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement  of  Parks,  etc.,} 
New  York  and  Pelhum  Parks)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement  of  P^rks,  Park-  \ 
ways  and  Drives)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Public  Park,  from  One  Hun  j 
dred  and  Eleventh  to  One  Hundred  and  Four-  I 
teenth  Street,  and  from  First  Avenue  to  East  f 
River)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Public  Park,  from  One  Hun-  | 
dred  and  Eleventh  to  One  Hundred  and  Four-  j 
teenth  Street,  and  from  First  Avenue  to  East  [ 
River)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Public  Park,  Hester,  Essex,  I 
and  Division  and  other  Streets)  \ 

Consolidated  Stock  (Public  Park,  Hester,  Essex,  I 
and  Division  and  other  Streets)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Public  Park  in  Twelfth  Ward) 
Consolidated  Stock  (Public  Park,  St.  Nicholas  and  ) 

Seventh  Avenues  and  One  Hundred  and  Seven-  > 

teenth  Street)  S 

Consolidated  Stock  (Bays  and  Stairways,  Morning-  ) 

side  Park)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Bays  and  Stairways,  Morning-  I 

side  Park)  j" 


J907 

$120, oco  00 

1908 

330*000  00 

I9CQ 

53,715  15 

1907 

SI  2, OCO  OO 

1907 

17,000  OO 

1907 

6,000  CO 

1907 

1907 

15,000  OO 

1907 

30,000  OO 

1 9c  7 

43, oco  00 

1907 

13,500  OO 

1907 

4,000  CO 

1907 

37,oco  00 

1912 

1911 

$637,118  88 

1907 

7,000  OO 

1907 

3,500  CO 

1903-1929  , 
1912 
1916 
1914 

1914  j 

1912 
1919 
1918 

1917 

1918 

1923 
1920 

1921 
191 1 

1907 
1907 


$700  CO 


100,000  OO 


S79>8*7  91 
8,842  40 


$*.27i  14 

15,289  72 


f  1 0,000  OO 
65,000  OO 


February  i,  1900.] 


34 


Rate. 


■2V2  per 
3  " 


3 

2^  " 


" 

3 
3 
3 
3 


Title. 


Maturity. 


3 
3 
3 

3 
3 
3 
3 

3 
3 
3 

3 
3 
3 
3 


Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement  of  Morningside  ) 
Park)  I 

Consolidated  Stock  i  Improvement  of  Morningside  ( 
Park)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Morningside  Park,  Trees,  etc).. 

Consolidated  Stock  (Parapet  Wall,  Morningside ) 
Park)  ] 

Consolidated  Stock  (Foundation  Walls,  etc.,  Mount 
Morris  Park)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  Foundation  Walls,  etc.,  Mount  I 
Morris  Park)  ...  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Gentlemen's  Cottage,  Mount  I 
Morris  Park)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement  of  Riverside) 
Park)  | 

Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement  of  Riverside) 
Park)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Construction  and  Improvement  I 
of  Riverside  Park  and  Drive)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Grading,  etc.,  Riverside  Park  I 
and  Drive)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement  of  Riverside  ( 
Park,  Paving,  etc.)  * 

Consolidated  Stock  (Laying  Asphalt  Walks,  River- 
side Park)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Riverside  Park,  Trees,  etc.)... 

Consolidated  Stock  (Woman's  Cottage,  Riverside 
Park)   

Consolidated  Stock  (Widening  Roadway,  River- 
side Drive)  


e.r.i 


Consolidated  Stock  (Rutger's  Slip  Park)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Parade  Ground,  Van  Cort-) 
landt  Park)  I 

Consolidated  Stock  (Parade  Ground,  Van  Cort-  ^ 
landt  Park)  ) 


Consolidated  Stock  (Washington  Bridge  Park), 


Consolidated  Stock  (Public  Park,  Twenty-seventh 
and  Twenty- eighth  Streets,  between  Ninth  and 
Tenth  Avenues)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement  of  Parks,  Park-) 
ways  and  Drives,  in  The  City  of  New  York). . .  ) 

Consolidated    Stock    (Improvement   of    Spuyten  1 
Duyvil  Parkway)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Bridge  Connecting   Pelham  i 
Bay  Park  and  City  Island)  j 

Consolidated  Stock    ^Bridge  Connecting   Pelham ) 
Bay  Park  and  City  Island)  J 

Consolidated"  Stock  (Bridge  over  Harlem  River).. . 


1907 


$ico,ooo  00 


1907 

156,500  oc 

1907 

14,500  00 

1907 

95,000  00 

1907 

$28,250  00 

1907 

5,000  00 

1907 

6,250  00 

1907 

$25,000  00 

1907 

142,000  00 

1921 

55,000  00 

1914 

10,000  00 

1907 

3,500  00 

1912 

1,500  00 

1907 

19,500  00 

IQI2 

7,000  00 

1907 

5,000  00 

1911 

1909 

$12,500  00 

1909 

212,500  00 

I9I5 
1920 

$16,778  80 
20,000  00 

1921 

1921 

i923 

1916 

$1,000  00 

1919 

34,000  00 

1906 

$50,000  00 

1907 

350,000  CO 

1908 

800, COO  00 

1909 

385,100  00 

1910 

14,500  00 

1910 

16,650  00 

1911 

89,508  00 

1912 

60,078  80 

1913 

17,175  00 

$441,000  00 


39,500  00 


273,500  CO 
20,000  00 


225,000  00 

36,778  80 

16,696  32 

102,000  00 

55,000  00 

35,000  00 


35 


[February  i,  1900. 


Rate. 


Title. 


3  per  cent. 

3 


Consolidated  Stock  (Bridge  over  Harlem  River). 


Consolidated  Stock  (Bridge  over  Harlem  River  at  j 

First  Avenue)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Bridge  over  Harlem  River  at) 

Spuyten  Duyvil,  Extension  of  Broadway,  etc.)..  | 
Consolidated  Stock  (Bridge  over  New  \  ork  and  j 

Harlem  Railroad  at  East  One  Hundred  and  v 

Fifty- third  Street)    S 

Consolidated  Stock  |  Harlem  River  Bridge  at  Third  I 

Avenue)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Harlem  River  Bridge  at  Third  I 

Avenue)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Harlem  River  Bridge  at  Third  ) 

Avenue)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  Harlem  River  Bridge  at  Third  ( 

Avenue)   j 

Consolidated  Stcck  (Lands,  etc.,  Harlem  River  (_ 

Bridge  at  Third  avenue)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Harlem  Ship  Canal  Bridge).... 


Consolidated  Stock  (Harlem  River  Bridge  at  One 
Hundred  and  Fitty-tifth  street)  

Consolidated  Stock  Harlem  River  Bridge  at  One  1 
Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  Street)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  'Sedgwick  and  Ogden  Avenues] 
approaches  te  Macomb's  Dam  Bridge)  1 

Consolidated  Stock  (Bridge  over  Harlem  River, 
from  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fifth  Street  to 
One  Hundred  and  Forty-ninth  Street)  

Consolidated  Stock  | Temporary  Bridge  over  Har- ) 
lem  River  at  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fifth  | 
Street)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Gerard,  Walton  and  River  j 
Avenues  Bridge)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Bridge  over  Bronx  River  at) 
One  Hundred  and  Seventy-seventh  Street;  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Temporary  Bridge  over  Bronx  ( 
River  near  Westchester  Avenue)  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Permanent  Bridge  over  Bronx  I 
River  near  Westchester  Avenue)  \ 

Consolidated  Stock  (Steel  Beam  Structure  over) 
Port  Morris  Bridge,  New  York  &  Harlem  Rail-  [ 
road,  on  Brook  Avenue)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (New  East  River  Bridge;  

(Melrose  Avenue  Viaduct   


Maturity. 


(Laying  Water-mains)  

Consolidated  Stock  Viaduct,  Carrying  Riverside ) 
Drive  over  West  Ninety-sixth  Street)  ..] 

Consolidated  Stock  (Awards,  etc.,  Depression  oft 
Railroad  Tracks)  ] 

Consolidated  Stock  (Awards,  etc.,  Depression  of) 
Railroad  Tracks)  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Extension  of  Broadway  or) 
Kingsbridge  Road)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Paving  Jerome  Avenue)  

(Public  Driveway)  

(Repaving  Avenue  A)  


(9x4 
19*5 


1917 

1916 
1919 

1918 

1922 
1919 
1919 
1920 

1921 
1920 
1922 
1918 
1914 
1907 
1911 

1919 
1922 
1918 
1Q12 


$45,590  00 
39.325  11 


1920 

1919 

1919 

1914 

$100,000  00 

1015 

85,000  00 

1016 

15,000  00 

1920 

204,037  70 

1920 

655»979  91 

1914 

$275,000  00 

1915 

45,069  34 

1919 

36,573  00 

1916 

551,065,000  00 

>,ooo  00 
:,ooo  00 


«68.925  00 
326,500  00 


February  r,  1900.] 


36 


Title. 


Consolidated  Stock  (Repaying  Roads.  Streets  and) 
Avenues,  Twenty-third  and  Twenty-fourth  J 
Wards)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Repaving  Roads,  Streets  and 
Avenues,  Twenty- third  and  Twenty- fourth 
Wards)  

Consolidated  Stock  Repaving  Third  Avenue,  from  J 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  Street  to  > 
Boundary  Line,  Twenty-third  Ward)   ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Repaving  Third  Avenue,  from  ) 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  Street  to  J 
Boundary  Line,  Twenty-third  Ward)  ) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Repaving  Third  Avenue,  from 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  Street  to 
Boundary  Line,  Twenty-third  Ward)  


Consolidated  Stock    Repaving  Streets  and  Avenues 


Maturity. 


1920 


1905-  1923 

1906-  1923 


Consolidated  Stock  (Acquiring  Lands,  etc.,  Eleventh  ) 
Ward,  Houston  Street,  etc.)  S 

Consolidated  Stock  (Construction  of  Park,  Eleventh  ( 
Ward,  Houston  Street,  etc.)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (Board  of  Health,  Condemna- 1 
tion  of  Buildings)  | 

Consolidated  Stock  (Columbus  Celebration)  

Consolidated   Stock    (Electrozone   Plant,   Riker's  (_ 

Island)  \ 

Consolidated  Stock  (Gore  of  Land,  One  Hundred  | 

and  Fifty-fifth  Street  and  Seventh  Avenue,  etc.).  ) 
Consolidated  Stock  (New  Plant,  etc.,  Department  ( 

of  Street  Cleaning)  j 

Consolidated    Slock    (Purchase,    Ward's    Iskind  I 

Property)  ( 

Consolidated  Stock  (Redemption   of  Assessment  j 

Bond-,  Improvement  of  Park  Avenue)  j 

Consolidated  Stock  (New  Grounds,  etc.,  College  of  I 

The  City  of  New  York)   j 

Criminal  Court-house  Bonds  |  1900-1908 

1900-1908 


1920 
1920 

1919 
1903 
1913 
1916 
1914 

1913 
1920 

i9I5 


Croton  Water  Main  Stock  


1901-  1900 

1902-  1908 

1903-  1908 

1904-  1908 

1905-  1908 

1 906-  1 908 
1908 

1900 

1 19°° 
1900 


§13,425  00 


400,000  00 


5133,808  c6 
3,500  or- 


1923 

14,000  00 

• 

1900 

$895,000  00 

1909 

105,000  00 

1911 

I.OCO.OOO  00 

*9l3 

1,500,000  00 

1920 

525,0:0  00 

$21,209  02 
2,500  00 


$35,000  00 
1^0,000  00 
300,000  00 
450,000  00 
271,000  00 
504,000  00 
100,000  00 
25,000  CO 
55,000  00 


$248,000  00 
972,000  00 
44,000  00 


37 


[February  i,  1500. 


Rate. 


Title. 


4  per 

5 
6 
6 
6 

5 
6 

5 
5 
5 
5 
4 
5 
4 
4 
3 
4 
3 

2^ 
2J4 

3 
3 


Croton  Water  Main  Stock. 


Dock  Bonds 


Additional  Dock  Bonds  

Consolidated  Stock  (Fire  Department  Bond? 
Consolidated  Stock  (Fire  Hydrant  Stock). . . . 
Museum  of  Art  and  Natural  History  Stock. 


New  York  Bridge  Bonds  (Consolidated  Stock) , 


New  York  Bridge  Bonds  

New   York   Bridge  Bonds   (Consolidated  Stock, 
Series  No.  f]  


Maturity. 


1906 

§15,000  CO 

1906 

1,276,000  00 

§250,000  00 

1904 

97^*000  00 

f  9°5 

321,200  00 

T906 

278,000  00 

1906 

150,000  00 

1907 

1908 

372,000  00 

1909 

300,000  00 

520,000  oc 

IQII 

672,000  00 

1911 

191,000  00 

1912 

I  08c  000  00 

I9I3 

191  \ 

1914 

175,000  00 

1918 

500,000  00 

1919 

50,000  CO 

1920 

400,000  CO 

1921 

450,000  00 

1922 

2,480,000  00 

1923 

1,660,000  00 

1924 

960,000  00 

1925 

30.000  00 

1928 

1916 

i925 

1903 

$2,000  00 

1903 

291,000  00 

1903 

665,000  00 

1900-1926 

§421,900  00 

1903-1928 

450,000  00 

1903-1928 

300,000  00 

1905-1928 

416,666  66 

1905 

1,252,000  00 

1922 

100,000  00 

§2,555,000  00 


13,366,000  CO 
250,000  00 
600,000  00 
25,000  CO 


958,000  CO 


February  i,  1900. J 


38 


3 
3 
3 

3 

3 
3 

2^ 

3 

3 
3 


Title. 


New  York   Bridge  Bonds    (Consolidated   Stock, ) 

Series  No.  2)   J 

New  York   Bridge   Bonds   (Consolidated  Stock, ) 

Series  No  3)  } 

New  York   Bridge   Bonds   (Consolidated  Stock,  ) 

Series  No.  4)  ) 

New   York   Bridge   Bonds   (Consolidated   Stock,  | 

Series  No.  4)  f 

New  York  Bridge   Bonds   (Consolidated   Stock,  I 

Series  No.  5)  . .  j 

New  York  Bridge   Bonds   (Consolidated  Stock,  I 

Series  No.  5)  j 


Consolidated  Stock  (Police  Department  Bonds). 
Consolidated  Stock  (High  School  Bonds)  


Maturity. 


Sanitarv  Improvement,  School-house  Bonds,  Gold  ) 
(Consolidated  Stock)  f 

School-house  Bonds  


Gold. 


Water  Main  Stock, 


Bonds  and  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  as 
constituted  after  January  i,  1898. 

Assessment  Bonds  (Fort  Washington  Ridge  Road,  ) 
Section  144,  Consolidation  Act  of  1882)  j 

Assessment  Bonds  (Fort  Washington  Ridge  Road,  j 
Section  a8i,  Chapter  378,  1897)  j 

Assessment  Bonds  (Fort  Washington  Ridge  Road)  \ 


Assessment  Bonds  (Improvement  of  Streets  and 
Avenues,  Twenty-sixth  Ward,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn)  

Assessment  Bonds  (Section  181,  Chapter  378,  Laws 
of  1897)  

Corporate  Stock  (Acquiring  Lands,  Public  Park  in 
Eleventh  Ward)  

Corporate  Stock  (Construction  of  Public  Park  in 
Eleventh  Ward)  

Corporate  Stock  (Construction  and  Improvement 

of  Parkways)  

Corporate   Stock    (Improving   Crotona    Park  at 

Public  Building)  

Corporate  Stock   (Improvement  of  Public  Park, 

Parkways,  etc.,  Chapter  194,  Laws  1896)  

Corporate  Stock  (Improvement  of  Public  Parks, 

Parkways,  etc.,  Chapter  643,  Laws  1897)  

Corporate  Stock  (Improvement  and  Completion  of 

Riverside  Park  and  Drive)  

Corporate  Stock  (Improvement  of  Spuyten  Duyvil 

Parkway)  

Corporate  Stock  (New  Parks,  etc.,  Twenty-third 

and  Twenty-fourth  Wards)  

Corporate  Stock  (Public  Park,  Hester  and  Essex 

Streets,  etc.)  

Corporate  Stock  (Public  Park  in  Twelfth  Ward) . . . 

Corporate  Stock  (Public  Park,  Twenty-seventh 
and  Twenty-eighth  Streets)  


1922 
1922 
1922 
1923 
1923 
1925 

1918 
1916 
1914 
1908 
1908 
1911 
1914 
1916 

1912 


On  or  after 

1890 
On  or  after 

T899 
On  or  after 

1900 

On  or  after 
1904 

On  or  after 
1907 

1920 
1920 

1914 

1928 
1918 
1921 

1921 
1923 
1909-19 29 
1920 
1921 
1921 


$100,000  00 

T 00,000  OO 

30,000  OO 
70,000  00 
30,000  00 
25,000  OO 


$9,500  OO 
25,023  20 
1,336,872  61 
77,621  50 

1,576,287  94 


$242  75 
18,181  33 
11,514  65 


$21,779  25 
177,000  00 


$15,000  00 
123,500  oo 


39 


[February  r,  1900. 


Rate. 


3  per  cent. 


Title. 


Maturity. 


Corporate  Stock  (Public  Park  in  the  Borough  of  | 
Manhattan,  bounded  by  West  Fifty-second  and  ! 
West  Fifty-fourth  Streets,  Eleventh  and  Twelfth  [ 
Avenues)  J 

Corporate  Stock  (Public  Pari;,  One  Hundred  and 
Eleventh  and  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth 
Streets)  

Corporate  Stock  (Sea  Wall  along  East  River  Park). . 

Corporate  Stock  (St.  John's  Park  in  Ninth  Ward)... 

Corporate  Stock  (Constructing  a  Bridge  over  the] 
Harlem  River  at  its  Junction  with  Spuyten  ! 
Duyvil  Creek  and  Approaches  thereto,  etc.,  or  f 
Extension  of  Broadway  or  Kingsbridge  Road).  J 
Corporate  Stock  (Constructing  Bridges  over  Tracks  1 
of  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River  Rail-  > 
road  at  Gerard  Avenue,  etc.)  ,  ) 

Corporate  Stock  (Construction  of  Steel  Beam] 
Structure  over  Tracks  of  Port  Morris  Branch  | 
of  New  York  and  Harlem  Railioad  on  Brook  f 
Avenue)  I 

Corporate  Stock  fBridge  connecting  Pelham  Bay  i 
Park  and  City  Island)    I 

Corporate  Stock  (Bridga  over  Bronx  River  at  I 
Westchester  Avenue)  I 

Corporate  Stock  (Bridge  over  East  River  between  I 
Boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  Queens)  ( 

Corporate  Stock  (Bridge  ovtr  East  River  between  | 
Boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  Brooklyn)  j 

Corporate  Stock  (New  East  River  Bridge)  

Corporate  Stock  (For  and  on  Account  of  Armories).. 

Corporate  Stock  (Buddings,  etc.,  Department  of) 

Correction)   f 

Corporate  Stock  'Construction  and  Equipment  ofi 

a   Building  for   the   Botanical   Museum   and  >- 

Herbarium)  ) 

Corporate  Stock  (Construction,  etc.,  Court-house,  j 

Appellate    Division,    Supreme    Court,    First  > 

Department)  \ 

Corporate  Stock  (Construction  and  Extension  ofi 

a  Building,  Metropolitan  Museum  ot  Art)  ( 

Corporate  Stock  (Improvement  of  Buildings,  Ward's ) 

Island  and  Central  Islip)  J 

Corporate  Stock  (For  High  Schools  and  Sites  there-  ( 

for)  f 

Corporate   Stock   (For  School  Houses  and  Sites  | 

therefor)  f 

Corporate  Stock  (For  School  Houses  and  Sites  in  I 

the  Boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx)  ( 

Corporate  Stock  (For  School  Houses  and  Sites  in  i 

the  Borough  of  Brooklyn)  j 

Corporate  Stock  (For  School  Houses  and  Sites  in ) 

the  Borough  of  Queens)  ( 


Corporate  Stock  (New  Buildings,  etc.,  Department 
of  Public  Charities)  

Corporate  Stock  (Public  Bath  on  Rivington  | 
Street)  j 

Corporate  Stock  (Public  Building,  Crotona  Park)  . . . 

Corporate  Stock  (For  a  New  Hail  of  Records)  

Corporate  Stock  (Awards  etc.,  Change  of  Grade).  . 
Corporate  Stock  (Paving  Jerome  Avenue)  


Corporate  Stock  (Repaving  Streets  and  Avenues). 

Corporate  Stock  (For  Laying  Additional  Water 
Mains  and  Erecting  Additional  Pumping  Ma- 
chines in  The  City  of  New  York)  

Corporate  Stock  (Laying  Water  Mains)  


1929 

i9i2 
1911 
1916 

1919 
1922 

1921 

1919 
1919 
1928 
1928 
1929 
1923 
1928 

1928 


1929 
1928 
1914 
1929 
1928 
1928 
1928 
1918 
1917 


929 

929 



929 

929 

$245,351 

So 

928 

1,153,980 

98 

929 

30 

929 

B5.615 

00 

929 

7,650 

00 

4940  80 

170,033  00 
65,000  00 
50,000  00 

40,000  00 
33,000  00 

9,oco  00 

135,000  CO 
10,000  00 
20,000  00 
20,  coo  00 

,287,823  66 
19,500  00 
40,000  00 

160,000  00 

75,000  00 

50,000  00 
1,000  00 


3,009,925  08 
3r.5i7  5o 
20,000  00 
2,500  00 
150,000  00 

115,480  GO 
5,000  OO 
3IO.COO  OO 

106,343  CO 
25, coo  00 


February  i,  1900.] 


40 


Rate. 


3  per  cent. 

3 


Title. 


Corporate  Stock  (For  the  New  Aqueduct)  

Corporate  Stock  (Sanitary  Protection  of  Sources  of) 

Water  Supply)  j 

Corporate  Stock  (Expenses  of  Board  of  Health  in) 

Condemnation  Proceedings)  j 

Corporate  Stock  (For  Purchase  of  New  Stock  or) 

Plant  lor  Department  of  Street  Cleaning).  j 

Corporate  Stock  (Redemption  of  Six  per  cent.)  ) 

Permanent  Water  Loan  Bonds  of  the  City  ofv 

Brooklyn,  maturing  July  i,  1899)  ) 

Corporate    Stock    (Redemption    of  Assessment 

Bonds,  Park  avenue,  above  One  Hundred  and 

Sixth  street)  

Corporate  Stock  (To  Replenish  Fund  for  Street  and 

Park  Openings)  

Corporate  Stock  ( Erection  of  a  Soldiers'  and  Sailors' 

Memorial  Arch)  

Corporate  Stock  (Improvement  of  Wallabout  Basin 

in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn)  

Corporate  Stock  (Criminal  Court-house  Bonds).. 

Corporate  Stock  (Docks  and  Ferries),  chapter  246, 
Laws  of  1896  

Corporate  Stock  (Docks  and  Ferries),  section  180. . 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Payment  of  Claim  of 
Rufus  G.  Beardslee,  Counsel  to  Board  of  Edu- 
cation)  

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Expenses,  etc.,  Commit-  | 
sioners  of  Board  of  Rapid  Transit)  f 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Expenses,  etc.,  Office  ot'( 
Commissioner  of  Jurors,  Richmond  County). ..  j 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Celebration  of  Return  of  I 
Admiral  George  Dewey)  | 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Department  of  Street) 
Cleaning,  Manhattan  and  Bronx,  Snow  and  Ice). J 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Department  of  Street  \ 
Cleaning,  Snow  and  Ice)  J 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Expert  Accountants,  etc.). . 

"  (Indexing  Conveyances,  etc.) 

"  (For  Payment  of  Claims,  etc.) 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Payment  of  Expenses,  I 
Building  Code  Commission)  f 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Payment  of  Judgments,  etc.) 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Completion  and  Construe-  I 
tion  of  Rose  Hill  Placej  f 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Tax  and  Assessment  Maps. 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Payment  of  the  Expenses  , 
of  the  Receipt  and  Canvassing  of  Votes  Within  I 
The  City  of  New  York  of  Soldiers  and  Sailors).  J 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (To  Provide  for  Payment  of) 
Increased  Salaries  of  Teachers  in  the  Public  > 
Schools)  ) 

Total   ... 


Maturity. 


1917 
1918 

1917 
1919 

1929 

1929 

1929 

1929 
1929 
1929 

i923 
1928 
1928 

On  or  after 
1900 

1900 

1900 

1900 

1900 

1900 

1900 
1900 
1900 
1900 
1900 
1900 
1900 
1900 

1900 


$150,000  co 
150,000  00 


$75,294  54 
2,000,000  00 


j  100,000  oo 
375,000  00 


41  [February  i,  1900. 

For  Account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt  No.  2. 


Bonds  and  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  as 
constituted  prior  to  January  i,  1898. 

Additional  Croton  Water  S'.ock  


Maturity. 


Additional  Water  Stock. 


Additional  Water  Stock  (For  the  Sanitary  Protection  ] 
of  Water  Supply  

Assessment  Bonds  (Fort  Washington  Ridge  Road).  . 


Assessment  Bonds  (Section  144). 


Consolidated  Stock  (Bridge  over  Harlem  River  at 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  Street)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Bridge  over  Harlem  Ship  Canal 


"  (New  York  Bridge  Bonds)  

Consolidated   Stock    (New  York   Bridge    Bonds,  ' 


Series  No.  5) . 


Consolidated  Stock  (Buildings,  etc.,  Ward's  Is- 
land and  Central  Islip)  

Consolidated  Stock  (East  Wing  Addition,  Ameri- 
can Museum  of  Natural  History  

Consolidated  Stock  (Extension  Parade  Ground, 
Van  Cortlandt  Park)  

Consolidated  Stock  v  Repaying  Avenue  A)  

Con?olidated    Stock    (Repaying   Third  Avenue, 


irom  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  to  One 

Hundred  and  Sixty-eighth  Street)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Depression  of  Railroad  Tracks, 

Twenty-third  and  Twenty-fourth  Wards)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Elect rozone  Plant,  Riker's  Is- 
land)  

Consolidated  Stock  (Fire  Department  Bonds)  


(Public  Driveway). . 
"               (School-house  Bonds 
Criminal  Court-house  Bonds  


Water  Main  Stock 


Bonds  and  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  as 
constituted  after  Jamiary  i,  1898. 

Corporate  Stock  (For  School  Houses  and  Sites  ) 
therefor  in  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  v 
Bronx)  ) 

Corporate  Stock  (For  School  Houses  and  Sues  \ 
therefor  in  the  Borough  of  Queens)  ( 

Corporate  Stock  (For  School  Houses  and  Sites  1 
therefor  in  the  Borough  of  Richmond  ) 


Corporate  Stock  (For  Laying  Water  Mains). 

(For  the  New  Aqueduct).. 


1904 
1911 
1904 
1907 
1912 

1912 
1897 
1898 
1899 
i9°3 

1916 
1914 
1926 
i925 

1902 
1920 
1909 
1912 

1905-1923 

1912 

«9'3 

1915 

1918 

1911 
1904-1908 

1912 


1909 

1909 

1917 
1910 


$168,000  00 
250,000  00 


$  1, 000,00c  00 
3,600,000  00 
4,569,500  00 


$5,853  30 
19,170  00 


$200,000  00 
400,000  00 


$30,000  00 
95,000  oo 


$7I9»°39  50 
10,000  00 
3,000  00 


$2CO,OCO  OO 


February  i,  1900.] 


42 


Title. 


Corporate  Stock  (For  the  New  Aqueduct], 


Corporate  Stock  (For  the  Sanitary  Protection  of) 
Sources  of  Water  Supply)  J 

Corporate  Siock  (For  the  Sanitary  Protection  of) 
Sources  of  Water  Supply) ...   j 

Corporate  Stock  1T0  Provide  for  an  Additional  I 
Supply  of  Water)  ( 

Corporate  Stock  To  Replenish  the  Fund  for  Street  j 
and  Park  Openings)  f 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Celebration  of  Return  of  I 
Admiral  George  Dewey)  | 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Expert  Accountants,  etc.).. 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Payment  of  Expenses  of) 
the  Board  of  Rapid  Transit  Railroad  Commis-  V 

sioners)  j 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (For  Payment  of  Claims,  j 
etc.,   subdivision  7,   section  188,  chapter  378,  V 

Laws  of  1897)  ) 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (To  Provide  for  the  Salary  ] 
of  the  Commissioner  of  Records  for  the  County  j 
of  Kings  and  the  Compensation  of  his  Assist-  }■ 
ants    and    Employees,    and   other    necessary  | 

expenses)  j 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (For  Payment  of  Judgments, ) 


etc.). 


Special  Revenue  Bonds  (For  Payment  of  Legal] 

Expenses  of  E.  H.Tamsen,  etc.)  J 

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (To  Provide  for  Increased  . 
Salaries  of  Employees  of  the  Department  o| 

Street  Cleaning)  1  

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (To  Provide  for  Payment  , 
of  Volunteer  Fire  Companies  in  the  Borough  of 
Richmond)  1 


Total. 


Maturity. 


1917 
1918 
1919 

1917 
1909 

1911 
1914 
1900 
1900 

1900 
1900 

1900 

1900 
1900 

1900 


$150,000  00 
300,000  00 
200,000  00 


«roo,o?o  00 

IOO,OCO  00 


$850,000  00 


200,000  00 
23,000  00 

2,696,548  50 

50,000  00 

50,000  00 

12,416  70 


60,000  00 

350,000  00 
t,394  96 

46,778  96 
38,800  00 


$i7,93°>863  27 


For  Account  of  The  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York. 


3  per  cent. 

3 

3 


Title. 


Corporate  Stock  (For  School  Houses  and  Sites  therefor  in  the  Bor- 
oughs of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx)  

Corporate  Stock  (Improvement  of  Bronx  Park)  

Corporate  Stock  (Improvement  of  Public  Parks,  Parkways,  etc.,  in 
The  City  of  New  York)  

Special  Revenue  Bonds  (Tax  and  Assessment  Maps)  

Total  4  


M  ATURITY. 


1929 
1929 
1909 

On  or  after 
1900 


$139,000  00 
63,000  00 
23,000  00 


$227,000  00 


For  Account  of  The  Water  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York. 


Rate. 


3  per  cent 


Title. 


Corporate  Stock  (For  Laying  Water  Mains  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn 


Maturity 


1918 


$100,000  00 


43  [February  i,  1900. 

For  Account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn. 


TlTLF. 


4    per  cent. 

3 


Bonds  and  Siock  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  as  consti- 
tuted prior  to  January  i,  i8q8. 
Arrearage  Bonds  

Certificate  of  Indebtedness  (Knickerbocker  Avenue  \ 
Sewer)  ) 

Certificate  of  Indebtedness  (Knickerbocker  Avenue  ) 
Sewer)  ) 

Certificate  of  Indebtedness  (Chapter  100,  Laws  of  I 
1895),  Gold  J 

Certificate  of  Indebtedness  (Chapter  100,  Laws  of  ( 
1895),  Gold  J 

City  Hall  Improvement  Bonds,  Gold  

Wallabout  Market  Improvement  Bonds  

Consolidated  Stock  (Wallabout  Market  Improvement) 

Consolidated  Stock  (Improvement  of  Wallabout  I 
Market  Lands),  Gold  f 

Consolidated  Stock  (Auxiliary  Sewers),  Gold  

Consolidated  Stock  (Construction  New  East  River  j 
Bridge).  Gold  ( 

Consolidated  Stock  (Construction  New  East  River  \ 
Bridge).  Gold  ( 

Consolidated  Stock  (County  Deficiencies),  Gold  

(Indexing  and  Reindexing),  Gold, 

Consolidated  Stock  (For  Extension  of  System  of) 
Water  Supply),  Gold  I 

Consolidated  Stock  (For  Extension  of  System  off 
Water  Supply),  Gold  I 

Consolidated  Stock  (For  Extension  of  System  of  I 
Water  Supply),  Gold  J 

Consolidated  Stock  (Leonard  Street  Improvement),  | 
Gold  ) 

East  Side  Park  Land  Grading  Bonds,  Gold  

Flatbush  Sewer  Assessment  Bonds  

"     ■  Series  E,  Gold  

<•  n 
Fourth  Precinct  Station-house  Bonds  

Gravesend  Local  Improvement  Bonds,  Gold  

High  School  Bonds,  Gold  

Jamaica  Plank  Road  Bonds,  Gold  

Local  Improvement  Bonds  (Laws  1889)  


Maturity'. 


1893-1923 
1906 
1907 

1900 
1901 

1920 
1903 
1925 
1925 

1938 

1936 
1937 

1927 
1927 
1925 
1937 
1917 

1937 
1917 
1900 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 

1925 
1927 
1917 
1917 

1916 
1917 


$29,000  00 
20,160  93 


$  1 8,000  00 
30,000  00 


$IO,OCO  00 

25,000  00 
70,000  00 


§100,000  00 
2,o;o  00 


$100, oco  00 
110,000  00 
116,394  76 


S  10,000  00 
5,000  00 
5,000  00 
5,000  00 


$5, 000  00 
5,000  00 
5,oco'  00 
5,000  00 


$50,000  00 
55,000  00 


$ 100,000  00 
100,000  00 


§150,000  00 

49,160  93 

48,000  00 
35,000  00 


105, coo  00 
15,000  00 

102,000  00 
48,000  00 
27r,ooo  00 


326,394  76 
70,000  00 
10,000  00 


25,00c  CO 


20,000  oc 
13,000  00 
24,500  00 


February  i,  1900.] 


^4 


Title. 


Local  Improvement  Bonds  (Laws  1889). 


(Laws  of  1892). 


(Laws  of  1894). 


(Laws  of  1896),  Gold. 


Main  Sewer  Relief  and  Extension  Fund  Bonds. 


Memorial  Monument  Bonds,  Warren  Pedestal,  Gold 
Municipal  Site  Bonds  


Museum  of  An  and  Science  Bonds,  Gold  

New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge  Bonds  (For  Ter- 
minal Improvement,  Section  4,  Chapter  128, 
Laws  1891)  

New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge  Bonds  (For  Open- 
ing Avenues  of  Approach,  Section  5,  Chapter 
128,  Laws  189 1)  

North  Second  Street  Pier  and  Sewer  Bonds,  Gold. 

Park  Improvement  Bonds  


Gold. 


Park  Purchase  Bonds. 


Maturity. 


1918 
1919 
1920 

1920 
1921 
1921 

1923 
1924 

1916 
1917 

1908 

1922 

1923 

1924 

1925 
« 

1926 
1927 
*933 

1906 
1914 
1915 
1916 

1927 
1922 

1927 

1916 
1911 
1912 
i9l3 

1913 
1914 
1917 
1918 


$  1 00, 000  00 
100,000  00 
100,000  00 


$100,000  00 
7,000  00 
40,000  00 

$100,000  00 
ICO.OOO  00 


$55,000  00 
215, ceo  00 

$90,000  00 
117,000  00 
50,000  00 
50,000  00 
50,000  00 
50,000  00 
50,000  CO 
50,000  00 


5100,000  CO 
100,000  CO 
65,000  00 


$60,000  00 
82,000  00 


$50,000  00 
50,000  00 
4.0,000  00 


$51,000  00 
100,000  00 
100,000  00 
50,000  00 


45 


[February  i,  1900. 


2.  per  cent. 

3 


Title. 


Permanent  Water  Loan  Bonds. 


Public  Site  Purchase  and  Construction  Bonds. 


School  Bu 


lding  Bonds  (Laws  of  1891" , 


'  Laws  of  1894)  


(Laws  of  1895),  Gold. 
School  Improvement  Bonds  (Laws  of  1889). 


Soldiers  and  Sailors'  Monument  Bonds   Laws  1891J 


Maturity. 


Station-house,  Purchase  and  Construction  Bonds 


1912 
i9'3 

J9i3 
19 13 
1913 
«9T3 

1921 
1923 
1922 
1924 

1920 
1921 
1920 

1923 
1924 

1925 

1936 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 

1901 
1902 
1903 
i9c4 

I9°5 
1900 

1905 
i9°5 


$125,000  CO 
317,000  00 
23,000  00 
50,000  00 
30,000  CO 
30,000  00 
30,000  00 


$100,000  00 
100,000  00 
70,000  00 
100,000  00 


$70, coo  00 
75,000  oo 
17,000  00 


$100,000  00 
100,000  00 
18,000  00 


$93,000  00 
100,000  CO 
100,000  00 

IOO.OCO  00 

85,000  00 
100,000  00 

IOO.OCO  00 

80,000  00 


$20,000  00 
20,000  00 
20,000  00 
20,000  00 
20,000  00 
i5,oco  00 


$14,000  00 
1,000  00 


$005,000  00 


370,000  00 


210,000  CO 
100,000  CO 


758,000  00 


February  i,  1900.] 


46 


Title. 


3^2  per  cent.   Station-house,  Purchase  and  Construction  Bonds.. 

"          Station-house,  Purchase  and  Construction  Bonds- 
Gold   

Twenty-sixth  and  Adjacent  Wards—Sewer  Bonds 

Water  Bonds  for  Gravesend  Water  Plant  

Total  


Maturity. 


1906 
1906 

1914 
1924 
i925 

1916 


$10,000  00 
4,000  00 

$49,000  00 

IOO.COO  00 

50,000  00 


Statement  of  Bonds  and  Mortgages,  on  East  Side  Park  Lands,  Held  by  the  Sinking 
Fund  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  December  31,  1899,  Exclusive  of  Mortgages 
Transmitted  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  Foreclosure. 


Rate  of 
Interest. 

Mortgagor. 

Due  Date. 

Interest 
Paid  to. 

Amount. 

5  per  cent. . 

Nov.  17,  1891 

July  1,  1899 

$2,240  00 

"    17.  " 

13,160  00 

"    17.  " 

"    1,  1898 

2,730  00 

"    i7»  " 

"    1,  1899 

1.T55  00 

"    17,  " 

1,645  00 

"     17.  " 

2,380  00 

"    i7»  " 

2,380  CO 

"    i7»  " 

472  50 

"    *7,  " 

1,820  00 

"    17.  " 

Jan.  1,  " 

2,922  50 

"    I7i  " 

875  00 

"    17,  " 

July  i,  » 

1,800  00 

Dec.  17,  " 

2,100  00 

"    17,  " 

875  00 

"    17,  " 

4,480  00 

««     31,  1898 

2,730  CO 

"     31.  " 

5,110  00 

"     ft,  " 

472  50 

n     31,    "  , 

1,260  00 

"    3*»  " 

1,792  00 

"    3i»  " 

4,375  00 

47 


[February  i,  1900. 


Mortgagor. 


Martin  J.  Glynn  

Charles  Bott  

John  Kelly  

William  Madden  and  wife 

Elizabeth  Weeden  

Duncan  E.  MacKenzie. . . . 
Emanuel  C  Macclinckey . . 
James  Cavanagh  

Maurice  Daly  

John  H.  Hall  

Amelia  Walker  

William  H.  Burbank  

Charles  W.  Congdon  

Michael  Lynch  

John  Ennis  

Margaret  Harper  

Christian  Koester  

James  T.  Easton  

Ellen  L.  Gardner  

Charles  Nickering  

James  T.Williamson  

Peter  Curry  

Edward  D.  Bloodgood  


Di  e  Date. 


[898 


Dec.  31, 

"  3*> 

"  3i. 

"  3», 

"  3i. 

"  3*. 

"  3', 

"  3*i 


m 

"  31.  " 

3T> 

"  31.  " 

"  3i»  " 

"  3i»  " 

"  3i»  " 

"  3'.  " 

"  3i»  " 

"  31.  " 

"  3i»  *' 

"  3i.  " 

"  3i»  " 

"  3i,  " 

"  3r»  " 

"  3i»  " 

"  3Ji  " 

"  31.  " 

"  3i,  " 

"  3i,  " 

"  31.  " 

"  31.  " 

"  31.  " 

"  31.  " 

"  3i.  " 

"  3i»  " 

"  31.  " 

"  31.  " 

May  15,  1900 


Interest 
Paid  to. 


July 


Jan.  3, 
July  1. 

"  3, 
"  3. 


1F99 


Jan.  1, 
July  1, 

"  1, 
"  3, 


Jan. 
July 


February  i,  1900.] 


43 


Rate  of 
Interest. 

Mortgagor. 

Dut  Date. 

Interest 

A  MOUNT. 

5  per  cent. . 

Total  .  

June  26, 1901 
Aug.   5,  " 

July  1,  1899 

$3,360  OO 
9,870  OO 

$129,353  00 

Statement  of  Bonds  and  Stock  of  The.  City  of  New  York,  Held  by  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund,  as  Investments,  December  31,  1899. 

For  Account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  Long  Island  City  for  the  Redemption  of  Revenue  Bonds. 


Title. 


Bonds  and  Stock  of  Long  Island  City. 

Long  Island  City   General  Improvement  Bonds  \ 

(Series  No.  4A)  j 

Long  Island  City  General  Improvement  Bonds,  for) 

regulating,  etc.,  Hopkins  avenue  (Series  No.  1) . .  I 
Long   Island    City  General  Improvement  Bonds  \ 

(Series  No.  313).'.  j 

Long  Island    City  General  Improvement   Bonds  | 

(Series  No.  2F)  ) 

Long  Island  City  Revenue  Bonds  

(gold)...:  

Long  Island  City  Water  Supply  Bonds  (gold)  

Total  


Maturity. 

1907 

$8,000  00 

x9*3 

500  00 

1909 

500  00 

i9t4 

2, coo  OO 

1906 

$105,000  CO 

1907 

70,000  OO 

1906 

125,000  OO 

1915 

SUMMARY. 

Amount  of  bonds  and  stock  held  by  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the 
Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.  I,  of  The  City  of  New 

York,  December  31,  1899    $80,642,952  74 

Amount  of  bonds  and  stock  held  by  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the 
Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.  2,  of  The  City  of  New- 
York,  December  31,  1899  '. . .       17,930,863  27 

Amount  of  bonds  and  stock  held  by  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  ^ 

City  of  New  York,  December  31,  1899   227,000  00 

Amount  of  stock  held  by  the  Water  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City 

of  New  York,  December  31,  1899   100,000  00 

Amount  of  bonds  and  stock  held  by  the  Sinking  Fund  of  the 

City  of  Brooklyn,  December  31,  1899  .    $6,524,055  69 


49 


(February  i,  1900. 


Amount  of  bonds  and  mortgages  held  by  the  Sinking  Fund  of  the 

City  of  Brooklyn,  December  31,  1899   $129,353  00 

  $6,653,408  69 

Amount  of  bonds  held  by  the  Sinking  Fund  of  Long  Island  City 

for  the  Redemption  of  Revenue  Bonds,  December  31,  1899   330,000  00 

Total     $105,884,22470 


Statement  of  Bonds  and  Mortgages  on  East  Side  Park  Lands  placed  in  hands  of 
the  Corporation  Counsel  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  Foreclosure  by  the 
Sinking  Fund  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  prior  to  January  i,  1898. 


Rate  of 
Interest. 

Mortgagor. 

Due  Date. 

Interest 
Paid  to. 

Amount. 

5  per  cent. . 

Nov.  17,  1891 

July  i,  1885 

$2,590  00 

5 

"    17.  " 

Jan.   1,  1897 

5,460  00 

5 

"    17.  " 

5,530  00 

5      "  - 

"    17.  " 

1, 

5,460  00 

5 

"    17,  " 

1,  1883 

2,275  CO 

$21,315  00 

Statement — Sheriff's  Deeds  of  East  Side  Park  Lands  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn, 
Plaintiffs  in  Foreclosure  for  Account  of  Sinking  Fund  of  City  of  Brooklyn. 


Nov.  16,  1895 


Mortgages  of 


John  Y.  Culyer,  $4,9? 


Amount  due  

Interest  to  December  29,  1897. 
Costs,  taxes,  etc  


Bid  in  at. 


Deficiency  

•   

Emeline  H  Parsons,  Mortgage,  $2,800. 

April  16,  1896  I  Amount  due  

Interest  to  December  29,  1897  

Costs,  taxes,  etc  


Bid  in  at. . . 
Deficiency. 


$7,123  23 
905  82 
2,061  10 


$4,73°  83 
483  22 
3.3io  65 


$10,090  15 


$7,020  00 

3,090  15 


$8,524  70 


$5,000  00 

3.524  70 


Cost 
to  Sinking 
Fund. 


February  i,  1900.] 


50 


Mortgages  of 


George  H.Pattison  et  al.  James  Pattison,  Mortgage, 
$647.50. 

Amount  due  

Interest  to  December  29,  1897  

Plaintiffs'  and  guardians'  costs,  taxes,  etc  


Bid  in  at  . . 
Deficiency. 


Adelaide  B.  Ludden,  Mortgage,  $2,467.50. 

Amount  due  

Interest  to  December  29,  1897  

Costs,  taxes,  etc  


Bid  in  at  . . 
Deficiency. 


Thomas  Darlington,  Mortgage,  $5,000. 

Amount  due  ,  

Interest  to  December  29,  1897  

Costs,  taxes,  etc  


Sold  in  three  parcels. 

Parcel  No.  1  bid  in  by  the  City  

Parcels  Nos.2  and  3,  William  H.  Reynolds. 


Deficiency  

Plot  bid  in  by  City. 


«785  21 
34  94 
648  35 


Cost 
to  Sinking 
Fund. 


$1,468  50 


$3»505 
333  04 
2,009  60 


#7.468  75 
727  75 
3,176  20 


$4,100  00 
4,425  00 


$1,450  00 
18  50 


$5,848  20 


$5,000  oc 

848  20 


$11,372  70 


$8,535  00 


$2,847  70 

4,100  00 


Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  relative  to 
obligation  of  the  City  under  lease  of  premises  on  Radde  street  near  Freeman  avenue,  Long  Island 
City  : 

New  York,  January  10,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sirs— I  beg  leave  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  a  communication  from  Deputy  Comptroller 
Edgar  ].  Levey,  Secretary  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  under  date  of  June  19,  1899, 


5i 


[February  i,  1900. 


transmitting  an  extract  from  the  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund  held  June  8,  1899,  relative  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  on  Radde  street, 
near  Freeman  avenue,  First  Ward,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department,  \#iich 
was  referred  by  the  Commissioners  to  me,  and  inclosing  a  copy  of  the  lease. 

In  a  communication  under  date  of  May  23,  1899,  to  you,  Hon.  John  J.  Scannell,  Fire 
Commissioner,  after  calling  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  lease  of  the  premises  in  question  would 
expire  June  1,  1899,  and  that  said  lease  contains  a  clause  whereby  the  former  City  of  Long  Island 
City  obligated  itself  either  to  purchase  said  premises  at  a  valuation  of  $4,900,  or  to  renew  the  lease 
for  a  further  term  of  five  years  at  an  annual  rental  of  $600,  states  that  the  premises  are  required 
by  the  Fire  Department,  and  requests  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  take  such 
action  in  the  matter  as  they  deem  proper. 

The  Comptroller  upon  said  application  presented  a  report  of  Eug.  E.  McLean,  Engineer, 
to  him,  dated  May  31,  1899,  wherein,  after  describing  the  premises  and  the  terms  of  the  lease,  he 
states  that,  in  his  judgment,  a  fair  market  valvation  of  the  premises  is  $3,600,  and  that  the  rental 
agreed  upon,  to  wit,  $600  per  annum,  based  upon  such  valuation,  is  excessive. 

I  have  carefully  examined  the  lease  in  question  and  find  it  to  be  a  positive  engagement  on  the 
part  of  former  Long  Island  City  with  the  lessors  to  either  purchase  the  premises  in  question  at  a 
valuation  of  $4,900,  or  in  the  event  of  a  failure  so  to  do,  to  renew  the  lease  for  a  further  period  of 
five  years  after  its  expiration,  to  wit,  June  1,  1899,  at  a  rental  of  $600  per  annum,  to  which  obli- 
gation The  City  of  New  York,  as  the  successor  corporation  to  the  former  City  of  Long  Island  City 
succeeded. 

I  am  of  opinion  that,  in  view  of  the  failure  of  the  City  to  exercise  its  option  to  purchase 
the  premises  within  the  time  in  said  lease  limited,  The  City  of  New  York  has  under  and  by  its 
terms  become  the  lessee  of  said  premises  for  a  further  period  of  five  years  from  the  first  day  of 
June,  1899. 

I  return  the  copy  of  lease  and  the  extract  from  the  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  transmitted  to  me  with  Mr.  Levey's  communication. 

Respectfully, 

CHARLES  BLANDY,  Acting  Corporation  Counsel. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  to  ratify  and  affirm  certain  appraise- 
ments : 

Resolved,  That,  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  a  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests  of 
the  City  in  the  plot  or  gore  of  land  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Great  Jones  and  Elm  streets,  Bor- 
ough of  Manhattan,  at  the  sum  of  eight  thousand  six  hundred  dollars  ($8,600),  as  made  by  resolu- 
tion of  this  Board  adopted  December  28,  1899,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  a  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests  of 
the  City  in  the  gore  of  land  lying  on  the  east  side  of  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx, 
distant  thirty-four  feet  eight  inches  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of 
the  northerly  line  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Third 
avenue,  and  extending  northeasterly  along  the  easterly  line  of  Third  avenue  forty-three  feet 
four  inches,  more  or  less,  at  the  sum  of  two  thousand  three  hundred  dollars  ($2,300),  as  made 


February  r,  1900.] 


52 


by  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  December  28,  1899,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and 
afS  r^ned. 

Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Assessors  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  offices,  at  No.  320  Broadway,  Borough  ot  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  January  17,  190x3. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Chairman,  Sinking  Fund  Commission  : 

Dear  Sir — I  have  been  directed  by  the  Board  of  Assessors  to  communicate  with  the  Sinking 
Fund  Commission  respecting  the  lease  of  the  quarters  now  occupied  by  the  Board  at  No.  320 
Broadway,  which  expires  on  May  1,  1900. 

The  Board  would  prefer,  subject  to  your  approval,  a  renewal  of  the  lease,  as  the  offices  at  the 
beginning  of  the  present  lease  were  fitted  up  by  the  owners  at  considerable  expense  and  are  well 
adapted  for  the  accommodation  of  the  public  and  the  requirements  of  the  Board. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  JASPER,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  of  the  eight  rooms  known  and  designated  as  Nos.  1401,  1402,  1403,  1404,  1405,  1406,  1419 
and  1420,  in  the  Central  Bank  Building,  No.  320  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use 
of  the  Board  of  Assessors,  for  a  period  of  two  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
four  thousand  dollars  ($4,000).  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  con- 
ditions as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that 
such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when 
prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation.  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of 
premises  occupied  by  the  City  Paymaster  at  83  Chambers  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  re- 
newal of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Harriet  B.  Fisk  and  others,  of  the  premises  occupied  by  the 
City  Paymaster,  at  No.  83  Chambers  streel,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from 
May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  fifty-five  hundred  dollars  ($5,500),  payable  quarterly,  other- 
wise upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease,  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  in- 
terests of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  the 
renewal  of  nine  leases  : 

New  York,  January  29,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  ; 

Sirs — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  renewal  of  leases  of  the  following-described 
premises  for  one  year  from  May  I,  1900: 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Foley,  No.  106  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  street,  stable,  Thirty-second 
Precinct,  $50.16  per  month. 

Andrew  H.  Green,  executor  of  estate  of  W.  B.  Ogden,  High  Bridge  Station-house  and  stable, 
Thirty-fourth  Precinct,  $1,800  per  aniinm. 

Frederick  Schmidt,  No.  508  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  street,  Sub-station  for 
Harbor  Police,  $600  per  annum. 

James  Campbell,  Nos.  384  and  386  Bridge  street,  Brooklyn,  stable  for  Forty-ninth  Precinct, 
$50  per  month. 

William  Van  Amden,  No.  5  Vine  street,  Brooklyn,  stable  for  Fiftieth  Precinct,  $650  per 
annum. 

Joseph  Lichtenstein,  top  floor  of  premises  No.  213  Eastern  parkway,  Brooklyn,  also  another 
floor  in  same  building,  for  Sixty-fifth  Precinct,  $216  per  annum. 

William  M.Miller,  administrator  of  estate  of  Emma  M.Miller,  premises  East  Ninety-fourth 
street,  near  Avenue  G,  Brooklyn,  stable  for  Sixty-sixth  Precinct,  $180  per  annum. 

James  Burrill,  premises  corner  Coney  Island  and  Foster  avenues,  Brooklyn,  Station-house 
and  stable,  Seventy-second  Precinct,  $960  per  annum. 

Jane  Duffy,  No.  84  Fourth  street,  Long  Island  City,  Station-house  Seventy-fifth  Precinct, 
$720  per  annum. 

Very  respectfully, 

WxM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renew- 
als of  leases  to  the  City  of  the  following  premises,  for  the  use  of  the  Police  Department,  as  herein- 
after described,  and  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  leases,  for  a 
term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900  : 

1.  Premises  No.  106  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  street,  rental  fifty  dollars  and  six- 
teen cents  ($50.16)  per  month,  Mrs.  J.  R.Foley,  lessor. 

2.  Station-house  and  stable  at  High  Bridge,  rental  eighteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,800)  per 
annum,  Andrew  H.  Green,  executor  of  the  estate  of  W.  B.  Ogden,  lessor. 

3.  Premises  No.  508  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  street,  rental  six  hundred  dol- 
lars ($600)  per  annum,  Frederick  Schmidt,  lessor. 

4.  Premi-  es  Nos.  384  and  386  Bridge  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  rental  fifty  doll.irs  ($50)  per 
month,  James  Campbell,  lessor. 

5.  No.  5  Vine  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  rental  six  hundred  and  h*  ty  dollar^  ($650)  per 
annum,  William  M.  Van  Amden,  lessor. 


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6.  Premises  at  No.  213  Eastern  parkway,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  rental  two  hundred  and  six- 
teen dollars  ($216)  per  'annum,  Joseph  Lichtenstein,  lessor. 

7.  Premises  on  East  Ninety-fourth  street,  near  Avenue  G,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  rental  one 
hundred  and  eighty  dollars  ($180)  per  annum,  William  M.  Miller,  administrator  of  the  estate  of 
Emma  M.  Miller,  lessor. 

8.  Premises  corner  Coney  Island  and  Foster  avenues,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  rental  nine  hun- 
dred and  sixty  ($960)  per  annum,  James  Burrell,  lessor. 

9.  Premises  No.  84  Fourth  street,  Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens,  rental  seven  hun- 
dred and  twenty  dollars  ($720)  per  annum,  Jane  Duffy,  lessor. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  in  the  rear  of  Nos.  37  and  39  Vernon  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  January  18,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  chis  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Frederick  E. 
Schultze  of  premises  rear  of  Nos.  37  and  39  Vernon  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  occupied  as  a 
stable  for  the  Sixty-seventh  Police  Precinct,  foi  one  year  from  March  1,  1900,  at  $240  per  annum. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  DELAMATER,  Deputy  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Frederick  E  Schulze,  of  the  premises  occupied  by  the 
Police  Department,  on  the  north  side  of  Vernon  avenue,  three  hundred  and  fifty  feet  east  of 
Flatbush  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  March  1,  1900,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  two  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($240)  per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the 
same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City 
that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
lease  of  premises  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

7 o  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  on  November  8,  1899,  recommending  the  leasing  for  school 


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purposes,  to  relieve  Public  Schools  63,  66  and  84,  the  building  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue, 
Brooklyn,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  $20,  until  June  30,  1900,  respectfully  reports  that  the  matter  has 
been  investigated  and  it  is  found  that  the  building  mentioned  is  a  wooden  structure,  one  story  in 
height,  20  by  40  feet  ;  that  by  the  expenditure  of  about  $650  accommodations  for  two  classes  would 
be  afforded,  and  as  the  rental  of  $20  per  month  is  considered  reasonable,  in  view  of  the  need  for 
additional  school  accommodations  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  the  following  resolution  is  sub- 
mitted for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  until  June  30.  1900,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  twenty  dollars  ;  the  owner, 
Henry  Meyer,  to  furnish  water  ;  all  necessary  alterations,  etc.,  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of 
Education. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  January  10,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  : 

January  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  at  a  meeting  held  January  10,  1900,  adopted  the  following 
report  and  resolution  : 

"  The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  on  November  8,  1899,  recommending  the  leasing  for  school 
purposes,  to  relieve  Public  Schools  63,  66  and  84,  the  building  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue, 
Brooklyn,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  $20,  until  June  30,  1900,  respectfully  reports  that  the  matter  has 
been  investigated  and  it  is  found  that  the  building  mentioned  is  a  wooden  structure,  one  story 
in  height,  20  by  40  feet  ;  that  by  the  expenditure  of  about  $650,  accommodations  for  two  classes 
would  be  afforded,  and  as  the  rental  of  $20  per  month  is  considered  reasonable,  in  view  of  the 
need  for  additional  school  accommodations  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  the  following  resolution 
is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  until  June  30,  1900,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  twenty  dollars;  the  owner, 
Henry  Meyer,  to  furnish  water;  all  necessary  alterations,  etc.,  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of 
Education." 

The  premises  consist  of  a  one-story  frame  structure,  20  by  40  feet,  on  the  piot  of  ground 
25  by  60  feet,  and  are  valued  on  the  tax  books  at  $800. 

I  consider  a  full  market  value  for  these  premises  to  be  $1,500  and  that  a  rental  of  $12.50 
per  month  would  be  adequate. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  report  quoted  above  that  the  resolution  by  the  School  Board  for  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  recommending  the  leasing  of  these  premises,  was  adopted  November  8, 
1899,  and  that  it  was  not  until  January  10,  1900,  that  the  same  was  acted  upon  by  the  Board  of 
Education,  also  that  the  sum  of  $650  will  have  to  be  expended  upon  these  premises  to  fit  them  for 
school  purposes,  and  I  am  informed  that  the  greater  part  of  this  amount  is  required  to  comply 
with  the  rules  of  the  Board  of  Health. 

As  there  now  remains  but  five  months  to  the  end  of  the  proposed  lease,  and  it  will  take  at 
least  thirty  days'  for  the  lease  to  be  authorized  and  the  improvements  and  alterations  to  be  made 


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to  the  building,  I  hardly  consider  the  proposition  of  the  Board  of  Education  a  good  one,  from  a 
business  standpoint,  in  any  respect.  Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

On  motion  of  the  Mayor  the  application  of  the  Board  of  Education  was  denied. 


The  following  communication  was  received"  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises,  No.  61  Howard  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  January  18,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners : 

Sir— I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of 
the  Charter,  from  Thomas  C.  O'Brien  of  the  store  of  the  premises  known  as  No.  61  Howard 
avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  and  three  (3)  months  from  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1900,  at  the  rental  at  the  rate  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300)  per  annum,  payable 
quarterly,  the  owner  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair  and  to  pay  the  water  taxes. 

The  dimensions  of  the  store  are  as  follows: 

Fifteen  (15)  feet  nine  (9)  inches  wide,  forty-five  (45)  feet  three  (3)  inches  deep,  with  a  toilet 
room  and  running  water  in  store. 

Respectfully  yours, 

F.  M.  GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 

designated  with  full  powers  of  the  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
fowing  resolution: 

January  22,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Mr.  F.  M.  Gibson,  Deputy  and  Acting  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  com- 
munication under  date  of  January  18,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

"  For  a  lease  pursuant  to  section  541  or  the  Charter  from  Thomas  O'Brien  of  the  store  of  the 
premises  known  as  No.  61  Howard  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  three  (3) 
years  and  three  (3)  months  from  February  1,  1900,  at  the  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300) 
per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  the  owner  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair  and  to  pay 
the  water  taxes 

The  dimensions  of  the  store  are  as  follows  : 

Fifteen  (15)  feet  nine  (9)  inches  wide,  forty-five  (45)  feet  three  (3)  inches  deep,  with  a  toilet 
room  and  running  water  in  store." 

The  premises  are  of  the  dimensions  as  stated  above,  and  consist  of  the  store-floor  of  the 
three-story  brick  building  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Jefferson  and  Howard  avenues,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn. 

I  consider  the  rental  asked,  namely,  $300  per  annum  for  a  term  of  three  years  and  three 
months,  with  the  conditions  as  named,  to  be  a  full  but  not  excessive  rei)tal. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 


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Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  from  Thomas  C.  O'Brien  of  the  store 
of  the  premises  known  as  No.  61  Howard  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  three  years 
and  three  months,  from  February  1,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  (S300)  per  annum, 
payable  quarterly,  the  owners  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair  and  to  pay  the  watei 
taxes,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  request- 
ing an  amendment  to  the  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  corner  Nostrand  avenue  and 
Butler  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  January  30,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  VAN  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Sir — I  request  that  your  Board  amend  its  resolution  of  December  28,  1899,  approving  and 
consenting  to  the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  from  the  Borough 
Construction  Company  of  the  premises  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Nostrand  avenue  and  Butler 
street,  now  Sterling  place,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  occupa- 
tion with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  five  years  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  at  an  annual 
rental  of  $1,500  per  annum,  payable  quarterly;  the  lessor  to  make  all  necessary  repairs  and  alter- 
ations, partition  off  box  stalls,  whitewash  the  interior  of  the  stalls,  repair  the  flooring,  put  and 
keep  the  premises  in  tenantable  condition  and  pay  all  taxes,  and  ground  water  taxes,  etc.,  so  as  to 
substitute  for  the  Borough  Construction  Company,  as  lessor,  William  F.  Donovan,  to  make  the 
term  of  lease  five  years  without  any  privilege  of  renewal,  to  omit  the  special  requirements  as  to 
stalls,  etc.,  and  to  substitute  therefor,  that  the  lessor  shall  put  the  premises  in  the  condition 
required  by  the  Department  before  entering  into  possession,  relieving  him  from  any  further  obli- 
gation of  that  kind  except  to  keep  the  premises  in  a  tenantable  condition  ;  the  lessor  to  pay  all 
taxes  and  ground  and  building  water  taxes  ;  the  City  to  pay  the  rates  for  the  water  used  by  it. 
Respectfully  yours, 

F.M.GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
designated  with  full  powers  of  the  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  December  2S,  1899,  approving  and  consenting  to  the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner 
of  Street  Cleaning  from  the  Borough  Construction  Company  of  the  premises  on  the  southwest 
corner  of  Nostrand  avenue  and  Butler  street,  now  Sterling  place,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  amended  by  substituting  for  the  Borough  Construction  Company,  as  lessor,  William 
P.  Donovan  ;  by  striking  out  the  renewal  clause,  omitting  the  special  requirements  as  to 
stalls,  etc.,  and  by  substituting  therefor  that  the  lessor  shall  put  the  premises  in  the  condition 
required  by  the  Department  before  entering  into  possession,  and  to  keep  the  premises  in  tenantable 
condition,  and  pay  all  taxes  and  ground  and  building  water  taxes  ;  the  City  to  pay  the  rates  for 
w  ater  used  by  it. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  743  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  Borough 
of  The  Bronx  : 

New  York,  January  i6;  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  desire  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater 
New  York  Charter,  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Patrick  J.  Bond,  of  the  basement  of  premises, 
No.  743  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of 
two  (2)  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $300,  payable  monthly,  otherwise  on  the 
same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease. 

Respectfully  yours, 

JAMES  MCCARTNEY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

January  19,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  James  McCartney,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  communication  under 
date  of  January  16,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from 
Patrick  J.  Bond  of  the  basement  of  premises  No.  743  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street, 
in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  terms  of  two  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  $300,  payable  monthly,  otherwise  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the 
existing  lease. 

The  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  will  have  been  in  possession  of  the  premises  for  Uvo 
years  on  May  I,  1900,  paying  an  annual  rental  of  $200.  An  application  was  first  made  for  these 
premises  on  April  25,  1898,  the  rental  asked  being  $300  per  annum. 

At  that  time  I  made  an  examination  of  the  premises,  and  under  date  of  May  5,  1898,  reported 
as  follows  : 

"This  basement,  which  in  my  opinion  might  properly  be  designated  as  a  cellar,  has  an  area 
of  1,008  square  feet,  and  receives  its  light  and  air  entirely  from  the  area  west  to  east  and  south  of 
it.    At  $300  per  annum  the  rate  of  rent  is  29.76  cents  per  square  foot  per  annum.    *    *  * 

"I  consider  the  proposed  rent  excessive.  Two  hundred  dollars  would  be  a  full  rent  to  pay 
in  my  opinion." 

I  see  no  reason  to  change  my  opinion  as  expressed  in  the  report  as  quoted  above,  and  con- 
sider that  a  renewal  for  two  years  of  these  premises  should  be  obtained  on  the  same  terms  as  in 
the  existing  lease. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  P'und  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Patrick  J.  Bond, 
of  the  basement  of  the  premises  No.  743  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  Borough  of 
The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  dollars 
($200),  payable  monthly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the 


59  [February  r,  1900. 

existing  lease;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable, 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

'    The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  request- 
ing an  amendment  to  the  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  at  No.  219  West  Seventy- 
seventh  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  January  20,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  urgently  request  your  Board  to  amend  its  resolution  of  January  16,  1900,  in  reference 
to  a  proposed  lease  from  William  Carlin,  of  the  lot  No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh  street,  in  which 
resolution  your  Board  approved  of  a  rental  of  $2,000  per  annum,  so  as  to  make  the  said  rent 
$2,700  per  annum.  Possibly  $2,700  may  seem  high  but  it  will  be  cheap  for  the  City  and  this 
Department  if  it  is  considered  how  difficult  it  is  to  obtain  suitable  stabling  in  that  part  of  the  City, 
and  the  hard  work  upon  the  horses  and  the  length  of  hauling  occasioned  by  the  lack  of  any 
dumping  facilities  of  this  Department  in  all  that  region  west  of  Central  Park. 

I  would  like  to  have  also  provided  in  the  resolution  for  this  lease  that  the  lessor  will  pay  the 
taxes  and  that  the  City  will  pay  the  Croton  water  rent  and  will  make  the  necessary  inside  repairs. 

Respectfully  yours, 

TAMES  McCARTNEY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  follow- 
ing resolution  : 

January  27,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  James  McCartney,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under 
date  of  January  20,  1900,  states  as  follows  : 

"  I  urgently  request  your  Board  to  amend  its  resolution  of  January  16,  1900,  in  reference  to 
a  proposed  lease,  from  William  Carlin,  of  the  lot  No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh  street,  in  which 
resolution  your  Board  approved  of  a  rental  of  $2,000  per  annum,  so  as  to  make  the  said  rent  $2,700 
per  annum.  Possibly  $2,700  may  seem  high,  but  it  will  be  cheap  for  the  City  and  this  Depart- 
ment if  it  is  considered  how  difficult  it  is  to  obtain  suitable  stabling  in  that  part  of  the  City,  and 
the  hard  work  upon  the  horses  and  the  length  of  hauling  occasioned  by  the  lack  of  any  dumping 
facilities  of  this  Department  in  all  that  region  west  of  Central  Park. 

I  would  like  to  have  also  provided  in  the  resolution  for  this  lease  that  the  lessor  will  pay  the 
taxes  and  that  the  City  will  pay  the  Croton  water  rent  and  will  make  the  necessary  inside  repairs." 

This  lease  was  the  subject  of  a  report  by  me  under  date  of  January  II,  1900,  and  in  which  I 
estimated  the  value  of  the  premises  to  be  $25,000,  and  considered  the  rent  of  $2,000  per  annum  as 
just  and  reasonable. 

Mr.  Carlin,  the  owner,  has  called  upon  me  and  submits  the  following  valuation  : 


Cost  of  lot   $18,000  00 

Cost  of  excavation   2,00000 

Estimated  cost  of  stable   12,000  00 

Total   $32,000  00 


February  i,  1900.) 


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The  owner  declines  positively  to  accept  less  than  $2,700  per  annum  and  upon  his  own  valua- 
tion the  rental  would  be  upon  the  basis  of  8.43  per  cent. 

I  consider  Mr.  Carlin's  valuation  high  and  that  the  rental  as  proposed  by  him  could  only  be 
approved  upon  the  grounds  that  the  Street  Cleaning  Department  by  securing  this  stable 
adjoining  the  present  one  leased  by  them,  at  the  price  named,  would  be  able  to  economize  in  time 
and  horseflesh  more  than  the  difference  in  rental. 

The  Commissioner  states  that  it  is  also  desired  that  the  provision  be  made  that  the  City  pay 
Croton  water  rents  and  make  inside  repairs. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  January  16,  1900,  approving  of  and  consenting  to  the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Street  Cleaning,  from  William  Carlin,  of  the  premises  No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh 
street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  substituting  as  the  rental 
"  two  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars  ($2,700)  per  annum"  instead  of  "two  thousand  dollars 
($2,000)  per  annum,"  and  by  providing  that  the  lessor  will  pay  the  taxes  and  that  the  City  pay 
the  Croton  water  rents  and  make  the  necessary  inside  repairs. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Sewers  relative  to  a  lease 
of  premises  on  Fourth  street,  between  West  and  Vernon  avenues,  Borough  of  Queens  : 

New  York,  January  16,  1900. 

Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Gentlemen — I  respectfully  make  application  to  your  Honorable  Board  for  the  piece  of  prop- 
erty on  the  southerly  side  of  Fourth  street,  between  West  and  Vernon  avenues,  in  the  Borough  of 
Queens,  to  be  leased  for  store-yard  purposes  of  this  Department. 

The  Department  of  Sewers  have  been  using  this  property  for  over  a  year  and  cannot  possibly 
get  along  without  it.  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  original  papers  received  from  the  Department 
of  Sewers,  Borough  of  Queens,  in  relation  thereto. 

Yours  respectfully, 

JAS.  KANE.  Commissioner  of  Sewrers. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

January  22,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  James  Kane,  Commissioner  of  Sewers,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  January 
16,  1900,  makes  application  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  lease 
from  H.  J.  Sharkey  of  the  plot  of  land  25  by  100  feet,  situated  on  the  south  side  of  Fourth  street, 
175  feet  west  of  Vernon  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  with  the  exception  of  the  front  stable  thereon 
and  privilege  to  use  driveway  through  the  property  to  conned  with  buildings  in  the  rear  of  the 
adjoining  lot.    Terms  $240  per  annum  for  a  three  or  five  year  lease. 


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[February  i,  1900. 


It  is  stated  that  the  Department  in  the  Borough  of  Queens  has  used  a  portion  of  these 
premises  for  storage  purposes  for  some  time  past,  rent  free,  and  that  it  is  necessary  that  the  use  of 
the  premises  be  continued. 

In  addition  to  the  stable  mentioned  above,  premises  contain  two  sheds,  one  10  by  15  feel  and 
the  other  13  by  15  feet,  situated  in  the  rear  of  the  lot  ;  both  very  old  and  in  very  poor  condition. 

I  consider  that  part  of  the  premises  not  restricted  and  available  for  storage  purposes  to  be  of 
the  value  of  $900,  upon  which  a  rental  of  $72  per  annum,  an  eight  per  cent,  basis,  the  owner  to 
pay  water  taxes,  would  be  reasonable  and  just. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to 
the  City,  from  H.  J.  Sharkey,  of  the  plot  of  land  twenty-five  by  one  hundred  feet  situated  on  the 
south  side  of  Fourth  street,  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  feet  west  of  Vernon  avenue,  Long  Island 
City,  with  the  exception  of  the  front  stable  thereon  and  privilege  to  use  the  driveway  through  the 
property  to  connect  with  buildings  in  the  rear  of  the  adjoining  lot,  for  the  use  of  the  Department 
of  Sewers,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  February  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  seventy-two 
dollars  ($72),  payable  quarterly,  the  owner  to  pay  the  water  taxes  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of 
the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute 
the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  section  149  and 
217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highways  relative  to 
a  lease  of  property  located  on  Beach  street,  Borough  of  Queens  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  January  17,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Dear  Sir — The  Department  of  Highways,  Borough  of  Queens,  is  in  urgent  need  of  a  Cor- 
poration yard  in  the  First  Ward  of  said  borough,  for  the  purpose  of  storing  rollers,  road  machines, 
tools,  paving  blocks,  sand  and  screenings. 

The  property  shown  on  the  attached  sketch,  located  on  Beach  street,  150  feet  from  Jackson 
avenue,  and  being  25  by  100  feet  in  size,  is  suitable  and  convenient  for  a  Corporation  yard. 

The  property  is  owned  by  Mrs.  Mary  Hicks,  residing  at  No.  150  Jackson  avenue,  Long 
Island  City,  and  she  is  willing  to  erect  a  six-foot  tight  board  fence  around  the  ground.  She  will 
also  erect  a  tool-house,  25  by  25  feet,  and  a  shed  25  by  25  feet,  as  shown  on  the  sketch. 

In  my  judgment  a  fair  and  reasonable  rent  for  these  premises  would  be  $400  per  annum,  with 
the  privilege  of  renewal  for  five  years  on  the  same  terms  ;  the  rent  to  be  paid  quarterly,  and  the 
owner  to  pay  all  taxes,  assessments,  water  rates,  and  to  furnish  heat  and  light. 

I  respectfully  request  that  authority  be  granted  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  premises  herein 
described,  on  the  conditions  set  forth,  from  February  I,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for 
five  years.  Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  ot  Highways. 


February  i.  1900.] 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

January  22,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — Hon.  James  P.  Keating,  Commissioner  of  Highways,  in  a  communication  under  date 
of  January  17,  1900,  states  that  the  department  in  the  Borough  of  Queens  is  in  urgent  need  of 
a  Corporation  yard  in  the  First  Ward  of  the  said  borough,  for  the  purpose  of  storing  rollers,  road 
machines,  tools,  paving  blocks  and  screenings,  and  requests  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  to  authorize  the  lease  of  certain  premises,  and  submits  the  following  proposition  from  Mrs. 
Mary  Hicks,  No.  150  Jackson  avenue,  Long  Island  City  : 

To  lease  to  The  City  of  New  York  plot  of  land  as  shown  on  the  diagram  below,  containing 
one  and  one-half  city  lots,  and  to  erect  thereon  a  shed  25  by  25  feet,  a  tool-house  25  by  25  feet,  and 
inclose  the  property  by  a  tight  board  fence  six  feet  high.  Terms,  one  year  with  the  privilege  of 
five  years  renewal,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $400,  the  owner  to  pay  water  rates. 


A— Proposed  Shed. 

B — Proposed  Tool-house. 


BEECH  STREET. 


I  have  caused  an  estimate  to  be  made  of  the  cost  of  the  proposed  buildings  and  fence,  and 
allowing  the  owner  8  per  cent,  upon  the  value  of  the  land  and  the  cost  of  the  improvements,  and 
the  full  value  of  the  improvements  in  a  six-year  lease,  I  find  that  a  just  and  reasonable  rental 
will  be  $150  per  annum. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

Resolved.  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  from  Mrs.  Mary  Hicks,  of  the  plot  of  land  on  Beech  street,  Borough  of  Queens,  containing 
one  and  one-half  city  lots,  and  situated  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  from  Jackson  avenue,  for  the  use 
of  the  Department  of  Highways,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  the  completion  of  the 


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[February  i,  f9oo. 


buildings  and  fence,  with  the  privilege  of  five  annual  renewals  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions, 
at  a  rental  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($150)  per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  the  owner  to 
cect  thereon  a  shed  twenty-five  by  twenty-five  feet,  a  tool-house  twenty-five  by  twenty-five  feet, 
and  to  inclose  the  property  by  a  tight  board  fence  six  feet  high,  the  owner  also  to  pay  the 
water  rates,  and,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 
The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  Charles  Siedler,  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  premises  No.  398  First  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Public 
Charities  : 

New  York,  November  4,  1899. 
Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  Chambers  street  and  Bioadway,  City  : 

Dear  Sir — I  received  letter  from  your  office  dated  the  first  instant,  which  says  that  the  "  lease 
for  the  premises  No.  398  First  avenue,  leased  from  you  by  the  City  for  the  Department  of  Public 
Charities,  is  ready  for  execution,  and  requesting  me  to  call  at  your  office  at  my  earliest  convenience 
and  execute  the  same." 

Upon  calling  at  Mr.  Daly's  orifice  I  stated  that  I  had  not  entered  info  any  arrangement  with 
the  City  for  an  extension  of  the  lease,  but  that,  while  I  had  no  desire  to  dispossess,  I  was  bound 
to  say  that  a  reasonable  advance  in  the  rate  of  rent  should  be  first  agreed  upon.  At  the  time  that 
I  leased  this  property  to  the  former  Commissioners,  I  told  them  that,  at  the  expiration  of  the  said 
lease,  the  rental  must  be  advanced,  for  the  reason  that  the  said  Commissioners  required  me  to  make 
certain  changes,  alterations  and  betterments  which  their  Engineer  estimated  to  cost  about  $1,200 
to  $1,500  ;  but  I  stated  that  it  was  my  judgment  that  the  said  alterations  would  cost  over  $2,000; 
whereupon  the  said  Commissioners  agreed  with  me  verbally  that  they  wished  me  to  go  ahead 
with  the  improvements,  and,  if  they  cost  in  excess  of  $2,000,  they  would  pay  me  one-half  of  the 
excess  above  $2,000.  The  alterations  in  question  cost  over  $3,000,  and  I  subsequently  presented 
them  a  bill  for  one-half  of  such  excess,  which  bill,  when  brought  before  the  Board,  was  ordered 
paid,  as  will  be  seen  by  reference  to  the  minutes  of  the  said  Board.  When  the  new  Commissioner, 
Mr.  Keller,  assumed  the  office,  he  declined  to  pay  the  said  bill.  It  was  referred  to  your  office, 
and  up  to  the  present  date  it  has  never  been  paid. 

The  further  fact  that  the  property  is  worth  more  money,  and  other  reasons,  fully  justify  me 
in  asking  that  the  rate  of  rental  should  be  increased  in  the  new  lease  to  $2,500  per  annum. 

I  am,  very  respectfully  yours, 

CHARLES  SIEDLER. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  communication  from  the  President  of  the  Department  of  Public 
Charities  relative  thereto,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

December  7,  1899. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Colkr,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Regarding  the  communication  from  Mr.  Charles  Siedler,  under  date  of  November  4, 
1899,  m  reference  to  the  lease  of  the  premises  No.  398  First  avenue,  at  present  occupied  by  the 


February  i,  1900.] 


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Department  of  Public  Charities  as  a  "  lodging  house  for  homeless  men,"  I  would  recommend  that 
the  communication  be  referred  to  Commissioner  Keller,  in  order  that  he  may  make  a  report  upon 
the  statements  contained  therein,  and  also  a  recommendation  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  further  use  of  these  premises  at  the  price  named. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

New  York,  January  25,  1900. 

To  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  : 

Gentlemen — After  careful  investigation  of  the  matter  and  an  extended  search  for  other 
suitable  quarters,  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  proposition  of  Mr.  Charles  Siedler  to 
renew  the  lease  of  the  premises  now  occupied  by  the  Municipal  Lodging  House  for  Homeless 
Men,  for  a  rental  of  $2,400  per  annum,  is  the  most  advantageous  to  the  City  that  I  can  find.  I 
would  therefore  recommend  that  these  premises  be  leased  for  one  year  from  Novembtr  1,  1899,  to 
October  31,  1900,  inclusive,  for  $2,400  per  annum.  Yours  truly, 

JOHN  W.  KELLER. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  at 
meeting  held  October  9.  1899,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  398  First  avenue,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Public  Charities,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended 
by  substituting  "  twenty-four  hundred  dollars  per  annum  "  as  the  rental  instead  of  "  two  thousand 
dollars  per  annum,"  and  by  substituting  as  the  term  of  the  lease,  "  one  year"  in  place  of  "  three 
years,"  as  in  the  resolution. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  George  H.  King,  agent  of  premises 
Nos.  63  and  65  Broadway,  Flushing,  occupied  by  the  Board  of  Education,  relative  to  an  amend- 
ment to  the  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  said  premises  : 

New  York,  January  24,  1900. 
Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund ; 

Dear  Sir — I  have  been  advised  by  the  Board  of  Education  that  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  have  refused  to  enter  into  a  lease  of  certain  premises,  Nos.  63  and  65  Broadway,  Flush- 
ing, Borough  of  Queens,  for  use  as  a  branch  depository  of  supplies,  at  the  rental  proposed  by  me, 
namely,  $600  per  annum. 

These  premises  were  renovated  at  my  expense,  and  in  accordance  with  the  wishes  of  Mr. 
Kirkland,  Deputy  Superintendent  of  School  Supplies,  with  the  apparent  understanding  that  prem- 
ises would  be  leased  by  the  Board  of  Education. 

The  Board  of  Education  have  been  in  occupation  of  the  premises  to  some  extent  since  Octo- 
ber 4,  1899. 

In  view  of  the  above  facts,  I  hereby  agree  to  lease  to  The  City  of  New  York  the  premises 
above  mentioned  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  date  of  occupancy,  namely,  October  4,  1899,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  $480  per  annum,  the  owner  to  keep  the  outside  of  the  building  in  repair  and 
the  City  to  make  inside  repairs. 

Yours  truly, 

GEO.  H.  KING  (agent  for  owner), 
No.  75  West  One  Hundred  and  Thirteenth  street,  Manhattan. 


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[February  t,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

January  25,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Colf.r,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Mr.  George  H.King,  agent  for  the  owner  of  the  premises  Nos.  63  and  65  Broadway, 
Flushing,  Borough  of  Queens,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  January  24,  1900,  submits  a  new 
proposition  for  the  rental  of  these  premises  to  the  City. 

The  Board  of  Education,  by  resolution  dated  November  22,  1899,  requested  that  authority 
be  granted  to  lease  the  first  floor  and  basement  of  the  premises  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from 
date  of  occupation,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $600,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  on  the  same  terms. 
The  premises  to  be  used  as  a  branch  depository  for  school  supplies  for  the  Borough  of  Queens. 

This  resolution  was  the  subject  of  a  report  by  me  on  December  7,  1899,  in  which  I  gave  it  as 
my  opinion  that  a  fair  rental  value  of  this  store  would  not  exceed  $40  per  month,  and  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  declined  to  authorize  the  lease  on  the  proposed  terms. 

I  consider  the  terms  now  offered  by  Mr.  King  to  be  just  and  reasonable,  and  I  would  there- 
fore propose  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  amend  their  resolution  of  June  8,  1899, 
in  regard  to  these  premises,  by  inserting  the  name  of  George  H.  King,  agent  for  owner,  in  place 
of  Mrs.  A.  M.  Ledlein,  and  substituting  an  annual  rental  of  $.480,  in  place  of  the  $420  in  the  reso- 
lution, the  owner  to  keep  the  outside  of  the  building  in  repair  and  the  City  to  make  inside 
repairs. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  at  meeting 
held  June  8,  1899,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  Nos.  63  and  65  Broadway,  Flushing,  Borough 
of  Queens,  for  the  Board  of  Education,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  substituting  an 
annual  rental  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  dollars  ($480),  in  place  of  the  four  hundred  and  twenty 
dollars  ($420)  in  the  resolution,  and  substituting  the  name  of  George  H.  King,  agent  for  owner,  in 
place  of  Mrs.  A.  M.  Ledlein,  and  by  adding  that  the  owner  keep  the  outside  of  the  building  in 
repair  and  the  City  to  make  the  inside  repairs. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  pay  $1,740  to  John  R.  Thomas  for 
architect's  fees  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  the  payment  of 
seventeen  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($1,740)  to  John  R.  Thomas,  architect  of  the  Gpuverneur 
Hospital,  payable  from  the  fund  created  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  703  of  the  Laws  of  1894 
and  chapter  399  of  the  Laws  of  1895,  as  per  statement  rendered  December  21,  1899,  and  certified 
to  by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


February  i,  1900:] 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  relative 
to  a  payment  of  $243.39  to  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  for  professional  services  : 

New  York,  January  16,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  ; 

Gentlemen— At  a  meeting  of  the  Armory  Board  held  January  16,  1900,  the  following  was 
adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  and  requested  to  pay  to  Messrs.  Horgan  & 
"  Slattery,  architects,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty-three  dollars  and  thirty-nine  cents 
"  ($243.39)  on  account  of  professional  services  in  preparing  plans  and  specifications,  and  super- 
"  vision  of  the  work  of  an  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  rifle  range  in  the  Fourteenth  Regi- 
"  ment  armory  building,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
"  Fund  be  requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 

The  vouchers  are  herewith  transmitted. 

Yours  truly, 

THOS.  L.  FEITNER,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

January  22,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Thomas  L.  Feitner,  Secretary  of  tne  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners,  in  com- 
munication of  January  16,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  incloses  a  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Armory  Board,  January  16,  1900,  as  follows  : 

"Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  and  requested  to  pay  to  Messrs.  Horgan  & 
Slattery,  architects,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty-three  dollars  and  thirty-nine  cents  ($243.39) 
on  account  of  professional  services  in  preparing  plans  and  specifications,  and  supervision  of  the 
work  of  an  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  rifle  range  in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory 
Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  an  alteration  to  the  Seventy-first  Regiment  Armory 
Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be 
requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 

The  bill  of  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  referred  to  in  this  resolution,  is  for  y/2  per 
cent,  of  the  contract  price  of  the  work  under  contract.  This  is  the  usual  rate  for  the  first  payment 
to  architects,  and  may  be  properly  concurred  in  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  the  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Armory  Board  at  meeting  held  January  16,  1900,  authorizing  and  requesting  the 
Comptroller  to  pay  to  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty- 
three  dollars  and  thirty-nine  cents  ($243.39),  on  account  of  professional  services  in  preparing  plans 
and  specifications  and  supervision  of  the  work  of  an  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  rifle  range 
in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  an  alteration  to 
the  Seventy-first  Regiment  Armory  Building  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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[February  i,  J900. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries 
relative  to  the  issue  of  $3,000,000  bonds  : 

New  York,  January  26,  1900. 

Edgar  J.  LEVEY,  Fsq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Docks  held  this  date,  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  pursuant  to  the  authority  vested  in 
them  by  section  18c,  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897,  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to  direct 
the  Comptroller  to  prepare  and  issue  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  amount  of 
three  million  dollars  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  this  Department  for  the  year  1900. 

Yours  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  BURKE,  Secretary. 

Which  was  referred  to  the  Comptroller. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Hon.  M.  R.  Ryttenberg,  relative  to  a 
bill  introduced  in  the  Assembly  on  behalf  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  : 

ALBANY,  January  30,  1900. 

Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  New  York  City  ; 

GENTLEMEN — Pursuant  to  the  request  of  Mr.  Edward  Lauterbach,  who  represents  the  Mount 
Sinai  Hospital,  I  have  introduced  a  bill  in  the  Assembly,  a  copy  of  which  I  inclose,  No.  465.  The 
same  bill  has  been  introduced  in  the  Senate  by  Senator  Ellsberg.  In  the  petition  accompanying 
the  bill,  the  President  of  the  Hospital  states  that  this  bill  provides  for  the  same  relief  that  an  act 
known  as  chapter  257  of  the  Laws  of  1898  afforded,  but  that  the  act  in  question,  by  some  over- 
sight, covered  only  the  property  on  the  south  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street  and  omitted  the  property 
on  the  north  side. 

I  write  to  ascertain  whether  there  is  any  objection  on  your  part  to  having  this  bill  passed. 
As  the  hospital  authorities  desire  to  have  the  bill  passed  as  speedily  as  possible,  I  would  thank 
you  for  an  immediate  reply  to  this  letter,  as  I  wish  to  press  the  bill  in  event  that  there  is  no 
objection.  Personally  I  see  no  objection  to  the  bill,  but  want  your  views  on  the  subject. 

Yours  very  truly, 

M.  R.  RYTTENBERG. 

Which  was  ordered  on  file. 


Adjourned. 

EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


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[February  23,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE   SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's 
Office,  at  1 1. 30  o'clock  A.M.,  on  Friday,  February  23,  1900. 


Present — Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor;  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Deputy  Comptroller;  John  H. 
Campbell,  Deputy  Chamberlain  ;  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council,  and 
Robert  Muh,  Chairman,  Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


On  motion  of  the  Deputy  Comptroller  Mr.  Reeves  E.  Selmes  was  unanimously  elected  Tempo- 
rary Secretary  of  the  meeting. 


The  minutes  of  the  meetings  held  January  23  and  February  1,  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  Charles  T.  Wills  relative  to  a  reduction 
of  his  bond  given  for  the  construction  of  the  new  Appellate  Division  Court-house  : 

December  30,  1899. 

Commissioners  0/  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York,  No.  280  Broadway,  Borough 
of  Manhattan  : 

Gentlemen — I  have  this  day  forwarded  to  the  Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  certificate 
for  final  payment  for  balance  due  me  on  account  of  the  erection  and  completion  of  the  new 
court-house  for  the  Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court,  in  the  First  Department,  northeast 
corner  of  Madison  avenue  and  Twenty-fifth  street.  Also  letter  certifying  the  completion  of  the 
said  work,  except  the  statuary,  as  per  contract  dated  December  22,  1897,  from  the  architect  in 
charge,  Mr.  James  Brown  Lord.  Under  the  terms  of  said  contract  I  was  required  to  furnish  a 
bond  in  the  sum  of  $159,742,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  contract,  the  amount 
of  which  was  $638,968.  As  all  the  constructional  work  has  been  accepted,  as  per  the  certificates 
above  named,  both  of  which  bear  even  date  herewith,  I  respectfully  ask  that  the  amount  of  the 
bond  be  reduced  to  twenty -five  per  cent,  of  $141,000,  which  is  the  amount  of  the  balance  of  con- 
tracts for  sculpture  not  completed  and  certified— the  contract  for  caryatides,  which  are  a  part  of 


February  23,  1900.J 


the  construction  of  the  building  but  not  included  in  the  final  certificate,  being  deducted  from  the 
gross  amount  of  $157,000  of  the  contracts  for  sculpture,  leaving  a  balance  of  $141,000. 

By  authorizing  the  reduction  of  the  amount  of  the  bond  to  $35,250,  you  will  greatly  oblige 

Yours  very  truly 

CHARLES  T.  WILLS, 

By  A.  H.  T. 

Approved  January  6,  1900  : 

Jas.  Brown  Lord,  Architect. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the 
Principal  Assistant  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  and  opinion  of  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

February  i,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Colkr,  Comptroller: 

Sir — Mr.  Charles  T.  Wills,  builder  and  contractor  for  the  erection  and  completion  of  the 
new  court-house  for  the  Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court,  by  letter  dated  December, 
1899,  requests  that  the  amount  of  his  bond  be  reduced  from  $159,742,  being  25  per  cent,  of 
$638,968,  to  25  per  cent,  of  $141,000,  which  equals  $35,250,  would  submit  the  following  for  your 
consideration  : 

The  total  amount  of  the  contract  is  $638,968,  and  according  to  the  terms  of  the  proposal, 
"  the  amount  of  security  required  is  25  per  cent,  of  the  amount  bid."  The  following  table  gives 
the  amounts  paid  for  respective  classes  of  work,  as  the  contracts  for  mural  paintings  and  statuary 
are  fixed  and  definite  amounts,  this  table  is  correct,  not  estimated  : 

Constructive  work   $422,468  00 

Mural  paintings,  amount  of  contracts   54, 300  00 

Statuary,  amount  of  contracts   157,000  00 


$633,768  00 


This  deficit  of  $5,200  is  the  difference  between  $638,968,  amount  bid,  and  $633,768,  the 
amount  to  be  paid  when  the  contract  is  completed,  is  accounted  for  as  follows  : 

1.  Credit  by  allowance  for  change  in  foundations  from  brick  to 

stone   $1,500  00 

2.  Amount  fixed  by  specifications  and  contract  for  statuary  and 

paintings   $215,000  00 

Total  amount  of  contracts  bas  per  separate  agreements  with  sculp- 
tors and  artists   211,300  00 

  3,700  00 

$5,200  00 


The  building  is  completed  and  the  contract  fulfilled  except  the  completion,  furnishing  and 
setting  in  place  of  the  statuary  and  sculptures.  The  work  of  the  statuary  is  well  advanced  and 
$47,249.98  has  been  paid  on  account  of  same,  leaving  a  balance  of  $109,750.02.  The  "  caryatides  " 
referred  to  ave  in  place  and  on  account  of  their  shape  and  position  in  the  building,  had  to  be  put 
up  during  the  construction. 

The  contract  for  these  four  (4)  caryatides  was  $16,000. 

I  have  advised  that  $5,000  be  retained  from  the  final  payment  in  the  constructive  work  to 
set  the  statuary,  which  leaves  a  balance  of  $114,750.02  to  complete  the  work,  and  Mr.  Wills 


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[February  23,  1900. 


asks  that  the  bond  be  calculated  at  25  per  cent,  on  $141,000—  the  amount  of  the  statuary  $157,000, 
less  $16,000,  the  agreement  price  for  the  caryatides. 
^  Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  C.  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 

New  York,  February  8,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — I  have  received  a  communication  from  Deputy  Comptroller  Daly  dated  February  5, 
1900,  which  reads  as  follows  ; 

"  Herewith  I  inclose  for  your  consideration  and  advice  communication  to  the  Commissioners 
"  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  dated  December  30,  1899,  signed  by  Charles  T.  Wills,  requesting  a  reduc- 
"  tion  in  the  amount  of  the  bond  given  by  the  contractor  to  The  City  of  New  York  in  the  sum  of 
"  $I59)742?  conditioned  for  faithtul  performance  of  the  contract  with  the  City  for  the  construc- 
"  tion  of  the  new  court-house  for  the  Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court,  on  the  northeast 
"  corner  of  Madison  avenue  and  Twenty-fifth  street,  the  amount  of  which  was  $638,968. 

"  I  inclose  also  the  report  of  Chandler  Withington,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer,  dated  Feb- 
"  ruary  I,  1900,  to  the  Comptroller  in  relation  to  this  contract. 

"  Please  advise  the  Comptroller  whether  the  bond  may  be  reduced  to  the  amount  requested 
by  the  contractor." 

The  application* of  Mr.  Wills  is  approved  under  date  of  January  6,  1900,  by  James  Brown 
Lord,  architect.  He  asks  to  have  his  bond  reduced  to  $35,250,  being  25  per  cent,  of  $141,000, 
which  is  the  amount  of  the  balance  of  contract  for  sculpture  not  completed  and  certified. 

In  my  opinion  there  is  no  legal  objection  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  granting 
the  request  of  Mr.  Wills  by  reducing  his  bond  to  such  amount  as  they  may  deem  sufficient  and 
satisfactory  to  tl.em. 

I  return  herewith  your  inclosures  to  me. 

Yours  respectfully, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

Resolved,  That,  in  accordance  with  the  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  dated  February 
8,  1900,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  consent  to  and  approve  of  the  reduction 
of  the  bond  of  Charles  T.  Wills,  contractor  for  the  construction  of  the  new  court-house  for  the 
Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court,  to  the  sum  of  thirty-five  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  ($35,250). 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  petition  was  received  from  Kate  Wendel  for  a  release  from  certain  building 
restrictions  : 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

The  petition  of  Katie  Wendel,  respectfully  shows  : 

I.  — That  she  resides  at  No.  339  West  Fiftieth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  of  New 
York,  and  is  the  wife  of  Louis  Wendel,  Jr. 

II.  — That  she  is  the  owner  of  the  following  described  premises,  to  wit  : 

All  that  certain  lot  of  land,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  The  City  of  New  York,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  described  as  follows  : 


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Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  side  of  Amsterdam  avenue,  distant  ninety-nine  feet  four 
and  three-quarter  inches  northerly  from  the  northwesterly  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-first 
street  and  Amsterdam  avenue  ;  running  thence  westerly  and  parallel  with  One  Hundred  and 
Eighty-second  street  one  hundred  feet  ;  thence  northerly  and  parallel  with  said  Amsterdam  avenue 
seventy  feet  seven  and  one-quarter  inches  to  the  southerly  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-second 
street,  as  now  laid  out  ;  thence  easterly  and  along  the  southerly  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Eighty- 
second  street,  one  hundred  feet  to  the  westerly  side  of  Amsterdam  avenue  ;  thence  southerly  along 
the  westerly  side  of  Amsterdam  avenue  seventy  feet  seven  and  one-quarter  inches  to  the  point  or 
place  of  beginning. 

ITI. — That  your  petitioner  purchased  said  premises  from  Boltis  Moore  and  others,  by  deed 
bearing  date  the  18th  day  of  February,  1890,  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  the 
County  of  New  York  in  Liber  2290  of  Conveyances,  page  253. 

IV.  — That  one  of  the  prior  owners  of  said  property  and  including  a  large  tract  of  land  adjoin- 
ing, and  known  as  the  "  Cheesebrough  Farm,"  was  Charles  A.  Cheesebrough,  who  conveyed  the 
foregoing  premises  to  Margaret  Moore,  by  deed  bearing  date  the  10th  day  of  September,  1866,  and 
recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  the  County  of  New  York  in  Liber  1041  of  Conveyances, 
page  142.  That  in  said  deed  the  premises  aforesaid  were  restricted  by  the  following  covenant, 
to  wit  : 

"  That  neither  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  nor  her  heirs  or  assigns  shall  or  will  at  any 
time  hereafter  erect  any  buildings  within  ten  feet  of  the  front  of  said  lot." 

V.  — That  at  the  time  your  petitioner  purchased  the  aforesaid  premises,  the  Charles  A.  Cheese- 
brough executed  a  release  whereby  he  released  the  said  premises  from  such  restriction,  and  thereby 
permitted  the  erection  of  buildings  on  said  premises  within  ten  feet  of  the  front  of  said  lots,  which 
said  release  is  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Register  ot  the  County  of  New  York  in  Liber  2290  of 
Conveyances,  page  251. 

VI.  — That  all  the  owners  of  said  property  who  owned  same  subsequent  to  the  conveyance  by 
Charles  A.  Cheesebrough  to  Margaret  Moore,  and  prior  to  the  purchase  of  said  premises  by  your 
petitioner,  have  executed  releases  whereby  they  released  your  petitioner's  premises  from  the 
restrictions  contained  in  said  deed  aforesaid,  to  wit : 

Release  by  Margaret  G.  Spader,  dated  February  11,  1890,  recorded  in  the  office  of  the 
Register  of  the  County  of  New  York  in  Liber  2290  of  Conveyances,  page  252. 

Release  by  Mary  L.  Carpenter,  dated  February  12,  1890,  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Regis- 
ter of  the  County  of  New  York  in  Liber  2290  of  Conveyances,  page  250. 

VII.  — That  the  deed  by  Boltis  Moore  and  others  to  your  petitioner,  mentioned  in  the  third 
paragraph  of  this  petition,  conveying  said  premises,  is  without  any  restriction  whatsoever,  and 
your  petitioner  is  thereby  permitted  to  build  up  to  the  boundary  line  of  said  premises. 

VIII.  — That  relying  upon  the  aforesaid  releases  as  being  sufficient  to  release  said  premises 
from  the  aforesaid  restriction,  your  petitioner  erected  a  building  on  said  premises,  and  upon  that 
part  thereof  covered  by  said  restriction,  and  which  said  buildings  extend  to  the  front  line  of 
Amsterdam  avenue,  and  which  said  building  is  known  as  "  WendePs  Washington  Bridge 
Hotel." 

IX.  — That  within  the  past  few  days  your  petitioner  has  made  application  for  a  loan  to  be 
secured  by  a  mortgage  on  said  premises.  That  the  title  to  said  premises  was  examined  by  the 
Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company,  who  informed  your  petitioner  that  the  aforesaid  releases 
were  insufficient,  and  that  it  was  necessary,  in  order  to  entirely  wipe  out  the  same  and  release  said 
premises  from  the  force  and  effect  of  the  same,  that  all  the  property-owners  west  and  east  of 
Amsterdam  avenue,  and  between  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-first  and  One  Hundred  and  Eighty- 
second  streets,  execute  a  release  whereby  they  release  said  premises  from  said  covenant. 


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X.  — That  your  petititioner  has  obtained  releases  from  the  property-owners  on  both  sides  of 
Amsterdam  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-first  and  One  Hundred  and  Eighty- 
r^cond  streets,  except  from  The  City  of  New  York. 

XI.  — That  The  City  of  New  York  is  the  owner  of  premises  on  the  easterly  side  of  Amsterdam 
avenue,  north  ot  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-first  street,  and  known  as  "Washington  Bridge  Park." 

XII.  — That  it  is  necessary,  in  order  to  wipe  out  the  said  restriction  and  release  said  premises 
as  aforesaid,  that  The  City  of  New  York  execute  a  release  to  your  petitioner,  releasing  her 
premises  from  the  said  covenant  and  restriction  and  permit  her  to  erect  buildings  thereon  to 
boundary  line  of  said  premises,  and  upon  that  portion  thereof  which  is  within  10  feet  of  the  front 
line  thereof. 

XIII.  — That  all  the  buildings  erected  on  Amsterdam  avenue,  and  north  and  south  of  One 
Hundred  and  Eighty-first  street,  are  principally  houses  containing  stores,  and  are  built  up  to  the 
front  line  of  the  lot  on  Amsterdam  avenue. 

XIV.  — That  your  petitioner  is  informed  that  her  property  is  the  only  property  from  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fifty-fifth  street,  north  to  Fort  George,  which  is  restricted,  so  as  to  prevent  the  erection 
of  building  close  to  the  line  of  Amsterdam  avenue,  both  on  the  west  and  east  sides  thereof. 

XV.  — That  no  harm  can  come  to  any  property-owners  or  to  The  City  of  New  York  by  per- 
mitting your  petitioner  to  build  up  to  the  front  line  of  her  premises. 

Wherefore,  your  petitioner  prays  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  will  grant 
your  petitioner's  prayer  and  direct  that  a  release  be  executed  by  the  proper  authorities  whereby 
her  premises  are  released  from  the  force  and  effect  of  the  covenant  and  restriction  aforesaid,  so 
that  your  petitioner  may  erect  buildings  thereon  up  to  the  front  line  of  said  premises  and  upon 
such  portion  thereof  as  lies  within  ten  feet  of  the  front  thereof. 

Dated  New  York,  January  5,  1900. 

KATIE  VYEXDEL, 

Care  of  L.  Wendel,  Jr.,  No.  280  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  opinion  of  the  Cor- 
poration Counsel  : 

New  York,  February  19,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — I  have  received  your  communication  of  January  II,  inclosing  the  petition  of  Kate 
Wendel,  addressed  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  praying  that  her  premises  on  the 
westerly  side  of  Amsterdam  avenue,  north  of  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-first  street,  may  be 
released  from  certain  building  restrictions. 

You  request  to  be  advised  : 

1.  As  to  whether  any  objections  can  be  urged  against  granting  her  request. 

2.  If  any  objections  exist  by  whose  authority  shall  the  release  be  given. 

In  reply  I  beg  to  say  that  I  have  recently  been  informed  by  "Messrs.  Quincy,  Wendel  & 
Robeson,  attorneys  for  Mrs.  Wendel,  that  their  client  does  not  desire  the  release  prayed  for. 

It  therefore  seems  to  be  unnecessary  to  answer  your  queries.  I  return  to  you  the  petition  of 
Mrs.  Wendel  which  accompanied  your  communication. 

Respectfully  yours, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Coporation  Counsel. 

Which  were  ordered  filed. 


February  23,  1900.] 


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The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  rela- 
tive to  the  petition  of  the  Empire  City  Subway  Company  for  permission  to  construct  a  subway  in 
Lawton  avenue,  West  Washington  Market  (see  Minutes  of  December  6,  1899,  page  451). 

New  York,  February  2,  1900. 
Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  communication  bearing  date  December  18,  transmitting  an 
extract  from  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  held  December 
6,  1899,  relative  to  a  communication  from  the  Empire  City  Subway  Company,  asking  permission 
to  construct  a  subway  in  Lawton  avenue,  West  Washington  Market,  and  which  was,  you  state, 
referred  to  me  for  an  opinion  as  to  whether  the  permit  requested  constitutes  a  franchise,  and  if  so, 
what  course  should  be  adopted  in  regard  to  granting  the  same. 

The  facts  underlying  the  present  application  for  a  permit  are  stated  as  follows,  in  a  commu- 
nication addressed  by  Eugene  E.  McLean,  Esq.,  Engineer,  to  the  Comptroller  : 

"  November  24,  1899. 

"  Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

"  Sir — In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  Charles  G.  Cornell,  General  Superintendent  of  the 
"  Empire  City  Subway  Company,  for  permit  to  lay  a  subway  for  electric  wires  in  Lawton  avenue, 
"  in  West  Washington  Market,  from  Gansevoort  to  Bloomfield  street,  which  the  Collector  of  City 
"  Revenue,  Mr.  David  O'Brien,  in  letter  to  the  Comptroller,  November  2,  1899,  says  he  knows  of 
"  no  reason  why  the  application  should  be  refused,  I  have  the  honor  to  report  : 

"  I  called  on  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  who  gave  me 
"  the  following  information,  viz.  :  That  the  market  is  now  lighted  with  electric  lamps  from  over- 
"  head  wires  which  he  has  ordered  to  be  removed,  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  sections 
"  581,  582,  583  and  584  of  the  Charter  ;  that  the  electric  light  company  applied  for  a  subway  to 
"  be  built  so  as  to  comply  with  the  above  order,  and  that  he  ordered  the  Empire  City  Subway 
"  Company  to  construct  the  subway  in  the  usual  way.  He  says  that  if  Lawton  avenue  had  been 
"  a  public  street  the  Commissioner  of  Highways  would  have  been  called  upon  to  issue  the  neces- 
"  sary  permit,  but  being  in  the  market,  the  permit  must  come  from  the  Commissioners  of  the 
"  Sinking  Fund. 

"  I  consider  the  action  of  the  Commissioner  in  ordering  the  removal  of  the  overhead  wires 
"  judicious  and  proper,  as  these  wires  are  so  numerous  as  to  be  unsightly,  and  somewhat  dangerous. 
"  Being  removed,  the  subway  became  a  necessity,  and  the  Empire  City  Subway  Company  having 
"  the  contract  for  such  work,  the  order  was  also  necessary. 

.  "  There  is  no  doubt  as  to  this  work  being  a  good  thing  for  the  market,  and  I  see  no  sign  of 
"  its  constituting  a  franchise  in  any  way  for  which  a  compensation  should  be  exacted. 
"  I  would  therefore  recommend  that  the  permit  be  granted. 

"  Respectfully, 

"  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer." 

It  appears  from  this  letter  that  the  work  to  be  done  is  simply  that  of  changing  the  electric 
wires  in  West  Washington  Market  from  overhead  wires  to  underground  wires,  to  which  end  it 
is,  of  course,  necessary  to  construct  subways. 

No  additional  privilege  is  to  be  granted  to  the  company,  and  the  change  is  one  made  for  the 
safety  of  the  city's  property. 

Under  these  circumstances,  I  think  that  the  proposed  change  is  not  a  franchise,  and  that 
there  is  no  objection  to  the  granting  of  the  permit  sought  for.  » 

Yours, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  authorize  the  Empire  City 
Subway  Company  to  construct  a  subway  for  electrical  wires  in  Lawton  avenue  in  West  Wash- 
ington Market. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  : 

New  York,  February  9,  1900. 

Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary \  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  your  Commission,  held  January  16,  1900,  a  communication  was  referred 
to  you  by  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company,  requesting  your  approval  of  the  location, 
as  shown  on  the  plan  published  in  the  City  Record  on  February  9,  1900,  for  an  approach  to  the 
new  North  River  Bridge. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Docks,  held  this  date,  I  was  directed  to  request  you  to  advise 
this  Board  that  before  any  action  is  taken  by  your  Commission  relative  to  the  plan  referred  to, 
to  request  that  in  case  a  hearing  is  held,  that  this  Board  be  allowed  an  opportunity  to  present  its 
objections  thereto. 

Yours  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  BURKE,  Secretary. 

Which  was  referred  to  the  Comptroller  and  the  President  of  the  Council,  the  committee  here- 
tofore appointed  to  report  on  the  proposed  approaches  to  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  bridge. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Commissioners  of  Accounts  relative  to 
a  lease  of  rooms  in  the  Stewart  Building  : 

New  York,  January  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Secretary,  Sinking  Fund  Commission,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  Sir — We  now  occupy  Room  110  on  the  third  floor,  and  Room  284  on  the  sixth  floor, 
floor,  which  we  find  is  not  suitable  ;  first,  because  the  space  is  not  sufficient,  and,  secondly, 
because  the  rooms  are  too  far  apart.    The  rent  of  these  two  rooms  is  $1,200  per  annum. 

We  would  like  very  much  to  receive  permission  to  rent  Rooms  Nos.  104  and  105,  all  located 
on  the  third  floor,  near  our  main  office,  the  rent  of  which  is,  we  understand,  $1,950. 

We  inclose  herewith  a  letter  from  the  estate  of  Henry  Hilton,  in  which  it  will  be  found  that 
the  estate  is  willing  to  cancel  the  lease  of  the  rooms  we  now  occupy,  and  it  will  transfer  the 
fixtures  to  these  new  rooms  at  their  expense. 

If  you  kindly  lay  this  matter  before  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  for  their  action  you  will 
greatly  oblige, 

Yours  very  truly, 

JOHN  C.HERTLE,  (Commissioners 
EDWARD  OWEN,     [   of  Accounts. 


February  23,  1900.] 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

February  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Messrs.  John  C.  Hertleand  Edward  Owen,  Commissioners  of  Accounts,  in  a  communica- 
tion under  date  of  January  24,  1900,  request  the  authority  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  a  lease  of  Rooms  104  and  105  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Stewart  Building.  No.  280  Broad- 
way, at  an  annual  rental  of  $1,950. 

The  Commissioners  state  that  they  desire  these  rooms  to  take  the  place  of  Room  no  on  the 
third  floor  and  Room  284  on  the  sixth  floor,  which  they  find  are  not  suitable  ;  first,  because  the 
space  is  not  sufficient,  and  second,  because  the  rooms  are  too  far  apart.  The  rental  of  these  two 
rooms  is  $1,200  per  annum. 

The  lessor  agrees  to  move  all  furniture  and  fittings  to  the  new  rooms  without  cost  to  the  lessee. 

I  beg  to  report  that  the  rental  asked,  $1,950,  I  consider  reasonable  and  just  under  the  condi- 
tions as  named. 

As  the  lease  of  Room  no  is  an  omnibus  lease,  which  expires  May  1,  1900,  it  will  be  neces- 
sary that  a  deduction  of  $50  per  month  should  be  made  from  the  amount  payable  under  this  lease. 
The  lease  of  Room  284  at  $600  per  annum  expires  October  1,  1900,  and  should  be  cancelled. 
I  would  recommend  that  the  new  lease  be  drawn  from  date  of  occupation  to  expire  May  1, 
1900,  when  it  will  be  co-existent  with  the  present  leases. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  kj.se  to 
the  City  of  Rooms  Nos.  104  and  105  in  the  Stewart  Building,  No.  280  Broadway,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Commissioners  of  Accounts,  for  a  term  from  the  date  of  occupation 
to  May  1,  1900,  at  a  rental  at  the  rate  of  nineteen  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($1,950)  per  annum, 
payable  quarterly  ;  it  being  understood  that  the  above  rooms  are  to  take  the  place  of  Rooms  Nos. 
no  and  284  which  are  to  be  surrendered  when  occupation  of  Rooms  Nos.  104  and  105 
commences,  and  the  rent  of  Rooms  Nos.  1 10  and  284  is  to  cease  when  surrendered  ;  and  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corpoiation  Counsel  aspro\ided 
by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens  : 

New  York,  February  1,  1900. 

Hon.  RobertA.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of 
the  Charter,  from  George  J.Ryan,  of  the  ground  floor  of  premises  known  as  No.  48  Jackson 


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avenue,  in  the  First  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street 
Cleaning  as  a  Section  Station,  for  a  term  of  two  (2)  years  from  the  date  of  occupation  at  an  annual 
rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  payable  monthly  ;  the  lessor  to  put  the  premises  in  good 
condition  ;  to  paper  the  side  walls  and  ceiling  with  the  best  ingrain  paper  ;  to  replace  present 
flooring  with  new  floor  ;  to  replace  washstand  in  the  rear  of  the  building  by  a  marble  washstand, 
and  in  general  to  make  the  necessary  alterations  to  fit  the  premises  for  the  purpose  for  which  they 
are  leased  ;  the  lessor  to  pay  all  charges  for  water  used  on  the  premises.  The  dimensions  ot  the 
premises  are  20  feet  by  40  feet. 

Respectfully  yours, 

F.  M.  GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
designated  with  full  powers  of  the  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

February  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — F.  M.  Gibson,  Deputy  and  Acting  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communica- 
tion under  date  of  February  I,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund,  "  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter,  from  George  J.  Ryan,  of 
"  the  ground  floor  of  premises  known  as  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  in  the  First  Ward  of  the  Borough 
"  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  as  a  section  station,  for  a  term  of 
"  two  (2)  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300), 
"  payable  monthly  ;  the  lessor  to  put  the  premises  in  good  condition  ;  to  paper  the  side  walls  and 
"  ceiling  with  the  best  ingrain  paper,  to  replace  present  flooring  with  new  floor,  to  replace 
"  wash-stand  in  the  rear  of  the  building  by  a  marble  wash-stand,  and  in  general  to  make  the 
"  necessary  alterations  to  fit  the  premises  for  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  leased  ;  the  lessor  to 
"  pay  all  charges  for  water  used  on  the  premises.  The  dimensions  of  the  premises  are  20  feet  by 
"  40  feet." 

The  premises  consist  of  the  store  floor  of  a  two-story  brick  building,  located  as  above,  and 
immediately  adjoining  premises  now  leased  by  the  City  for  Civil  Court  purposes. 

There  is  no  means  of  heating  this  building,  except  by  stoves  ;  and  in  a  conference  with  Mr. 
Ryan  he  has  agreed,  in  addition  to  the  other  alterations  and  improvements  as  stated  above,  to  put 
in  a  stove  of  sufficient  size,  with  the  necessary  piping,  to  heat  the  store. 

When  these  improvements  are  made,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  rental  asked,  namely,  $300 
per  annum,  will  be  full  but  not  excessive. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  George  J.  Ryan,  of 
the  ground  floor  of  premises  known  as  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  in  the  First  Ward,  Borough  of 
Queens,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  as  a  section  station,  for  a  term  of  two 
years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  payable 
monthly,  the  lessor  to  put  the  premises  in  good  condition,  paper  the  'side  walls  and  ceiling  with 
the  best  ingrain  paper,  replace  present  flooring  with  new  flooring,  replace  wash-stands  in  the 
rear  of  the  building  by  a  marble  wash-stand,  and  in  general  make  the  necessary  alterations  to  fit 


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the  premises  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  leased  ;  put  in  a  stove  of  sufficient  size  with  the 
necessary  piping  to  heat  the  store,  and  pay  all  charges  for  water  used  on  the  premises  ;  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  report  was  accepted,  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  the  renewal  of  twenty  leases  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  February  1,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  YYyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Conunis  si  oners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir — 1  desire  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  renewals  of  leases,  pursuant  to 
section  541  of  the  Charter,  of  the  following-described  premises,  now  occupied  as  section  stations 
of  this  Department,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  the  rent  in  all  cases  to  be  payable  quarterly,  and 
in  all  cases  the  lessor  to  pay  all  water  charges,  and  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair  ;  all 
these  leases  to  be  otherwise  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  the  existing  leases  (except  as  to 
special  alterations,  etc.,  which  have  been  made). 

1st.  From  John  Hanley  ;  the  store  of  premises  No.  185  Atlantic  avenue,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  I,  1900. 

2d.  From  Mariano  Esposito  ;  the  store  of  premises  No.  508  Henry  street,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($300),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  I,  1900. 

3d.  From  John  F.  Nelson  ;  the  store  of  premises  No.  226  Hamilton  avenue,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360).  for  a  term  of  (1)  year  from  May  1,  1900. 

4th.  From  William  J.  Morris,  as  executor  ;  the  store  of  premises  No.  162  Fourth  avenue,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from 
May  1,  1900. 

5th.  From  Daniel  F.  Graham  ;  the  store  of  premises  No.  473  Sixth  avenue,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  two  hundred  and  sixteen  dollars  ($216),  for  a  term  of  one  (1)  year  from  May  1,  1900. 

6th.  From  Patrick  Bellew,  the  store  of  premises  No.  273  Gold  street,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
two  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($240),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900. 

7th..  From  H.  W.  Rozell,  as  agent,  the  store  of  premises  No.  368  Myrtle  avenue,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900. 

8th.  From  Andrew  Hanrahan,  the  store  of  premises  No.  753  Bergen  avenue,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  I,  1900. 

9th.  From  John  J.  Pyburn,  the  store  of  premises  No.  195  Clifton  place,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900. 

10th.  From  the  estate  of  E.  W.  Brunsen,  the  store  or  ground  floor  and  the  room  in  the  rear 
of  the  basement  of  premises  No.  859  Myrtle  avenue,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  and  forty 
dollars  ($240),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900. 

Ilth.  From  Martin  J.Walsh,  the  store  of  premises  No.  334  Lexiiigton  avenue,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900. 

12th.  From  Peter  J.  Murphy,  the  store  of  premises  No.  784  Park  place,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  three  hundred  and  thirty 'dollars  ($330),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  I,  1900. 

13th.  Prom  Maud  W.  Dick,  the  store  of  premises  No.  171  Division  avenue,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  two  hundred  and  seventy-six  dollars  ($276),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900. 


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14th.  From  Julius  Taft,  attorney,  the  store  and  front  cellar  of  premises  No.  60  Grand  street, 
^t  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from 
May  1,  1900. 

15th.  From  Philip  Grill,  the  store  or  ground  floor  of  premises  No.  166  Bedford  avenue,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  (S360),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1, 
1900. 

1 6th.  From  Maria  Abrams,  the  store  of  premises  No.  262  Driggs  avenue,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  (S360),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  I,  1900. 

17th.  From  John  J.  Devine  ;  the  store  of  premises  No.  608  Hart  street,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900. 

18th.  From  Samuel  D.  Hunter  ;  the  store  of  premises  No.  10 n  Gates  avenue,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900. 

19th.  From  N.  Willard  Curtis  ;  the  store  of  premises  No.  2495  Atlantic  avenue,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900. 

20th.  From  Abby  L.  Wells,  as  assignee  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Byrne  ;  the  store  of  premises  No.  19 
Grant  street,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  years 
from  May  1,  1900. 

Respectfully, 

F.  M.  GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
Designated  with  full  powers  of  Commissioner. 

New  York,  February  10,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  desire  to  amend  my  request  to  your  Board  dated  February  1,  1900,  for  its  consent  and 
approval  as  to  the  renewal  of  various  leases  of  this  Department  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  so  as 
to  make  the  seventh  of  the  items,  namely,  rental  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  368  Myrtle  avenue, 
from  H.  W.  Rozell,  as  agent,  be  at  an  annual  rental  of  $360  instead  of  $300. 

The  owner  of  the  premises,  Mr.  John  Schumacher,  of  Nos.  189  and  191  Montague  street,  has 
written  to  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  that  the  lease  at  $300  for  the 
past  year  was  less  than  reasonable  rent  for  the  premises  and  that  he  is  entitled  to  $360  per  annum 
and  in  this  the  Deputy  Commissioner  for  Brooklyn  agrees. 

Respectfully  yours, 

F.  M.  GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
designated  with  full  powers  of  the  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  reports  of  the 
Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

February  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir  — F.  M.  Gibson,  Deputy  and  Acting  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communica- 
tion under  date  of  February  1,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Co?nmissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund  for  a  renewal  of  20  leases,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter,  the  premises 
in  each  case  being  now  occupied  as  section  stations  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  of  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

The  premises  have  all  been  examined  and  passed  upon  at  their  present  rentals,  and  in  only 
one  case  is  an  additional  rent  asked  for,  namely,  No.  2,  of  which  the  lessor,  Mariano  Esposito, 
demands  $360  per  annum,  in  place  of  $330,  as  in  the  existing  lease. 


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I  consider  that  a  rental  of  $330  per  annum  is  full  for  these  premises,  and  that  an  increase  is 
not  justified. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

February  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — F.  M.  Gibson,  Deputy  and  Acting  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communica- 
tion under  date  of  February  10,  states  that  the  owner  of  the  'premises  No.  368  Myrtle  avenue, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  requests  an  increase  of  $60  per  annum  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the 
premises. 

This  store  is  used  by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  as  a  section  station,  and  I  do  not 
consider  that  any  increase  in  the  rental  over  the  present  sum  of  $300  per  annum  would  be 
justified. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  of  renewals  of  the  leases  of  the  following 
premises,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  now  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  as 
section  stations,  the  rent  in  all  cases  to  be  payable  quarterly,  and  in  all  cases  the  lessor  to  pay  all 
water  charges,  and  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair  ;  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms 
and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  leases  (except  as  to  special  alterations,  etc.,  which  have 
been  made)  : 

1.  The  store  of  premises  No.  185  Atlantic  avenue,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  I, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360).    Lessor,  John  Hanley. 

2.  The  store  of  premises  No.  508  Henry  street,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  I,  1900,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  thirty  doilars  ($330).    Lessor,  Mariano  Esposito. 

3.  The  store  of  premises  No.  226  Hamilton  avenue,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360).    Lessor,  John  F.  Nelson. 

4.  The  store  of  premises  No.  162  Fourth  avenue,  for  a  terufof  three  years  from  May  I,  1900, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360).  Lessor,  William  J.  Morris,  as 
executor  of  the  Joseph  Morris  Estate. 

5.  The  store  of  premises  No.  473  Sixth  avenue,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  and  sixteen  dollars  ($216).    Lessor,  Daniel  F.  Graham. 

6.  The  store  of  premises  No.  273  Gold  street,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  I,  1900,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($240).    Lessor,  Patrick  Bellew. 

7.  The  store  of  premises  No.  368  Myrtle  avenue,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  I,  1900, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300).  Lessor,  H.  W.  Rozell,  agent;  John  G. 
Schumacher,  owner. 

8.  The  store  of  premises  No.  753  Bergen  street,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300).    Lessor,  Andrew  Ilanrahan. 

9.  The  store  of  premises  No.  195  Clifton  place,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300).    Lessor,  John  J.  Pyburn. 


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10.  The  store  or  ground  floor  and  the  room  in  the  rear  of  the  basement  of  premises  No.  859 
Myrtle  avenue,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  and 
forty  dollars  ($240).    Lessors,  Blackford  &  Benward,  agents  for  the  estate  of  E.  W.Brunsen. 

11.  The  store  of  premises  No.  334  Lexington  avenue,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  I, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300).    Lessor,  Martin  J.  Walsh. 

12.  The  store  of  premises  No.  784  Park  place,  tor  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  I,  1900,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  thirty  dollars  ($330).    Lessor,  Peter  J.  Murphy. 

13.  The  store  of  premises  No.  171  Division  avenue,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  and  seventy-six  dollars  ($276).  Lessor,  Maud  W. 
Dick. 

14.  The  store  and  front  cellar  of  premises  No.  60  Grand  street,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from 
May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360).  Lessor,  Julius  Taft, 
attorney. 

15.  The  store  or  ground  floor  of  premises  No.  160  Bedford  avenue,  for  a  term  of  three  years 
from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360).  Lessor,  Philip 
Grill. 

16.  The  store  of  premises  No.  262  Driggs  avenue,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360).    Lessor,  Maria  Abrams. 

17.  The  store  of  premises  No.  608  Hart  street,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  I,  1900, 

at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300).    Lessor,  John  J.  Devine. 
« 

18.  The  store  of  premises  No.  1011  Gates  avenue,  for  a  term  of  three  year>  from  May  1, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300).    Lessor,  Samuel  D.  Hunter. 

19.  The  store  of  premises  No.  2495  Atlantic  avenue,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300).    Lessor,  N.  Willard  Curtis. 

20.  The  store  of  premises  No.  19  Grant  street,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1,  19CO,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300).  Lessor,  Abby  L.  Wells,  as  assignee  of  Mrs. 
Thomas  Eyrne. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  No.  401  Central  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  February  1,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  0/  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  "  for  a  lease  pursuant  to  section  541  of 
"  the  Charter,  from  John  Burkandt,  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  401  Central  avenue,  in  the  Borough 
"  of  Brooklyn,  with  the  use  of  cellar,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $312,  payable  quarterly,  for  a  term  of 
"  three  years  and  four  months  from  January  1,  1900;  the  lessor  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in 
1 '  repair  and  to  pay  the  water  taxes  and  charges,  for  the  use  of  this  Department  as  a  section  station , 


February  23,  1900.] 


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"  The  dimensions  are  :  Store,  19  feet  wide  by  27  feet  deep,  with  two  (2)  rooms,  one  13  feet  5 
"  inches  by  11  feet  8  inches,  the  other  15  feet  by  12  feet,  with  toilet  room  and  running  water  in 
"  store." 

Respectfully  yours, 

F.  M.  GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
designated  with  full  powers  of  the  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

February  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — F.  M.  Gibson,  Deputy  and  Acting  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communica- 
tion under  date  of  February  1,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund  "for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter,  from  John  Burkandt,  of 
"  the  store  of  premises  No.  401  Central  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  with  the  use  o 
"  cellar,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $312,  payable  quarterly,  for  a  term  of  three  years  and  four 
"  months  from  January  1,  1900  ;  the  lessor  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  repair,  and  to  pay  the 
"  water  taxes  and  charges  for  the  use  of  this  Department  as  a  section  station. 

"  The  dimensions  are  :  Store  19  feet  wide  by  27  feet  deep,  with  two  (2)  rooms,  one  13 
"  feet  5  inches  by  11  feet  8  inches,  the  other,  15  feet  by  12  feet,  with  toilet  room  and  running 
"  water  in  store.  " 

The  premises  are  as  described  above,  and  consist  of  the  store  floor  of  a  three-story  frame 
building. 

I  consider  the  rental  full,  but  not  excessive.  The  Department  has  been  in  occupation  since 
January  I. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAJN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  John  Burkandt,  of  the  store  of 
premises  No.  401  Central  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  with  the  use  of  the  cellar,  for  a  term  of 
three  years  and  four  months  from  January  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and 
twelve  dollars  ($312),  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  repair  and  to 
pay  the  water  taxes  and  charges— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent 
fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  an  amendment  to  a  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  167  Chrystie  street,  Borough 
of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  February  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  have  to  request  that  the  resolution  of  your  Board  of  December  28,  1899,  consenting 
to  and  approving  of  the  lease  of  premises  from  Henry  C.  Miner,  No.  167  Chrystie  street,  in  the 


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Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  this  Department,  be  amended  so  as  to  require  that  after 
acceptance  of  the  premises  the  City  shall  do  all  repairs  and  alterations. 

^  Respectfully  yours, 

F.  M.  GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
designated  with  full  powers  of  the  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  December  6,  1899,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  167  Chrystie  street,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan, for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  further 
amended  by  providing  that  after  acceptance  of  the  premises,  the  City  shall  make  all  repairs  and 
alterations. 

r 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  corner  Third  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-ninth 
street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

New  York,  February  16,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the 
Charter,  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Daniel  O'Brien,  as  agent,  of  the  ground  floor  of  the 
frame  house  at  the  northwest  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-ninth  street,  in  the  Borough  of 
The  Bronx,  for  the  use  of  this  Department  as  a  section  station,  for  a  term  of  one  (1)  year  from 
May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  and  forty  (240)  dollars,  otherwise  on  the  same 
terms  and  conditions  as  the  existing  lease. 

Respectfully  yours, 

PERCIVAL  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from 
Daniel  O'Brien,  as  agent,  of  the  ground  floor  of  the  frame  house  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Third 
avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-ninth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  one 
year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($240),  payable 
monthly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


February  23,  1900.] 


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TheTollowing  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  store  of  premises  No.  319  East  Twenty-fourth  street,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan : 

New  York,  February  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Com?)iissio)ters  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter, 
lor  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Emil  W.  Klappert  of  the  slore  on  ground  floor  of  the  premises 
known  as  No.  319  East  Twenty-fourth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the 
Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  for  a  term  of  two  (2)  years  from  May  1,  1900,  on  the  same  terms 
and  conditions  as  the  existing  lease. 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from 
Emil  W.  Klappert,  of  the  store  on  the  ground  floor  of  premises  known  as  No.  319  East  TwentyJ 
fourth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming 
the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease 
be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Corporation  Counsel,  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  occupied  by  the  Law  Department  at  No.  2  Tryon  row. 

New  York,  February  6,  1900. 
Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  Sinking  Fund:. 

Sir— I  would  request  the  authorization  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premises  now  occupied  by  the  Law  Department  at  No.  2  Tryon  Row, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  two  years,  from  May  1,  1900,  on  the  same  terms  and  condi- 
tions as  are  contained  in  the  existing  agreement. 

Respectfully  yours, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  "  The  New  Yorker  Staats  Zeitung,"  of  the  second  and  third  floors  and  Rooms  Nos.  I, 
2  and  3  on  the  fourth  floor  of  The  New  Yorker  Staats  Zeitung  Building,  Tryon  Row,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Law  Department,  for  a  term  of  two^ears  from  May  1,  19CO,  at 
a  rental  of  sixteen  thousand  dollars  ($16,000)  per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the 
same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease — and  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the 
City  that  such  lease  be  mode,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the 


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[February  23,  1900. 


same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217 
of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 
\  Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  relative  to  rooms  occupied  by  the  First 
District  City  Magistrates  Court,  corner  East  avenue  and  Sixth  street,  Long  Island  City,  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

February  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

SIR — The  First  District  City  Magistrates'  Court  in  the  Borough  of  Queens  is  now  occupying 
the  second  floor  of  the  two-story  frame  building  on  the  northwest  corner  of  East  avenue  and  Sixth 
street,  Long  Island  City. 

The  entire  building  was  leased  by  Peter  Boyle  to  Long  Island  City  for  a  term  of  five  years 
from  April  15,  1894,  at  an  annual  lental  of  $720,  and  the  City  of  New  York  is  now  "  holding  over  " 
under  this  lease. 

On  April  17,  1899,  1  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  these  premises,  application  having 
been  made  for  other  quarters  for  the  Court,  and  I  quote  from  my  report  as  follows  : 

"  The  building  is  a  two-story  and  cellar  frame  house,  the  second  story  of  which  is  used  for 
"  court  purposes,  and  the  ground  floor,  arranged  for  a  store,  is  vacant.  The  building  is  in  poor 
"  condition,  is  heated  by  stoves,  has  no  lavatory,  and  the  conveniences  for  Court  purposes  are  very 
"  primitive." 

The  premises  are  assessed  on  the  Tax  Books  at  $4,200.  In  my  opinion,  the  market  value 
would  not  exceed  $6,000,  and  I  should  consider  a  rental  of  $480  per  annum  to  be  full. 

I  do  not  think  the  City  should  enter  into  a  lease  of  these  premises  for  any  extended  term, 
unless  the  building  is  put  in  good  tenantable  repair,  and  as  the  Court  occupies  but  one  floor,  the 
second,  it  would  seem  that  the  leasing  of  the  whole  building  was  unnecessary. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  MCLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  one  year's  rental,  from 
April  15,  1899,  of  the  premises  formerly  leased  from  Peter  Boyle,  of  the  building  on  the  north- 
west corner  of  East  avenue  and  Sixth  street,  Long  Island  City,  occupied  by  the  First  District 
City  Magistrate's  Cpurt,  at  the  same  rental  as  has  heretofore  been  paid. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Buildings, 
Lighting  and  Supplies,  relative  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  214  East  Ninth  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  February  8,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  No.  280  Broadway,  City  : 

Dear  Sir — I  have  to  notify  you  that  the  lease  of  the  building  No.  214  East  Ninth  street, 
Manhattan,  occupied  by  the  Bureau  of  Meter  Tests  of  this  department,  will  expire  on  the  1st  day 
of  April,  1900. 


February  23,  1900.] 


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I  have  to  request  that  the  lease  be  renewed  for  the  same  term,  and  on  the  same  conditions,  as 
the  present  lease,  namely  :    Annual  rental  $2,000,  for  the  term  of  two  years. 

Respectfully  yours, 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  he  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Edward  Kearny,  of  premises  No.  214  East  Ninth  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  occupied  by  the  Bureau  of  Meter  Tests  of  the  Department  of  Public 
Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  April  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  condi- 
tions as  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said 
rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted  : 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  renew  three  leases  of  premises  in 
the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  occupied  by  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute 
renewals  of  Jeases  of  the  following  described  premises  occupied  by  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library, 
in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  otherwise  upon  the  same 
terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  leases  : 

1.  Premises  and  building  known  as  No.  380  Bedford  avenue,  at  an  annual  rental  of  twelve 
hundred  dollars  ($1,200),  payable  quarterly  ;  lessor,  J.  Culbert  Palmer. 

2.  Premises  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Fourth  avenue  and  Forty-eighth  street  ;  rental  four 
hundred  and  eighty  dollars  ($480)  per  annum,  payable  quarterly  ;  lessor,  Philip  Haag. 

3.  Premises  at  No.  29  Pennsylvania  avenae  ;  rental  five  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($540)  per 
annum,  payable  quarterly  ;  lessor,  A.  S.  Walsh. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  relative  to  a  lease  of  Room  No.  92  in 
the  Stewart  Building,  for  the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

February  16,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  :■ 

Sir — Mr.  Edward  Gilon,  Collector  of  Assessments  and  Arreais,  asks'that  an  additional  room 
be  rented  in  the  Stewart  Building  for  the  use  of  his  bookbinder,  and  desk  room  for  the  Appor- 
tionment Clerk.  Two  rooms  are  suggested,  viz.,  Room  No.  84  and  part  of  Room  No.  92  on  the 
second  floor,  the  former  containing  412  square  feet,  and  the  latter  176  square  feet.  The  small 
room  would  not  be  sufficient  for  his  purposes. 

I  have  seen  Mr.  Harris,  the  Superintendent  of  the  building,  and  he  offers  Room  No.  84  at  $600 
per  annum,  which  is  at  the  rate  of  $1.45  per  square  foot  per  annum,  which  is  about  the  same  rate 


87  [February  23,  1900. 

as  paid  by  the  City  for  similar  rooms,  and  which  I  consider  reasonable  and  fair.  This  rental 
includes  heat,  light  and  Janitor's  services.  1 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

P.  S. — Room  No.  92  is  sufficiently  large  for  the  bookbinder  alone.  The  rent  asked  is  $2^per 
month,  and  at  that  price  the  rate  would  be  $1.70  per  square  foot  per  annum,  being  25  cents  per 
square  foot  more  than  the  rate  for  Room  No.  84.  A  less  rent  than  this  will  not  be  accepted, 
the  call  for  small  rooms  being  much  greater  than  for  large  ones. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  of  Room  No.  92  in  the  Stewart  Building,  No.  280  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the 
use  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  for  a  term  of  one  year  and  two  months  from  March  I,  1900,  at 
a  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300)  per  annum,  payable  quarterly —and  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests 
of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute 
the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149 
and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communications  were  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  on  Broadway,  near  Mott  avenue,  Far  Rockaway,  and  an  amendment  to 
resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  213  Eastern  parkway,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  February  14,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  on  Broadway,  near 
Mott  avenue,  Far  Rockaway,  from  Mary  E.  Hines,  for  the  purpose  of  a  station-house  for  the 
Seventy-ninth  Police  Precinct,  for  one  year  from  May  21,  1900,  at  the  rent  of  $1,000  per  annum. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  DELAMATER,  First  Deputy  Chief  Clerk. 

New  York,  February  14,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day, 

On  reading  and  filing  communication  from  Bernard  Kalischer,  relative  to  ownership  of 
premises  ISo.  312  Pitkin  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  formerly  known  as  No.  213  Eastern  park- 
way, the  following  proceedings  were  had  : 

Whereas,  Mr.  Bernard  Kalischer  has  piesented  proof  of  his  ownership  of  premises  now 
occupied  by  the  Police  of  the  Sixty-fifth  Precinct,  and  said  proof  having  been  examined  and 
approved  by  the  Comptroller. 


February  23,  1900.'] 


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Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  transfer  to  Bernard  Kalischer  the  lease  of  premises  on 
the  north  side  of  Pitkin  avenue,  corner  of  Osborne  street,  formerly  known  as  No.  213  Eastern 
parkway,  executed  May  15,  1899,  pursuant  to  resolution  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund,  adopted  April  27,  1899,  with  Joseph  Lichtenstein. 
%  " 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  DELAMATER,  First  Deputy  Chief  Clerk. 
In  connection  therewith,  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Mary  E.  Hines,  of  the  premises  occupied  by  the  Police  Depart- 
ment for  the  Seventy-ninth  Precinct,  at  Broadway,  near  Mott  avenue,  Far  Rockaway,  Borough  of 
Queens,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  21,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000) 
per  annum,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a 
meeting  held  February  1,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  213  Eastern  Parkway,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the  Police  Department,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by 
changing  the  name  of  the  lessor  from  "Joseph  Lichtenstein  "  to  "  Bernard  Kalischer.1' 

Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highways  relative  to  a 
lease  of  property  corner  Vanderbilt  avenue  and  Archer  place,  Jamaica  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  February  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A..  Van  VVyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Dear  Sir — The  Department  of  Highways,  in  the  Borough  of  Queens,  requires  for  use  as  a 
Corporation  yard  a  piece  of  property  shown  on  the  inclosed  sketch,  and  situated  on  the  corner  of 
Vanderbilt  avenue  and  Archer  place,  in  Jamaica.  The  property  consists  of  100  feet  on  Vander- 
bilt avenue  and  125  feet  on  Archer  place.  The  tracks  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  adjoin  the 
property  on  two  sides,  and  a  siding  can  be  laid  from  the  tracks  directly  into  the  proposed  yard, 
as  shown  on  the  diagram. 

The  owner  of  the  property,  Mrs.  Margaret  Foley,  residing  at  No.  15  Vanderbilt  avenue, 
Jamaica,  agrees  to  erect  a  tight  board  fence  6  feet  high  around  the  property,  also  to  erect  a  tool- 
house  25  fret  by  25  feet,  and  an  open  shed  25  feet  by  119  feet,  all  of  which  are  shown  on  the 
accompanying  sketch.  This  property  can  be  leased  by  the  City  at  $500  per  annum  for  a  term  of 
five  years,  the  rent  to  be  paid  quarterly.  The  owner  to  pay  all  taxes',  assessments  and  water- 
rates  ;  to  furnish  necessary  heat  and  light  and  make  all  necessary  repairs.  Pursuant  to  section 
217  of  the  City  Charter,  I  respectfully  request  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize 
a  lease  of  these  premises  on  the  terms  and  conditions  herein  set  forth. 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  of  Highways. 


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[February  23,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the-following  resolution  : 

February  15,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  James  P.  Keating,  Commissioner  of  Highways,  in  a  communication  under  date 
of  February  5,  1900,  requests  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  a  lease  from 
Mrs.  Margaret  Foley,  residing  at  No.  15  Vanderbilt  avenue,  Jamaica,  Borough  of  Queens,  of  the 
premises  situated  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Vanderbilt  avenue  and  Archer  place,  Jamaica. 

The  property  consists  of  a  plot  of  land  100  feet  on  Vanderbilt  avenue  by  125  feet  on  Archer 
place,  and  adjoins  the  property  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad. 

The  owner  agrees  to  erect  a  tool-house  25  by  25  feet,  an  open  shed  25  by  119  feet,  and  a 
tight  board  fence  6  feet  high,  inclosing  the  property.  Terms  :  Five  (5)  years,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  $500,  the  owner  to  pay  all  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rates  ;  to  furnish  necessary  heat 
and  light,  and  make  all  necessary  repairs. 

The  premises  are  shown  on  a  blue  print  accompanying  the  Commissioner's  communication, 
which  also  shows  a  siding  can  be  laid  from  the  tracks  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  directly  into 
the  yard. 

I  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  and  an  estimate  to  be  made  of  the  value 
of  the  land  and  cost  of  the  improvements,  as  enumerated  above,  which,  in  my  opinion,  will  not 
exceed  $2,400,  upon  which  I  should  consider  a  rental  of  $240  per  anuum  to  be  full. 

Thomas  Foley,  the  husband  of  the  owner,  has  called  upon  me,  and  gives  the  following  esti- 
mate of  value  :  Value  of  property,  $2,500  ;  improvements  consisting  of  tool-house,  shed  and 
fence,  $600;  total,  $3,100;  and  he  agrees  to  accept  $300  per  annum,  with  the  conditions  as 
named  above,  in  the  place  of  $500  originally  demanded  by  him. 

This  property  is  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $1,000,  and  I  consider  the  valuations  as 
given  by  Mr.  Foley  to  be  excessive,  and  that  $240  per  annum,  as  stated  above,  would  be  a  full  rental 
value  for  these  premises. 

The  lease  should  be  drawn  to  commence  from  the  date  of  completion  of  the  improvements. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Mrs.  Margaret  Foley,  of  the  plot  of  land  one  hundred  feet  on  Vanderbilt  avenue  by 
one  hundred  a*id  twenty-five  feet  on  Archer  place,  Jamaica,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  the 
Department  of  Highways,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  which  will  take 
place  when  improvements  are  completed,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  and  forty  dollars 
($240),  payable  quarterly,  the  owner  to  erect  a  tool-house  twenty-five  by  twenty-five  feet,  an 
open  shed  twenty-five  by  one  hundred  and  nineteen  feet,  a  tight  board  fence  six  feet  high  inclos- 
ing the  property,  and  to  pay  all  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rates  ;  also  to  furnish  necessary  heat 
and  light  and  make  all  necessary  repairs  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming 
the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease 
be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared 
and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater 
New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


February  23,  1900.]  90 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Examining  Board  of  Plumbers,  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  offices  in  the  Aldrich  Building,  No.  149  Church  street,  Borough  of 
Manhattan  : 

New  Y  ork,  February  16,  1900. 
To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  Mr.  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Secretary: 

Dear  Sir — The  owner  of  the  "Aldrich  Building,"  in  which  we  have  our  offices,  desires  to 
know  if  we  are  to  occupy  said  offices  for  the  ensuing  year.  We  desire  to  say  that  quarters  suit  us 
and  we  would  be  pleased  to  have  arrangements  made  for  the  lease  of  the  offices  for  another  year. 

Very  respectfully, 

JOHN  RENEHAN,  President,  Examining  Board. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  re- 
newal of  the  lease  to  the  City,  of  Rooms  Nos.  14,  15  and  16  on  the  second  floor  of  the  Aldrich 
Building,  No.  149  Church  street,  occupied  by  the  Examining  Board  of  Plumbers,  for  a  term  of 
one  year  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  nine  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($960), 
payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing 
lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  relative 
to  certain  alterations  and  improvements  to  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building  : 

New  York,  February  16,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Armory  Board  held  this  day  the  following  preambles  and 
resolution  were  adopted  : 

"Whereas,  The  Commandant  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  in  the  Borough  of 
"  Brooklyn,  has  made  requisition  for  certain  alterations  and  improvements  to  the  armory  of  his 
"  organization  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Armory  Board  has  reported  recommending  that 
"  certain  of  such  alterations  and  improvements  be  made. 

"  Resolved,  That  the  application  for  alterations  and  improvements  to  the  Fourteenth  Regi- 
"  ment  Armory  Building  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  as  Recommended  by  the  committee  appointed 
"  from  this  Board  and  the  Colonel  of  the  organization,  be  approved,  provided  that  the  cost 
"  thereof  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  ($40,000),  including  architect's  fees, 
"  and  that  the  same  is  hereby  authorized  ;  that  Horgan  &  Slattery  be  and  are  hereby  appointed 
"  architects  to  prepare  contracts  and  specifications,  and  when  the  same  have  been  approved  by 
"  the  Corporation  Counsel  as  to  form,  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  insert  the  necessary 
"  advertisements  for  proposals  for  the  same  in  the  ClTY  Record  and  in  the  Corporation  news- 
"  papers  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  ;  that  the  sum  of  forty 'thousand  dollars  ($40,000),  be  and  is 
"  hereby  appropriated,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  respectfully  requested 
"  to  concur  in  the  same," 

Yours  truly, 

THOS.  L.  FEITNER,  Secretary. 


9i 


[February  23,  1900. 


>Jn  connection  therewith,  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the 
Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

February  19,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  Thomas  L.  Feitner,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners,  in  com- 
munication of  February  16,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  states  that,  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Armory  Board,  held  on  that  day,  the  following  preambles  and  resolutions  were 
adopted  : 

"  Whereas,  The  Commandant  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  has  made  requisition  for  certain  alterations  and  improvements  to  the  armory  of  his 
organization  ;  and, 

Whereas,  The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Armory  Board  has  reported  recommending  that 
certain  of  such  alterations  and  improvements  be  made  ; 

Resolved,  That  the  application  for  alterations  and  improvements  to  the  Fourteenth  Regiment 
Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  as  recommended  by  the  Committee  appointed 
from  this  Board  and  the  Colonel  of  the  organization,  be  approved,  provided  that  the  cost  thereof 
shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  ($40,000),  including  architects'  fees,  and  that 
the  same  is  hereby  authorized  ;  that  Horgan  &  Slattery  be  and  are  hereby  appointed  architects  to 
prepare  contracts  and  specifications,  and  when  the  same  have  been  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel  as  to  form,  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  insert  the  necessary  advertisements  for 
proposals  for  the  same  in  the  City  Record  and  in  the  Corporation  newspapers  in  the  Borough 
of  Brooklyn  ;  that  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  ($40,000)  be  and  is  hereby  appropriated,  and 
that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  respectfully  requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 

The  following  items  constitute  the  work  to  be  done,  and  the  estimated  cost,  as  advised  by 
the  Committee,  consisting  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  and 


Brigadier-General  McCoskry  Butt,  appointed  to  examine  into  the  matter,  viz. : 

Repairs  to  drill-room  floor   $10,000  00 

Addition  of  382  lockers  in  twelve  rooms,  one  room  having  no  lockers,  and  others  less 

than  the  required  number  of  103   7,600  00 

Alterations  and  additions  to  the  plumbing  in  the  gymnasium  room   2,000  00 

For  making  a  storage  place  for  the  (Quartermaster's  property  over  the  Squad  Drill 

Room   7,000  00 

For  the  construction  of  a  new  gallery  on  the  north  side  of  the  drill  room   io,coo  00 

Other  necessary  repairs  to  the  building   1,000  00 

Total   $37,6co  00 


As  this  work  will  have  to  be  done  by  contract  at  public  letting,  the  cost  may  be  more  or  less 
than  the  estimate. 

There  appears  to  be  no  reason  why  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  should  not  concur 
in  the  resolution,  in  conformity  with  section  134,  chapter  212,  Laws  of  1898. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  the  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  on  February  16,  1900,  reading  as  follows  : 

"  Whereas,  The  Commandant  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  has  made  requisition  for  certain  alterations  and  improvements  to  the  armory  of  his 
organization  ;  and 


February  23,  1900.] 


92 


"  Whereas,  The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Armory  Board  has  reported  recommending 
that  certain  of  such  alterations  and  improvements  be  made  ; 

"  Resolved,  That  the  application  for  alterations  and  improvements  to  the  Fourteenth  Regi- 
ment Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  as  recommended  by  the  Committee 
appointed  from  this  Board  and  the  Colonel  of  the  organization,  be  approved,  provided  that  the 
cost  thereof  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  ($40,000),  including  architects' 
fees,  and  that  the  same  is  hereby  authorized  ;  that  Horgan  &  Slattery  be  and  are  hereby 
appointed  architects  to  prepare  contracts  and  specifications,  and  when  the  same  have  been 
approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel  as  to  form,  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  insert  the 
necessary  advertisements  for  proposals  for  the  same  in  the  City  Record  and  in  the  Corporation 
newspapers  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  ;  that  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  ($40,000)  be  and 
is  hereby  appropriated,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  respectfully 
requested  to  concur  in  the  same  ;  "  and 

Resolved,  That  for  the  purpose  of  providing  means  for  the  payment  thereof,  the  Comptroller 
be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  134  of  chapter  212 
of  the  Laws  of  1898,  to  issue  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the  manner  provided 
by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  to  the  amount  of  forty  thousand  dollars 
($40,000),  the  proceeds  whereof  to  be  applied  to  the  payment  of  the  expenses  aforesaid. 

Which  was  referred  to  the  President  of  the  Council. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  to  pay  $3,751  into 
the  Public  School  Teachers'  Retirement  Fund  : 

February  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Pursuant  to  chapter  296,  Laws  of  1894,  as  amended  by  chapter  874,  Laws  ot  1895,  and 
section  1083  of  the  Greater  New  York  Chaiter,  as  amended  by  chapter  91,  Laws  of  1898,  the 
interest  and  income  of  the  "  Public  School  Teachers'  Retirement  Fund  "  shall  become  part  of 
said  fund. 

I  hereby  certify  that  from  May  31,  1899,  p.  M.,  the  date  of  the  last  adjustment,  to  December 
31,  1899,  p.m.,  the  interest  earned  by  the  cash  to  the  credit  of  said  fund  was  three  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  fifty-one  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents  ($3,751.25),  as  per  statement  hereto 
attached. 

This  interest,  together  with  all  interest  on  deposits  to  the  credit  of  the  "  City  Treasury," 
has  been  received  and  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  "  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the 
City  Debt,  No.  1." 

Respectfully, 

JOSEPH  HA'AG,  Chief  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  "  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1,"  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  three  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  fifty-one  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents  ($3,751.25),  to  be  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the 
credit  of  the  "Public  School  Teachers'  Retirement  Fund,"  pursuant  to  chapter  296,  Laws  of 


93 


[February  23,  1900. 


1894,  as  amended  by  chapter  874,  Laws  of  1895,  and  section  1083  of  the  Greater  New  York 
Carter,  as  amended  by  chapter  91,  Laws  of  1898. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable 
to  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

February  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions  (First  Division),  in  the  month  of  January,  1900,  viz.  : 


January 


4- 

Esther  Wolkenberg.  . . . 

$5° 

00 

9- 

Michael  Lee  

50 

oc 

16. 

Giovanni  Mancinelli.  . . 

25 

00 

iff. 

Adolph  Greenbaum. .  .  . 

50 

CO 

16. 

50  00 

18. 

50 

CO 

18. 

50 

CO 

23. 

Kozo  Okabe  (2  fines).. . 

50 

00 

23- 

50 

00 

$50  00    January  24.  Louis   Stuger  (paid  to 

Warden)   $100  co 


25.  John  Davis 
30.  Charles  Weitz . . 
30.  Donato  Grecco. 
30.  Moses  Scherrer. 


50  00 
25  00 
25  00 
50  00 


$675  00 


The  returns  of  the  Court  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the  New 
York  Society  for  the  Prevention  ot  Cruelty  to  Children.  Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws 
of  1876,  said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  society. 

The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children 
for  the  sum  of  six  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to 
children,  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of 
January,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable 
to  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

February  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— Fines  for  Cruelty  to  Animals  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Ses- 
sions (First  Division)  during  the  month  of  January,  1900,  as  follows,  viz.  1 

January  3,  James  Powers   $25  00 

January  10,  Matt.  Madsen   25  00 

January  31,  Wolf  Reifel   25  00 


FEBRUARY  23,  I9OO.] 


V4 


— also  fines  previously  imposed  by  said  Court,  paid  to  the  Warden  of  City  Prison,  but 
not  included  in  former  statements. 

May  2,  1899,  Annie  Hickey.     $35  00 

June  1,  1899,  Henry  Behrens   25  00 

Total     $135  00 


The  total  amount  of  the  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

The  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals,  the  prosecutor  in  each  case, 
is  entitled  to  the  amount  of  said  fines  pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  o  f  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for 
cruelty  to  animals  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division),  during 
the  month  of  January,  1900,  together  with  fines  imposed  by  said  Court  in  May  and  June,  1899, 
paid  to  the  Warden  of  the  City  Prison,  but  not  included  in  previous  statements,  and  payable  to 
the  said  society  pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

Which  resoulution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to 
the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  : 

February  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  violation  of  Medical  Law  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  January,  1900  : 

January  9.  Serafina  Bocchim  (paid  Warden  Workhouse)   $50  00 

"     11.  Markus  Shereshevsky  •   50  00 

Total  1   $100  00 


These  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York.  The 
counsel  to  said  society  applies  for  the  amount  of  said  fines,  which  is  payable  to  the  society  pur- 
suant to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

The  amount  of  said  fines  has  been  deposited  in  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the 
Interest  on  the  City  Debt.  Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  for  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violation  of  Medical  Law  imposed  and 
collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  in,  the  month  of  January,  1900,  and 
payable  to  said  society  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


95 


[February  23,  1900. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable 
-40  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  ot  New  York  : 

February  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

The  following  fines  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the 
Courts  of  Special  Sessions  and  General  Sessions,  First  Division,  during  the  month  of  January, 
1900,  viz.  : 

January  4,  Edgar  Barnum,  Special  Sessions    $100  00 

January  17,  Moses  S.  Leipsiger,  General  Sessions   50  00 

Total   $150  00 

The  amount  of  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893,  the  amount  of  said  fines  is  payable  to  the 
Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  for  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  being  amount  of  fines  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry,  imposed  and 
collected  by  the  Courts  of  General  Sessions  and  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  January,  1900, 
and  payable  to  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  for  viola- 
tions of  Agricultural  Law,  payable  to  the  Police  and  Fire  Department  Pension  Funds  : 

Febuary  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Law  were  imposed  and  collected  by 
the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division),  during  the  month  of  January,  1900,  viz.  : 

January  15.  J.  J.  Corbett     $100  00 

"      15.  Patrick  J.  Tuney  '   150  00 

"      15.  Andrew  McGrath   150  00 

Total    $400  00 

The  amount  of  the  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  section  9,  chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893,  "one-half"  of  the  amount  of  above  fines 
"shall  be  paid  to  the  proper  authorities,  and  equally  divided  between  the  pension  funds  of  the 
Police  and  Fire  departments.  The  residue  of  such  moneys  shall  be  paid  into  the  Treasury  of 
the  State,"  etc. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  four  hundred  dollars 


February  23,  1900.] 


96 


($400),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Law  imposed  and  collected  by 
the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division),  in  the  month  of  January,  1900,  to  be  deposited  by 
him  to  the  credit  of  account  "  State  Agricultural  Law"  fines,  for  the  purposes  of  distributing  the 
said  amount  pursuant  to  section  9,  chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  refunding  of 
Croton  water  rates  paid  in  error  : 

February  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Applications  have  been  made,  as  per  statement  herewith,  for  the  refund  of  Croton 
Water  Rents  paid  in  error.  The  applications  are  severally  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of 
Water  Supply,  the  Receiver  of  Taxes  or  the  Clerk  of  Arrears,  and  the  amount  so  paid,  nine 
hundred  and  twenty-three  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the 
credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


Water  Register. 

John  J.  Toohy   $55  00 

Isaac  Stiebel   9  35 

Robert  R.  Myer,  agent   5335 

Isaac  Metzger     16  20 

Annie  M.  O'Connor    48  00 

Marion  L.  Baker. . . .'   16  10 

Whiting  Manufacturing  Company   34  00 

Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company   263  40 

"    II  60 

 2   17  40 

"  '   ;   3850 

Phillip  Schnur   42  40 

Max  Vogel   24  80 

J.  Herbert  Ballantine,  executor  of  John  H.  Ballantine,  deceased   124  00 

Robert  Goodwin  '   16  00 

Raphael  Kalisher,  agent   4  00 

  $774  10 

Receiver  of  Taxes. 

Jacob  Lawson   $4°  65 

J.H.  Franklin   8  05 

Caroline  Egner,  administratrix   19  50 

Theodore  Kruger   10  05 

  78  25 

Clerk  of  Arrears. 

David  L.  Haight,  administrator  <  .  . .  $27  30 

Schill  andElkins   32  35 

Lawyers'  Title  Company   1 1  50 

  71  15 

Total   $923  5° 


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[February  23,  1900. 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the 
City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  and  twenty-three 
dollars  and  fifty  cents  ($923.50)  for  deposit  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  "  Croton  Water 
Rents— Refunding  Account/'  for  refunding  erroneous  payments  of  Croton  Water  Rents,  as  per 
statement  submitted  herewith. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


February  14,  1900. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  refunding  of 
amounts  overpaid  for  street  vault  permits  : 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  application  for  the  refund  of  amounts  overpaid  for  street  vault  permits 
have  been  filed  in  this  office,  viz. : 


Name. 


Location  of  Vault. 


Amount 
Overpaid. 


Charles  W.  Hall  

Samuel  Crooks  |  No.  466  Greenwich  street 

Total  


Northeast   corner   Park   avenue   and   One   Hundred   and  \  \ 
Twentv-fifth  street  


$137  68 


$167  63 


Each  application  is  accompanied  with  the  certificate  of  a  City  Surveyor,  is  certified  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Street  Openings,  Paving  and  Repairing  and  approved  by  the  Commissioner  or 
Deputy  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

The  amount  paid  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  warrants  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  Charles  W.  Hall,  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  dollars 
and  sixty-eight  cents,  and  Samuel  Crooks,  for  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars,  refunding  these  parties 
respectively  the  amount  overpaid  by  him  for  street  vault  permit,  as  per  statement  submitted. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  a  sale  of  the  interests  of 
the  City  in  certain  property  in  Columbia  street,  between  Baltic  and  Harrison  streets,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn  : 

(Petition  of  Silvester  Ross.  See  Minutes  of  February  3,  1899,  page  50,  and  Minutes  of 
December  28,  1899,  page  517.) 

Resolved,  That,  when  authority  therefore  shall  have  been  obtained  from  the  Municipal 
Assembly,  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public  auction, 


February  23,  1,900.] 


98 


after  due  advertisement,  for  cash  to  the  highest  bidder,  at  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  two 
hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars  ($266),  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  the  City  in  the  following- 
described  property. 

"  All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
County  of  Kings,  City  and  State  of  New  York,  and  described  as  follows,  viz. : 

"  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  westerly  side  of  Columbia  street,  distant  twenty-five  (25)  feet 
"  northerly  from  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Columbia  and  Baltic  streets,  and  running  thence  north- 
"  erly  along  the  easterly  line  of  Columbia  street  one  hundred  (100)  feet ;  thence  easterly  parallel 
"  with  Baltic  street  eighty-eight  (88)  feet  to  the  original  line  oi  high-water  ;  thence  southerly  along 
"  the  original  line  of  high-water,  as  the  same  winds  and  turns,  one  hundred  (100)  feet  more  or 
"  less  to  a  line  drawn  parallel  with  Baltic  street  and  distant  northerly  twenty-five  (25)  feet 
"  therefrom,  and  thence  westerly  along  said  last-mentioned  line  seventy  (70)  feet  to  the  place  of 
"  beginning." 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 


REEVES  E.  SELMES,  Temporary  Secretary. 


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[March  21,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE   SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's 
Office,  at  12  o'clock  M.,  on  Wednesday ,  March  21,  1900. 


Present — Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ;  Patrick  Keenan, 
Chamberlain,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman,  Committee  on  Finance,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  February  23,  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Sewers,  relative  to  a 
lease  of  a  plot  of  land  on  Fourth  street,  Long  Island  City,  authorized  by  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  at  meeting  held  February  1,  1900  (see  page  60)  : 

New  York,  March  6,  1900. 
Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  Sinking  Fund: 

Dear  Sir — In  reply  to  your  communication  of  February  3,  transmitting  certified  copy  of 
resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  meeting  held  on  February 
1,  authorizing  a  lease  of  plot  of  land  for  the  Department  of  Sewers,  on  the  south  side  of  Fourth 
street,  west  of  Vernon  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $72,  beg  to  state  the 
matter  was  referred  to  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Sewers,  Borough  of  Queens,  and  I  herewith 
transmit  to  you  copy  of  his  communication  transmitting  reply  from  the  agent  of  said  property. 
Under  the  condition  of  affairs,  I  respectfully  request  that  no  lease  be  prepared. 

Yours  respectfully, 

JAMES  KANE,  Commissioner  of  Sewers. 

New  York,  March  5,  1900. 
Hon.  James  Kane,  Commissioner  of  Sewers,  City  of  New  York  : 

Dear  Sir — Please  find  inclosed  communication  received  from  George  J.  Ryan,  agent  for 
premises  situated  on  Fourth  street,  175  feet  west  of  Vernon  avenue,  for  which  he  declines  to 
accept  the  offer  for  the  rental  of  the  above-mentioned  premises. 

Respectfully  yours, 
(Signed)       M.  J.  GOLDNER, 
Deputy  Commissioner  of  Sewers,  Borough  of  Queens. 


March  21,  1900.]  100 

March  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Matthew  J.  Goldner,  Borough  Hall,  Long  Island  City  : 

Dear  Sir — After  careful  thought  and  consideration  I  have  decided  that  it  would  not  pay  us 
to  enter  into  a  lease  with  The  City  of  New  York  for  the  premises  situate  on  the  south  side  of 
Fourth  street,  175  feet  west  of  Jackson  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  inasmuch  as  we  have  asked 
$240  per  annum  and  the  Department  offers  $72  per  annum,  the  difference  being  so  great  that  I 
have  decided  to  withdraw  my  application. 

Thanking  you  for  your  kindness  in  this  matter,  and  regretting  very  much  that  I  am  unable 
to  enter  into  a  lease  for  that  amount,  I  am, 

Yours  respectfully, 
(Signed)  GEORGE  J.  RYAN,  Agent. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  correspondence  from  the  Board  of  Education  and 
report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  relative  to  school  site  and  materials  on 
premises  known  as  Public  School  29,  Borough  of  Richmond: 

New  York,  March  3,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — I  beg  to  inclose  herewith  certified  copy  ot  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of 
Education  on  January  24,  1900,  relative  to  school  site  and  building  materials  on  the  premises 
known  as  Public  School  29,  Castleton  Corners,  Borough  of  Richmond  ;  also  copy  of  resolution 
relative  to  the  same  matter  adopted  by  the  School  Board  for  the  Borough  of  Richmond  on  March 
1,  1900.  In  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  first  resolution  above  mentioned  said  school  site 
and  building  materials  are  turned  over  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  in  accordance 
with  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  on  December  21,  1899. 

Respectfully, 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

Resolved,  That,  in  pursuance  of  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  of  The 
City  of  New  York  on  January  24,  1900,  this  Board  hereby  certifies  that  the  school  site  acquired 
by  the  Trustees  of  former  School  District  No.  1,  Castleton  and  Middletown  (Public  School  29),  and 
the  building  materials  now  upon  the  premises  are  no  longer  required,  and  hereby  consents  that 
said  school  site,  situate  corner  of  the  Richmond  turnpike  and  Slosson  avenue,  Castleton  Corners, 
Borough  of  Richmond,  and  building  materials  be  turned  over  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund,  in  accordance  with  the  resolutions  of  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of 
December  21,  1899. 

A  true  copy  of  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School  Board  for  the  Borough  of  Richmond  on 
March  1,  1900. 

(Signed)       FRANKLIN  C.  VITT,  Secretary,  School  Board,  Borough  of  Richmond. 
A  true  copy  of  copy  on  file  in  this  office. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,,  Board  of  Education. 

Resolved,  That,  upon  the  adoption  of  a  resolution  by  the  School  Board  for  the  Borough  of 
Richmond  to  the  effect  that  the  school  site  and  building  materials  now  on  the  premises  known  as 
Public  School  29,  Castleton  Corners,  Borough  of  Richmond,'  are  no  longer  required,  the  said 
school  site  and  building  materials  be  turned  over  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  in 


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[March  21.  1900. 


accordance  with  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  on  Decem- 
ber 21,  1899. 

\  A  true  copy  of  resolution  adopted  by  Board  of  Education  on  January  24,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

March  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— Mr.  A.  Emerson  Palmer,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education,  in  a  communication  under 
date  of  March  3,  1900,  transmits  a  copy  of  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on 
January  24,  1900,  relative  to  the  school  site  and  building  materials  on  the  premises  known 
as  Public  School  29,  Castleton  Corners,  Borough  of  Richmond,  also  copy  of  resolution  rela- 
tive to  the  same  matter  adopted  by  the  School  Board  on  March  1,  1900.  The  resolution  is  as 
follows  : 

"  Resolved,  That,  upon  the  adoption  of  a  resolution  by  the  School  Board  for  the  Borough  of 
"  Richmond  to  the  effect  that  the  school  site  and  building  materials  now  on  the  premises  known 
"  as  Public  School  29,  Castleton  Corners,  Borough  of  Richmond,  are  no  longer  required,  the  said 
"  school  site  and  building  materials  be  turned  over  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
"  in  accordance  with  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  on 
"  December  21,  1899." 

That  part  of  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  on  Decem- 
ber 21,  1899,  referring  to  this  question,  is  as  follows  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  and  hereby  is  directed  to  notify  the  Board  of  Education 
"  that  upon  the  acceptance  of  the  amounts  awarded  to  the  contractor,  the  City  will  be  in  posses- 
"  sion  of  certain  building  material  now  upon  the  ground,  and  that  the  Board  of  Education  should 
"  take  such  steps  as  necessary  to  prevent  the  loss  or  deterioration  of  the  same.  That 
"  an  offer  has  been  made  by  Rapp  &  Spiedel  for  the  iron,  and  that  provision  should  be  made  to 
"  either  utilize  this  material  or  dispose  of  the  same  while  in  good  condition.  That  the  plot  of 
"  land  acquired  by  the  former  Trustees  of  School  District  No.  1  of  the  towns  of  Castleton  and 
"  Middletown  for  a  school  site,  if  not  required  or  desired  by  the  Board  of  Education,  should  be 
"  turned  over  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund." 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Education  is  entirely  at  variance  with 
the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  in  that  materials  which  the 
Board  of  Education  were  informed  were  on  the  ground  and  which  they  were  requested  to  protect, 
and,  if  not  required,  to  dispose  of,  have  been,  with  the  site,  turned  over  to  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund. 

The  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  have  no  authority  or  power,  as  far  as  I  can  learn,  to 
either  receive  the  said  materials  from  the  Board  of  Education  or  to  dispose  of  the  same,  and  I 
would  suggest  that  the  resolutions  be  returned  to  the  Board  of  Education,  with  the  request  that 
they  be  amended  by  striking  out  all  rhat  portion  which  relates  to  the  building  materials,  and  also 
that  they  dispose  of  such  materials  in  the  same  manner  as  is  customary  with  them  in  the  disposi- 
tion of  such  property  for  which  they  have  no  further  use. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

New  York,  March  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — On  behalf  of  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Education,  I  desire  to  acknowledge 
the  receipt  of  your  communication  of  the  10th  instant,  referring  to  resolution  adopted  by  the 


March  21,  1900.] 


102 


Board  of  Education  on  January  24,  igoo,  in  regard  to  Public  School  29,  Borough  of  Richmond, 
and  transmitting  report  from  the  Engineer  of  your  department  with  a  request  that  said  report 
be  returned  at  our  convenience. 

I  return  the  report  of  your  Engineer  herewith  and  beg  to  state  that  the  subject-matter  thereof 
was  presented  to  our  Committee  on  Buildings  on  Monday  last,  when  a  motion  was  adopted  recom- 
mending that  the  resolution  of  January  24  be  amended  as  suggested  in  your  Engineer's  report. 

The  matter  will  be  presented  at  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Education  to  be  held  this 
evening,  when  in  all  probability  the  necessary  action  will  be  taken. 

Respectfully, 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

New  York,  March  15,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Co7nptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — Referring  to  my  communication  of  yesterday  relative  to  materials  on  premises 
known  as  Public  School  29,  Castleton  Corners,  Borough  of  Richmond,  I  beg  to  hand  you  here- 
with certified  copy  of  report  and  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  the  meeting 
held  last  evening,  amending  the  resolution  adopted  on  January  24,  1900,  in  accordance  with  the 
suggestion  of  the  Engineer  of  your  department,  and  authorizing  our  Committee  on  Buildings  to 
advertise  for  proposals  for  the  materials  mentioned. 

Respectfully, 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings  respectfully  reports  that  at  a  meeting  held  on  January  24,  1900, 
a  resolution  was  adopted  turning  over  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  for  disposal,  the 
site  and  building  materials  now  on  the  premises  known  as  Public  School  29,  Castleton  Corners, 
Borough  of  Richmond,  in  accordance  with  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and 
Apportionment  on  December  21,  1899. 

The  Comptroller  has  notified  your  committee  that  this  resolution  is  at  variance  with  the  request 
of  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  in  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  have 
neither  authority  nor  power  to  receive  the  said  materials  from  the  Board  of  Education  or  to  dispose 
of  the  same,  and  suggested  that  they  be  disposed  of  by  the  said  Board  of  Education  in  a  manner 
customary  in  the  disposition  of  portable  property. 

The  following  resolutions  are  therefore  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  this  Board  January  24,  1900  (see  Minutes,  page  75) 
be  amended  by  striking  out  from  the  seventh  line  from  the  top  of  the  page  the  words  "  and 
building  materials  now  on  the  premises  "  ;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  Committee  on  Buildings  be  and  it  is  hereby  authorized  to  advertise  in  the 
City  Record  and  other  corporation  papers,  for  ten  days,  for  proposals  for  the  building  materials 
now  on  the  premises  of  Public  School  29,  Castleton  Corners,  Borough  of  Richmond. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held 
on  March  14,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


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[March  21,  1900. 


The  following  communication  and  report  were  received  from  the  President  of  the  Council 
relative  to  his  inspection  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  as  Sub-committee  of  the  Sinking 
FurM  : 

(See  minutes  of  meeting  held  February  23,  1900,  page  90.) 

New  York,  March  13,  1900. 

Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Deputy  Comptroller,  No.  280  Broadway,  New  York  City  : 

My  Dear  Mr.  Levey — Inclosed  please  find  papers  and  my  report  in  connection  with  the 
inspection  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  as  Sub-committee  of  the  Sinking  Fund.  Kindly 
see  that  the  same  is  presented  at  the  next  meeting,  and  oblige, 

Yours  very  truly, 

RANDOLPH  GUGGENHEIMER, 
Per  Ahern. 

Memorandum  in  connection  with  the  Committee  Appointed  for  the  Inspection  of 
the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory,  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund ; 

Gentlemen — I  have  examined  carefully  the  itemized  application  for  the  proposed  alterations 
and  improvements  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  which  are  recom- 
mended by  the  Armory  Board  Committee  of  which  Colonel  Butt  also  was  appointed  a  member. 

The  first  item,  "  Repairs  to  Drill-room  Floor" — I  believe  this  improvement  is  necessary  and, 
although  the  cost  will  be  about  $10,000,  I  do  not  object  to  the  item,  provided  it  be  done  by  con- 
tract at  public  letting. 

"  The  addition  of  582  lockers  " — While  I  believe  the  cost  to  be  excessive,  I  think  the  lockers 
ought  to  be  furnished,  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  an  estimated  cost  of  $5,000  will  cover  this  item. 

"  Alterations  and  additions  to  the  plumbing  in  the  Gymnasium-room  " — I  am  not  able  to 
determine  the  amount  required  ;  but  I  believe  that  the  shower-baths  asked  for  by  the  Regiment, 
should  be  furnished,  and  I  therefore  do  not  object  to  this  item. 

"For  the  construction  of  a  new  gallery  on  the  north  side  of  the  Drill-room" — This,  to  my 
mind,  is  absolutely  unnecessary.  The  gallery  around  the  armory,  together  with  the  chairs  below, 
will  seat  over  1,500  people,  and  the  addition  of  another  gallery,  at  a  cost  of  $10,000,  is  not 
required.    I  most  positively,  therefore,  object  to  this  item. 

"For  making  a  storage  place  for  the  Quartermaster's  property  over  the  Squad  Drill- 
room  " — There  is  probably  no  armory  in  The  City  of  New  York  where  there  is  so  much  unutilized 
space  as  in  the  Armory  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment.  The  building  itself,  occupying  a  square 
block,  is  200  by  nearly  400  feet  in  depth.  There  are  rooms  40  feet  tront  and  53  feet  in  depth 
which  are  used  two  or  three  times  a-week  by  the  Majors  of  the  Regiment,  while  any  small  rooms 
would  suffice  ;  and  there  is  an  immense  amount  of  space  which  can  be  used  for  the  storage  of  the 
Quartermaster's  property  ;  in  fact  the  entire  basement  is  available  for  that  purpose.  The  plan 
which  proposes  to  cut  off  a  portion  of  the  beautifully  lighted  space  in  the  middle  of  the  Armory 
and  to  spoil  the  effect  by  placing  an  additional  gallery,  with  fifieen  or  twenty  partitions,  at  an 
expense  of  S7,ooo,  is  entirely  unnecessary.  There  are  probably  a  half  dozen  different  rooms 
which  could  be  altered  at  a  reasonable  cost  and  which  could  be  used  for  this  purpose,  if  the  base- 
ment is  found  to  have  inadequate  accommodations. 

The  last  item  is,  "  Necessary  Repairs  to  the  Building  " — As  I  am  informed  that  the  roof  and 
other  small  matters  require  attention,  the  item  should  be  allowed. 


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This  makes  a  total  of  $20,600,  which  I  think  is  all  that  should  be  recommended  by  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund,  to  be  expended  at  present  on  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory. 

Colonel  Bertram  C.  Clayton  appeared  before  the  Board  and  was  heard  in  regard  thereto. 

Ordered  printed  and  laid  over. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  an  amendment  to  plans  and  specifications  for  stable  to  be  erected  on  West  Seventy-seventh 
street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  (see  pages  14  and  59)  : 

New  York,  February  27,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners ; 

Sir — Mr.  William  Carlin,  the  lessor  to  this  Department  of  the  premises  No.  219  West  Seventy- 
seventh  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  as  approved  by  resolutions  of  your  Board  January  16 
and  February  1,  1900,  desires  to  amend  the  plans  and  specifications  for  the  stable  to  be  erected 
under  the  terms  and  conditions  of  that  lease  so  as  to  substitute  three-inch  instead  of  two-inch 
yellow  pine  for  the  flooring,  and  substitute  limestone  trimming  instead  of  marble,  and  as  both 
these  amendments  will  be  an  improvement  for  the  benefit  of  the  City  and  this  Department  I 
recommend  that  they  be  approved. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

March  3,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
February  27,  1900,  states  that 

"  Mr.  William  Carlin,  the  lessor  to  this  Department  of  the  premises  No.  219  West  Seventy- 
"  seventh  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  as  approved  by  resolutions  of  your  Board  January 
"  16  and  P'ebruary  1,  1900,  desires  to  amend  the  plans  and  specifications  for  the  stable  to  be 
"  erected  under  the  terms  and  conditions  of  that  lease  so  as  to  substitute  three-inch  instead  of 
"  two-inch  yellow  pine  for  the  flooring,  and  substitute  limestone  trimming  instead  of  marble,  and 
"  as  both  these  amendments  will  be  an  improvement  for  the  benefit  of  the  City  and  this  Depart  - 
"  ment,  I  recommend  that  they  be  approved." 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  substitution  of  three-inch  for  two-inch  yellow  pine  for  the  floor- 
ing would  be  an  improvement,  and  that  the  substitution  of  limestone  trim  instead  of  marble 
would  be  no  detriment  to  the  appearance  of  such  a  structure,  and  that  therefore  these  amend- 
ments to  the  original  specifications,  as  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
January  16,  1900,  may  be  properly  accepted. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  change  in  the  plans  and  specifications  for  a  stable  to  be  erected  by  William  Carlin  on  West 
Seventy-seventh  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning, 
and  for  which  a  lease  was  authorized  by  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  January  16,  1900,  as 


105  [March  21,  1900. 

requested  in  the  communication  of  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  to  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund  dated  February  27,  1900. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  request- 
ing an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  Borough 
of  Queens  (see  page  76)  : 

New  York,  March  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  request  that  your  Board  amend  its  resolution  of  February  23,  1900,  giving  its  consent 
and  approval  to  a  lease  from  George  J.  Ryan  of  the  ground  floor  of  premises  known  as  No.  48 
Jackson  avenue,  in  the  First  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Queens,  etc.,  so  as  to  substitute  for  George 
J.  Ryan,  as  lessor,  the  name  of  Mary  L.  Dennler. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  JNAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  February  23,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  known  as  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  Bor- 
ough of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
amended  by  substituting  the  name  of  "Mary  L.  Dennler,"  as  lessor,  instead  of  "George  J. 
Ryan,"  as  in  the  resolution. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  lease  of  a  pLot  of  ground  on  Atlantic  avenue,  east  of  Utica  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  March  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

SIR — I  desire  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of 
the  Charter,  "  from  Peter  F.  Lynam  of  the  plot  of  ground  situate  on  the  south  side  of  Atlantic  ave- 
nue, 225  feet  east  of  Utica  avenue,  fronting  150  feet  on  Atlantic  avenue  and  150  feet  on  the  north 
side  of  Pacific  street,  and  running  through  the  entire  block,  about  200  feet  in  length,  comprising 
about  fifteen  lots  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  this  Department  as  a  storage  and 
incumbrance  yard,  for  a  term  of  five  (5)  years  from  the  date  of  occupation  at  the  rent  of  $1,500 
per  annum,  payable  quarterly  ;  the  lessor  to  erect  a  fence  10  feet  in  height,  to  grade  the  said 
property  wherever  the  same  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  the  Department,  and  to  pay  all  taxes 
and  all  ground  water  taxes  ;  the  City  to  pay  for  water  used  on  the  premises. ' ' 

I  request  that  your  Board  act  favorably  upon  this  lease,  for  two  reasons  :  This  plot  of  ground 
is  conveniently  situated  for  the  purposes  of  this  Department  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  both  as 
a  storage  yard  lor  its  carts  and  material  and  of  a  storage  yard  for  unharnessed  trucks,  wagons  and 
other  incumbrances  removed  from  the  streets  under  the  provisions  of  section  545  of  the  Charter. 


March  21,  1900.] 


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In  fact,  for  the  want  of  a  suitable  storage  yard  for  incumbrances,  that  part  of  the  duty  of  the 
Department  of  Street  Cleaning  has  not  up  to  the  present  time  been  practically  enforced  as  it  would 
be  if  there  was  a  proper  place  to  put  the  incumbrances  so  removed. 

Thus  the  provisions  of  section  545  will  be  properly  enforced,  beside  rendering  it  more  easy 
to  clean  the  streets  properly  as  they  should  be  cleaned,  and  it  is  also  the  source  of  a  large  revenue 
to  the  City,  the  moneys  received  for  the  redemption  of  incumbrances  being  available  for  any 
purpose  of  this  Department. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

March  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  daie 
•of  March  5,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
a  lease  under  section  541  of  the  Charter,  "from  Peter  F.  Lynam,  of  the  plot  of  ground  situate  on 
"  the  south  side  of  Atlantic  avenue,  225  feet  east  of  Utica  avenue,  fronting  150  feet  on  Atlantic 
"  avenue,  and  150  feet  on  the  north  side  of  Pacific  street,  and  running  through  the  entire  block, 
"  about  200  feet  in  length,  comprising  about  15  lots  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of 
"  this  Department  as  a  storage  and  incumbrance  yard,  for  a  term  of  five  (5)  years  from  the  date 
"  of  occupation,  at  the  rent  of  $1,500  per  annum,  payable  quarterly  ;  the  lessor  to  erect  a  fence  10 
"  feet  in  height,  to  grade  the  said  property  wherever  the  same  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  the 
"  Department,  and  to  pay  all  taxes  and  all  ground  water  taxes  ;  the  City  to  pay  for  water  used 
"  on  the  premises." 

In  a  former  communication  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  under  date  of  August 
19,  1899,  a  request  was  made  for  the  leasing  of  one-half  the  property  described  above,  being  six 
(6)  lots  facing  on  Atlantic  avenue,  for  the  sum  of  $800  per  annum,  and  was  the  subject  of  a  report 
by  me  under  date  of  August  30,  1899,  in  which  I  stated  that  I  considered  $525  per  annum  to  be 
a  just  rental. 

The  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  by  resolution  adopted  September  15,  1899,  author- 
ized the  leasing  of  these  premises  upon  the  terms  proposed  by  me,  and  it  would  appear  from  this 
second  application  of  the  Street  Cleaning  Commissioner  that  the  lease  has  not  been  signed. 

The  proposition  now  made  to  lease  to  the  City  a  plot  of  land  150  feet  by  200  feet  and  extend- 
ing from  the  south  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  to  the  north  side  of  Pacific  street,  the  lessor  to  erect  a 
tight  board  fence  10  feet  in  height  around  the  premises,  to  grade  the  property,  and  to  pay  all 
taxes  and  all  ground  water  taxes  for  a  term  of  five  (5)  years  from  date  of  occupation,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  $1,500  per  annum,  I  consider  excesbive. 

The  premises  are  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  a  valuation  of  $4,800,  and  I  do  not 
consider  that  the  market  value  would  exceed  $10,000.  I  estimate  the  board  fence  to  cost  $500, 
and  1  am  of  the  opinion  that  $850  per  annum,  with  the  terms  as  mentioned  above,  would  be  a 
full  rental  value. 

Respectfully, 

•  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a 
meeting  held  September  15,  1899,  authorizing  a  lease  from  Peter  F.  Lynan  of  the  plot  of  ground 
one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  by  one  hundred  feet  deep,  on  the  south  side  of  Atlantic  avenue,  Bor- 


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[March  21,  1900. 


ough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  be  and  the  same  is  here'ny 
rescinded. 

^  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  lease  to  the  City  from  Peter  E.  Lynan, 
of  a  plot  of  ground  situate  on  the  south  side  of  Atlantic  avenue,  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet 
east  of  Utica  avenue,  fronting  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  on  Atlantic  avenue  and  one  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  on  the  north  side  of  Pacific  street,  and  running  through  the  entire  block  about  two 
hundred  feet  in  length,  comprising  about  fifteen  lots,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of 
the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  as  a  storage  yard,  for  the  term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of 
occupation,  at  an  annual  rental  of  eight  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($850),  payable  quarterly,  the 
lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  ground  water  taxes,  grade  the  property  wherever  the  same  may  be 
deemed  necessary  by  the  Department,  and  to  inclose  the  plot  with  a  suitable  fence,  ten  feet  in 
height,  with  gate  therein  ;  the  City  to  pay  for  water  used  on  the  premises— the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interest 
of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  known  as  No.  27  Bradhurst  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  March  7,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Coinmissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir — I  desire  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of 
the  Charter,  from  Andrew  Nelson,  of  the  first  floor  and  basement  of  the  premises  known  as  No. 
27  Bradhurst  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  for  the  use  of  this 
Department  as  a  section  station,  for  a  term  of  five  (5)  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  six  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($660),  payable  quarterly  ;  the  City  to  make  such  repairs 
and  alterations  as  may  by  it  be  deemed  necessary  during  the  term  of  the  lease  ;  the  lessor  to 
pay  for  the  Croton  water  used  on  the  premises  and  to  assume  the  remainder  of  the  lease  from 
John  Steingester  ot  the  two  stores  of  the  premises,  Nos.  313  and  315  West  One  Hundred  and 
Forty-third  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  from  May  I,  1900,  and  to  pay  the  rent  under 
the  same  as  it  becomes  due. 

The  above  proposed  lease  is  for  a  section  station  to  take  the  place  of  the  premises  Nos.  313 
and  315  West  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  the  lease  of  which  expires  November  I,  1900. 

I  inclose  two  diagrams  of  the  premises  furnished  by  Mr.  J.  Huston,  of  No.  343  West  One 
Hundred  and  Forty-fifth  street,  as  agent  for  Mr.  Nelson  in  this  matter. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

March  15,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
March  7,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  a 


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108 


4t  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter,  from  Andrew  Nelson,  of  the  first  floor  and  base- 
"  ment  of  the  premised  known  as  No.  27  Bradhurst  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  in  The 
"  Ciiy  of  New  York,  lor  the  use  of  this  Department  as  a  section  station,  for  a  term  of  five  (5) 
"  years  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($660),  payable 
"  quarterly  ;  the  City  to  make  such  repairs  and  alterations  as  may  by  it  be  deemed  necessary 
"  during  the  term  of  the  lease  ;  the  lessor  to  pay  for  the  Croton  water  used  on  the  premises,  and 
t(  to  assume  the  remainder  of  the  lease  from  John  Steingester  of  the  two  stores  of  the  premises 
"  Nos.  313  and  315  West  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  from 
"  May  I,  1900,  and  to  pay  the  rent  under  the  same  as  it  becomes  due. 

"  The  above-proposed  lease  is  for  a  section  station  to  take  the  place  of  the  premises  Nos. 
"  313  and  315  West  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  the  lease  of  which  expires  Novem- 
"  ber  I,  1900. 

"  I  inclose  two  diagrams  of  the  premises  furnished  by  Mr.  J.  Huston,  of  No.  343  West  One 
"  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  as  agent  for  Mr.  Nelson  in  this  matter." 

I  am  informed  by  Deputy  Commissioner  Gibson  that  the  present  quarters  are  too  small  for 
the  proper  accommodation  of  the  number  of  men  in  that  section,  and  that  the  new  quarters  pro- 
posed would  afford  the  desired  relief. 

The  premises  No.  27  Bradhurst  avenue  consist  of  the  first  floor  and  part  of  the  cellar  of  a 
three-story  brick  building,  not  as  yet  completed,  and  of  the  dimensions  given  on  the  diagram 
accompanying  the  communication  of  the  Commissioner.  The  first  floor  contains  about  the  same 
number  of  square  feet  as  in  the  present  quarters,  and  this  in  connection  with  the  cellar,  contain- 
ing about  400  square  leet,  for  the  storage  ot  handcarts  and  tools,  will  give  the  additional  room 
required. 

The  lessor  agrees  to  furnish  heat,  to  pay  the  Croton  water  taxes  and  to  assume  the  unexpired 
existing  lease  from  May  I,  1900.  The  lessee  to  be  allowed  to  make  alterations  as  may  be  deemed 
necessary  during  the  term  of  the  lease. 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  annual  rental  of  $660  for  the  term  of  five  (5)  years  from  Ma;  1, 
1900,  is  excessive,  and  that  $540  would  be  full  rental  value  with  the  conditions  as  named  above. 

It  is  not  customary  for  the  City  to  assume  the  cost  of  repairs  on  section  stations  leased  for  the 
Street  Cleaning  Department,  and  I  do  not  consider  that  it  should  be  done  in  this  case. . 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  £.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  Andrew  Nelson, 
of  the  first  floor  and  basement  of  the  premises  known  as  No.  27  Bradhurst  avenue,  Borough  ot 
Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  as  a  sub-station,  for  a  term  of  five 
years  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($540),  payable 
quarterly,  the  lessor  to  furnish  heat,  pay  the  Croton  water  taxes  and  to  assume  the  unexpired 
existing  term  of  the  lease  from  John  Steingester  of  the  two  stores  of  the  premises  Nos.  313  and  315 
West  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  from  May  1,  1900,  and  to  pay 
the  rent  under  the  same  as  it  becomes  due  ;  the  City  to  be  allowed  to  make  alterations  as  may 
be  deemed  necessary  during  the  term  of  the  lease  ;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that 
such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  relative 
to  the  renewal  of  four  leases  : 

>ns.  New  York,  March  15,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Armory  Board  held  this  day  the  following  were  adopted  : 
"  Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  requested  to  execute  a  lease  with  the  Morse  Iron  Works 
"  Company  for  the  property  at  the  foot  of  Fifty-fifth  street,  in  the  Eighth  Ward,  in  the  Borough 
"  of  Brooklyn,  now  occupied  by  the  Second  Naval  Battalion  as  an  armory  and  drill  ground  under 
"  a  lease  with  the  former  owner  for  a  term  of  four  months,  with  the  option  of  a  further  extension 
"  from  month  to  month,  either  party  to  give  thirty  days'  notice  to  terminate  the  lease,  at  a  monthly 
"  rental  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents  ($166.66).  The  term  of  lease  to 
"  commence  May  r,  1900  ;  the  City  to  pay  the  water  tax.  The  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
"  Fund  are  respectfully  requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  to  execute  a  lease,  for  the  term  of  one  year 
"  from  May  I,  1900,  for  the  room  known  as  'A'  in  the  Durland  Academy,  Grand  Circle,  Eighth 
"  avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street,  cont  lining  about  five  hundred  and  forty-five  square  feet,  for 
"  use  and  occupation  as  Brigade  Headquarters,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500), 
"  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  existing  in  the  present  lease,  and  that  theCommis- 
sioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  to  execute  a  lease,  for  the  term  of  one  year 
"  from  May  1,  1000,  for  the  room  known  as  No.  161,  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the  Stewart  Building, 
"  for  the  use  and  occupation  of  the  Major-General  commanding  N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  as  headquarters,  at 
"  an  annual  rental  of  sixteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,600),  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  con- 
"  ditions  existing  in  the  present  lease,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be 
"  respectfully  requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 

"Resolved,  That,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  the 
"  Comptroller  be  requested  to  renew,  for  one  year  from  May  I,  1900,  the  lease  of  the  premises 
"  now  occupied  by  the  First  Battery,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  located  at  Nos.  334  to  340  West  Forty-fourth 
"  street,  and  owned  by  Catharine  Schmuck,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  thousand  dollars  ($3,000), 
"  and  with  the  other  terms  and  conditions  now  existing  in  the  present  lease  unchanged." 

Yours  truly, 

THOS.  L.  FEITNER,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  the  Morse  Iron  Works  Company,  of  the  old  Atlantic  Yacht  Club  property,  at  the  foot 
of  Fifty-sixth  street,  in  the  Eighth  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  now  occupied  by  the  Second 
Naval  Battalion,  as  described  in  a  resolution  of  the  Armory  Boa»-d  adopted  March  15,  1900,  for  a 
term  of  four  months  from  May  1,  1900,  with  the  option  of  a  further  extension  from  month  to 
month,  either  party  to  give  thirty  days'  notice  to  terminate  the  lease,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents  ($166.66),  the  City  to  pay  water  taxes  ;  and  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  tair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  pro- 
vided by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 


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Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  William  Durland,  of  the  room  known  as  "A,"  in  Durland's 
Academy,  Eighth  avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  and  occupa- 
tion by  the  First  Brigade,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  as  headquarters,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500),  payable  quarterly,  and  on  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  thereof;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interest  of  the  City  that 
such  lease  be  made. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Katharina  Schmuck,  of  premises  located  at  Nos.  334  to  340 
West  Forty-fourth  street,  [Borough  of  Manhattan,  occupied  by  the  First  Battery,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  for 
a  term  of  one  year  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  thousand  dollars  ($3,000),  pay- 
able quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease 
thereof  ;  the  Commissioners  Of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  to  the  City  of  Room  No.  161,  in  the  Stewart  Building,  No.  280  Broadway,  for  the  use 
and  1  ccupation  of  the  Major-General  commanding  National  Guard,  New  York,  as  headquarters, 
for  a  term  of  one  year  and  two  months  from  March  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand 
six  hundred  dollars  ($1,600),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as 
contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair 
and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolutions  relative 
to  leases  of  rooms  in  the  Stewart  Building  for  the  Department  of  Finance  : 

March  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR — Room  Wo.  84,  on  the  second  floor  of  the  Stewart  Building,  and  Room  No.  142,  on  the 
third  floor  of  the  same  building,  are  required— the  first-named,  No.  84,  for  the  filing  of  record 
of  the  Bond  Clerk  and  the  Chamberlain,  and  the  other,  No.  142,  for  the  Bookbinder  of  the 
Finance  Department. 

These  are  inside  rooms,  and  contain  an  an  aggregate  area  of  861  square  feet. 

I  have  seen  Mr.  Harris,  the  superintendent  of  the  building,  and  he  offers  the  rooms  at  a 
rental  of  $1,200,  which  is  reasonable  and  just.    It  is  at  the  rate  of  $1.36  per  square  foot  per 
annum. 

The  lessor  furnishes  heat,  light  and  janitor  service. 

The  term  proposed  for  the  lease  is  from  April  I,  1900,  to  May  1,  1901. 

There  are  also  required  for  the  Expert  Accountants,  Rooms  Nos. '185,  187  and  1S9,  on  the 
fourth  floor  of  the  same  building,  to  be  leased  from  month  to  month,  from  the  time  of  occupation. 

These  rooms  are  located  on  the  Reade  street  front  and  contain  an  aggregate  area  of  1,968 
square  feel.  Mr.  Harris  offers  them  at  the  rate  of  $3,000  per  annum,  month  by  month,  which  is 
at  the  rate  of  $1.52  per  square  foot  per  annum. 


[March  21,  1900. 


I  consider  the  rental  asked  reasonable  and  just. 
The  lessor  provides  heat,  light  and  janitor  service. 
\  Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  ; 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to 
the  City  of  Rooms  Nos.  84  and  142,  Stewart  Building,  No.  280  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhat- 
tan, for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  for  a  term  from  April  I,  1900,  to  May  1,  1900,  at 
a  rental  at  the  rate  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  ($1, 200)  per  #inum,  the  lessor  to  furnish  heat, 
light  and  janitor's  service  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  P'und  deeming  the  said  rent 
fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the 
Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved 
by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York 
Charter. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  of  Rooms  Nos.  185,  187  and  189,  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the  Stewart  Building,  No.  280  Broad- 
way, Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  from  month  to  month,  from 
the  time  of  occupation,  at  a  rental  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars- per  month  ($250),  the  lessor  to 
furnish  heat,  light  and  janitor's  service  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the 
said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be 
made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and 
approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New 
York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  for  the  renewal  of  lease  of  offices  in  the 
Stewart  Building,  occupied  by  City  departments  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  hereby  is  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  for  a] term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  a  yearly  rental  of  one  hundred  and  eight 
thousand  six  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($108,650),  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  con- 
tained in  the  existing  leases  therefor,  of  certain  rooms,  offices  and  apartments  now  occupied  by 
the  various  City  departments  in  the  Stewart  Building,  situated  on  Broadway,  between  Chambers 
and  Reade  streets,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  as  follows  : 

By  the  Department  of  Finance— The  whole  of  the  first  floor  ;  also  the  offices  or  apartments 
in  the  basement  or  ground  floor  designated  as  TJ,  TT  and  XX  ;  also,  the  rooms  designated  as 
Rooms  O  and  P,  fronting  on  Chambers  street,  and  II,  00  and  PF,  in  the  basement  ;  also,  Rooms 
Nos.  54,  55.  56>  63,  65,  67,  81,  83,  84,  85,  86,  87,  88,  89,  90  and  91,  on  the  second  door  ;  also 
Rooms  Nos.  139,  141  and  142,  on  the  third  floor. 


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By  the  Department  of  Taxes  and  Assessments — Rooms  designated  as  D,  E,  F,  G,  H,  I,  J,  K 
and  R,  on  the  ground  floor,  and  Room  DD,  in  the  basement,  with  vault  chamber  and  vault  con- 
nected therewith. 

By  the  Commissioners  of  Accounts — Rooms  Nos.  104,  105,  114  and  1 15,  on  the  third  floor. 
By  the  Commissioner  of  Jurors — Rooms  Nos.  123,  127  and  128,  on  the  third  floor. 

By  the  Attorney  for  the  Collection  of  Arrears  of  Personal  Taxes — Room  No.  203,  on  the  fifth 

floor. 

• — and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  ftf  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Taxes  and  Assessments, 
relative  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  offices  in  the  Emigrant  Industrial  Savings  Bank  Building  : 

March  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.'  Van  Wyck,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir  — I  would  request  the  authorization  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premise^  now  occupied  by  the  Surveyor  of  the  Department  of  Taxes 
and  Assessments  in  the  Emigrant  Bank  Building,  Nos  49  and  51  Chambers  street,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  1,  rgoo,  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are 
contained  in  the  existing  agreement. 

I  would  also  request  the  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premises  now  occupied  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Taxes  and  Assessments  at  No.  280  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan  ;  and  also  of  the 
premises  occupied  by  this  Department  in  the  Hackett  Building,  Jackson  avenue  and  Filth  street, 
Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens  ;  and  also  of  the  premises  occupied  by  this  Department  in 
the  Richmond  Building,  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island  ;  all  for  the  term  of  two  yeais  from  May 
1,  1900. 

The  three  last-mentioned  premises  are  covered  by  omnibus  leases. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

THOS.  L.  FEITNER,  Piesident. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  of  Rooms  Nos.  26,  27,  28,  29  and  30,  and  the  exclusive  use  of  the  hallway  of  the  fourth  floor, 
as  now  inclosed,  in  the  Emigrant  Industiial  Savings  Bank  Building,  No.  51  Chambers  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Taxes  and  Assessments,  for  a  term  of 
two  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  thousand  four  hundred  and  thirty-five 
dollars  ($3,435),  payable  quarterly,  the  owners  to  furnish  heat,  gas,  light,  janitor  and  elevator 
service  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable, 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptt oiler  is 


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[March  it,  1900. 


hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corpora- 
tion^Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Buildings, 
Lighting  and  Supplies,  relative  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  Ilackett  Building,  in  Long 
Island  City,  occupied  by  City  departments  : 

New  York,  March  12,  1900. 
Hon.  Bird  S,  Coler,  Comptroller,  and  Member  of  Sinking  Fund  Commission  : 

Dear  Sir — The  lease  of  what  is  known  as  the  Hackett  Building,  in  Long  Island  City, 
occupied  as  a  Borough  Building  for  offices  of  the  Tax  Department,  Bureau  for  the  Collection  of 
Assessments  and  Arrears,  and  the  deputies  of  the  departments  composing  the  Board  of  Public 
Improvements,  expired  on  December  1,  1899. 

I  have  to  suggest  that,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  this  Department  has  spent  so  much  money  in 
fitting  up  said  building,  a  new  lease  be  entered  into  with  the  owner  of  the  building  for  two  years, 
as  per  option  in  lease. 

Very  truly  yours, 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Christopher  Hackett,  of  the  building  known  as  the  Hackett 
Building,  located  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Jackson  avenue  and  Fifth  street,  Long  Island  City, 
Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  December  1,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  seven 
thousand  dollars  ($7,000),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as 
contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent 
fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  renew  the  lease  of  the  Richmond  Build- 
ing, in  the  Borough  of  Richmond,  occupied  by  city  departments  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Isaac  Almstead,  of  the  two  stores  and  cellars  and  the  four  upper  floors  of  the  premises 
known  as  the  Richmond  Building,  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Richmond  terrace  and  York  ave- 
nue, First  Ward,  Borough  of  Richmond,  for  a  term  of  two  years,  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  six  thousand  dollars  ($6,000),  payable  quarterly,  the  rental  to  include  steam  heat  and 
janitor  service,  the  lessor  also  to  keep  the  premises  in  repair  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the 
City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the 
same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and 
217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


March  21,  1900.] 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  on  Voorhies  avenue,  about  150  feet  west  of  Shore  road,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn. 

New  York,  February  14,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Comniissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  on  north  side 
of  Voorhies  avenue,  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  west  of  Shore  road,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
for  the  purposes  of  a  station-house  and  stable  for  the  Sixty-eighth  Police  Precinct,  from  Eleanor  C. 
Dickerson,  for  one  year  from  January  I,  1900,  at  the  rent  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  DELAMATER,  First  Deputy  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

February  27,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Police  Board,  at  a  meeting  held  February  14,  1900,  passed  a  resolution  requesting 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the 
lease  of  premises  on  north  side  (should  be  south  si"le)  of  Voorhies  avenue,  about  150  leet  west  of 
Shore  road,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  purposes  of  a  station-house  and  stable  for  the  Sixty- 
eighth  Police  Precinct,  from  Eleanor  C.  Dickerson,  for  one  year  from  January  1,  1900,  at  the  rent 
of  $1,000  per  annum. 

These  premises  were  leased  by  the  former  City  of  Brooklyn,  by  lease  dated  December  II, 
1895,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  I,  1896,  with  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  four  years,  at  a 
rental  of  $1,000  per  annum. 

It  would  appear  that  no  renewals  were  executed  in  the  years  1897  and  1898,  but  that  the 
City  of  Brooklyn,  later  its  successor,  The  City  of  New  York,  continued  to  occupy  and  pay  for  the 
premises. 

On  January  24,  1899,  a  renewal  for  the  year  1899  was  executed  by  the  Comptroller.  It  will 
thus  be  seen  that  the  City  has  already  taken  advantage  of  three  years  of  the  four  year  renewal 
clause,  and  as  the  City  has  continued  in  occupation  since  January  1,  1900,  I  consider  that  the 
City  is  liable  for  rent,  at-  the  same  rate,  for  the  year  1900  ;  and  that  a  renewal  may  be  properly 
authorized,  although  1  consider  the  rental  excessive. 

The  premises  consisted,  when  leased,  of  a  double  three-story  and  cemented  cellar  frame 
dwelling,  about  30  feet  by  40  feet,  with  one  story  and  cellar  frame  extension  about  20  feet  by  22 
feet,  on  a  plot  of  ground  66  feet  by  225  feet,  assessed  on  the  tax  books  in  1896  for  $2,000. 

I  am  informed  that  the  Police  Department,  during  their  occupation  of  the  premises,  have 
made  the  necessary  repairs,  including  the  painting  of  the  outside  of  the  house,  despite  the  fact 
that  there  is  no  provision  of  the  lease  requiring  the  tenant  to  make  repairs. 

Again,  there  is  no  provision  that  the  lessee  shall  pay  the  water  tax,  and  as  the  lessor  has  not 
paid  the  same,  it  is  in  arrears,  the  lessor  claiming  that  it  should  be  paid  by  the  Police  Department. 

Some  improvements  have  been  made  at  the  expense  of  the  City,  to  wit  : 

Building  of  a  one-story  frame  stable  to  accommodate  nine  (9)  horses  ;  installing  three  (3)  iron 
cells  in  basement  ;  extensive  additions  to  the  plumbing  work  ;  introduction  of  gas,  and  some 
redecorating. 


[March  21,  1900. 


The  assessed  valuation  on  the  premises,  with  improvements,  for  1900  is  $2,500,  and  from 
information  I  have  obtained  regarding  rents  in  the  vicinity,  I  should  consider  that  $750  per  annum 
would  be  full,  the  lessor  to  make  all  outside  repairs  and  pay  the  water  tax. 

I  would  suggest  that  the  attention  of  the  Police  Department  be  called  to  this  matter,  in  order 
that  they  may  have  sufficient  time  to  either  secure  a  renewal  from  January  1,  1901,  upon  more 
favorable  terms  to  the  City,  and  the  placing  of  the  building  in  good  tenantable  repair,  or  look 
for  other  quarters  at  a  reasonable  rental. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Eleanor  C.  Dickerson,  of  premises  on  the  south  side  of  Voorhies  avenue,  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet  west  of  Shore  road,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the  Police  Depart- 
ment as  a  station-house  and  stable  for  the  Sixty-eighth  Police  Precinct,  for  a  term  of  one  year 
from  January  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000),  payable  quarterly, 
otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  and  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be 
for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided 
by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department,  relative  to  a  lease 
of  premises  Nos.  16  and  18  Smith  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  February  28,  1900. 

The  Honorable  Sinking  Fund  Commission,  Borough  oj  Manhattan  : 

Gentlemen — The  rooms  now  occupied  in  the  Municipal  Building,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
for  headquarter  purposes  of  the  Police  Department  are  inadequate  for  the  purposes  required, 
and  in  addition  to  this  it  is  necessary  that  the  Board  make  provision  for  the  branch  office  of  the 
Bureau  of  Elections  in  said  borough,  the  lease  of  the  premises  now  occupied  by  it  expiring  on 
the  coming  1st  of  May.  With  this  end  in  view  the  Police  Board  has  made  diligent  efforts  to 
obtain  accommodations  suitable  for  its  purposes  in  said  borough,  and  have  selected  the  premises 
Nos.  16  and  18  Smith  street,  which,  after  examination,  have  been  found  sufficient  to  meet  all  the 
requirements  necessary  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Borough  Headquarters,  which  includes  the 
Bureau  of  Detectives,  Telegraph  Bureau,  Boiler  Inspection  Depaitment  and  Bureau  of  Elections. 

The  property  consists  of  a  large  building  in  the  front  of  the  lot,  and  a  rear  building,  and  is 
owned  by  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Telephone  Company.  The  rental  asked  for  both  such 
buildings  is  $5,200  per  year,  and  after  due  inquiry  the  Police  Board  believes  such  rental  to  be  fair 
and  reasonable. 

Portion  of  the  rooms  now  occupied  by  the  Police  in  the  Municipal  Building  are  needed  for 
other  departments,  and  there  has  been  a  continual  pressure  upon  the  Police  Board  by  such 
departments,  notably  the  Comptroller,  that  arrangements  should  be  made  by  which  the  Police 
Board  would  find  accommodations  elsewhere. 


March  21,  1900.] 


116 


For  these  reasons  I  am  directed  by  the  Police  Board  to  urgently  request  your  Honorable 
Body  to  grant  authority  to  the  Comptroller  to  lease  the  premises  above  referred  to  for  the  use  of 
the  Police  Department. 

A  copy  of  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Police  Board  for  this  purpose  is  herewith  transmitted. 

Respectfully  yours, 

BERNARD  J.  YORK,  President. 

New  York,  February  28,  1900, 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Gentlemen— At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day  the  following  proceedings  were 
had  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  lease  of  premises,  front  and  rear  buildings,  Nos. 
16  and  18  Smith  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  from  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Telephone 
Company,  for  the  term  of  three  year.-,  from  May  I,  1900,  at  the  annual  rental  of  five  thousand  two 
hundred  dollars,  the  said  premises  to  be  occupied  as  Borough  Headquarters,  Detective  Bureau, 
Telegraph  Bureau  and  Bureau  of  Elections  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Very  respectfully, 

VVM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offeied  the 
following  resolution  : 

March  15,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Police  Board,  at  a  meeting  held  February  28,  1900,  passed  the  following  resolu- 
tion : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
"  requested  to  authorized  the  Comptroller  to  execute  lease  of  premises,  front  and  rear  buildings, 
"  Nos.  16  and  18  Smith  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  from  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey 
"  Telephone  Company,  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  May  I,  1900,  at  the  annual  rental  of  five 
"  thousand  two  hundred  dollars,  the  said  premises  to  be  occupied  as  Borough  Headquarters, 
<4  Detective  Bureau,  Telegraph  Bureau  and  Bureau  of  Elections  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn." 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  Nos.  16  and  18  Smith  street,  in  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  the  same  are  located  on  the  west  side  of  Smith  street,  125  feet  south  of 
Fulton  street,  and  consist  of  a  plot  of  land  59.1  feet  by  about  147  feet  in  depth,  containing  a 
four-story  basement  and  cellar  brick  building  with  brownstone  front,  41  feet  by  62  feet,  with  a 
one-story  and  basement  extension  8  feet  in  width.  Also,  in  the  rear  of  the  lot,  a  one-story 
structure,  brick  side  walls  and  frame  roof,  about  59  feet  square,  used  at  present  as  a  storehouse. 

The  main  building  is  an  old  mansion  or  private  residence,  which  has  been  occupied  for  some 
years  past  by  the  owners,  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Telephone  Company. 

I  have  consulted  with  President  York  of  the  Police  Board  and  Mr.  Riley,  representing  the 
Telephone  Company,  and  it  would  appear  that  a  mistake  had  been  made  in  the  term  of  the  pro- 
posed lease,  and  that  the  term  of  two  (2)  years  should  be  substituted  for  three  (3)  years  in  the 
resolution.    President  York  agrees  to  this  change. 

The  telephone  company  is  anxious  to  sell  the  property  outright,  and  in  consequence  is 
unwilling  to  tie  it  up  for  a  longer  time  than  two  (2)  years.  If,  however,  the  property  is  not  sold 
before  the  expiration  of  the  lease,  the  owners  will  be  willing  to  lenew  the  lease  on  the  same  terms. 


H7 


[March  21,  1900. 


The  company  agrees  to  put  the  building  in  first-class  tenantable  condition  before  May  I, 
1900,  and  to  see  that  all  floors,  walls,  ceilings,  etc.,  are  in  good  order  ;  further,  that  the  plumbing 
arid  heating  apparatus  shall  be  in  first-class  order. 

During  the  term  of  the  lease,  the  City  is  to  be  allowed  to  make  inside  alterations,  and  is  to 
keep  the  interior  of  the  building  in  repair,  the  lessor  to  make  outside  repairs,  and  to  pay  the 
ground  water  taxes  ;  any  additional  water  rents  to  be  paid  by  the  City. 

The  premises  are  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $50,000,  and  are  at  present  on  the 
market  at  a  price  of  $100,000. 

In  my  opinion  the  rental  asked,  namely  $5,200  per  annum,  with  the  conditions  as  named,  is 
reasonable  and  just. 

The  lease  should  be  made  with  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Telephone  Company,  by 
Henry  S.  Snow,  its  Treasurer,  office  at  No.  81  Willoughby  street,  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  two  (2) 
years  from  May  I,  1900.  A  renewal  will  be  granted  on  the  same  terms  by  the  lessor,  should  the 
company  still  continue  to  be  the  owner  of  the  premises  on  May  1,  1902. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  tne  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Telephone  Company,  of  the  premises,  front  and  rear 
buildings,  Nos.  16  and  18  Smith  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the  Police  Department, 
for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  thousand  two  hundred  dollars 
($5,200),  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  should  the  company  still  continue  to  be  the  owner  at  the 
expiration  of  the  present  lease  ;  the  lessor  to  put  the  buildings  in  first-class  tenantable  condition 
before  May  1,  1900,  and  to  see  that  all  floors,  walls  and  ceilings,  etc.,  are  in  order,  that  plumbing 
and  heating  apparatus  shall  be  in  first-class  order,  make  all  outside  repairs  and  to  pay  the  ground 
water  taxes  ;  the  City  to  be  allowed  to  make  inside  alterations,  to  keep  the  interior  of  the  building 
in  repair  and  to  pay  any  additional  water  taxes  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deem- 
ing the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such 
lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  pre- 
pared and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater 
New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  Nos.  105  and  107  Second  avenue,  College  Point  : 

New  York,  March       ,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  renew  lease  of  premises  from  Henry  Freygang,  for  the 
estate  of  Maria  Freygang,  Nos.  105  and  107  Second  avenue,  College  Point,  Borough  of  Queens,  at 


March  21,  1900.] 


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the  annual  rent  of  seven  hundred  and  twenty  dollars,  from  June  17,  1900,  for  a  station-house  for 
the  Seventy-sixth  First  Sub-precinct. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Henry  Freygang,  for  the  use  of  the  Police  Department,  of  premises 
Nos.  105  and  107  Second  avenue,  College  Point.  Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from 
June  17,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  seven  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  ($720),  otherwise  upon 
the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the 
City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Brooklyn  Public 
Library,  relative  to  an  acceptance  on  the  part  of  the  City  of  the  lease  of  premises  on  Caton  ave- 
nue, Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y,  February  21,  1900. 

To  Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Estimate  and 
Apportionment  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

I  Gentlemen — The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library  request  your  consent 
to  the  transfer  of  the  inclosed  lease  to  the  City.  The  property  leased  is  occupied  by  the  Flatbush 
Branch  of  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library,  which  was  transferred  to  our  charge  by  the  Brooklyn 
Public  Library  Association  on  January  1  last. 

Yours  respectfully, 

R.  ROSS  APPLETON,  Secretary  of  the  Board. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  accept  and  assume,  on  the 
part  of  The  City  of  New  York,  the  transfer  or  assignment  of  the  lease  of  premises  situated  on  the 
south  side  of  Caton  avenue,  about  one  hundred  feet  west  of  Flatbush  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  made  by  John  Reis  to  the  Flatbush  Branch  of  the  Brooklyn  Public 
Library  Association,  and  that  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  the  rentals  due 
under  the  terms  of  said  lease  from  January  1,  1900. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communications  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
lease  of  premises  corner  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City,  and  premises 
known  as  Klein's  Hotel,  in  the  former  Village  of  Creedmoor,  Borough  of  Queens  : 

New  York,  February  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  certified  copies  of  reports  and  resolutions 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  the  meeting  held  on  the  19th  inst.,  relative  to  the  leasing 
of  premises  located  in  the  Borough  of  Queens,  as  follows  : 


n9 


[March  it,  1900. 


yti  Corner  of  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City. 

2.  Premises  known  as  Klein's  Hotel,  on  the  west  side  of  Shamer  avenue  and  Rocky  Hill 
road,  in  the  former  Village  of  Creedmoor.  * 
Respectfully, 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Queens  on  December  5,  1899,  recommending  that  the  premises  corner 
of  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City,  in  that  borough,  be  leased  as  an  annex 
to  Public  School  2,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $900,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  on  the  same  terms, 
to  take  effect  from  the  date  of  occupancy,  taxes,  water  rent  and  assessments  to  be  paid  by  the 
lessor,  the  lessees  to  furnish  light,  heat  and  janitor's  services  and  make  the  necessary  alterations, 
respectfully  reports  that  the  matter  has  been  carefully  investigated  and  it  is  found  that  the  build- 
ing in  question  is  a  wooden  structure  50  by  34  feet,  and  by  the  expenditure  of  about  $900  for 
removing  partitions,  repairing  partitions,  repairing  plastering,  etc.,  seven  class-rooms  would  be 
afforded.    The  rental  of  $900  per  year  is  considered  reasonable. 

The  following  resolution  is  therefore  offered  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  corner  of  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall 
street,  Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  one  year  from  date  of  occupancy,  with  the 
privilege  of  renewal  on  the  same  terms,  at  an  annual  rental  of  nine  hundred  dollars  ;  taxes,  water 
rent  and  assessments  to  be  paid  by  the  lessor;  the  lessees  to  furnish  light,  heat  and  janitor's 
services  and  make  the  necessary  alterations.  John  Cassidy,  No.  59  Hulst  street,  Long  Island 
City,  owner. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  February  19, 
1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School  Board 
for  the  Borough  of  Queens,  on  November  8,  1899,  recommending  the  leasing  from  month  to 
month  the  premises  situated  on  the  corner  of  Creed  avenue  and  Jericho  road,  in  the  former  Village 
of  Queens,  and  the  premises  known  as  Klein's  Hotel,  on  the  west  side  of  Shamer  avenue,  near 
Rocky  Hill  road,  in  the  former  Village  of  Creedmoor,  for  school  purposes,  respectfully  reports 
that  the  matter  has  been  carefully  investigated  and  it  is  found  that  the  owner  of  the  building  on 
Creed  avenue  and  Jericho  road,  in  the  former  Village  of  Queens,  has  withdrawn  his  proposition 
to  lease  the  same.  The  building  known  as  Klein's  Hotel,  in  the  former  Village  of  Creedmoor, 
consists  of  one  room,  30  by  21  feet,  which  could  be  subdivided  into  two  class-rooms,  each  15  by  21 
feet,  with  ceiling  12  feet  high.  The  cost  of  the  necessary  alterations  to  fit  the  building  for  use  as 
an  annex  to  Public  School  33  would  be  about  $60.  The  rental  asked,  $35  per  month,  including 
janitor's  services,  is  considered  reasonable,  and  the  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption: 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  premises  known  as  Klein's  Hotel,  on  the  west 
side  of  Shamer  avenue  and  Rocky  Hill  road,  in  the  former  Village  of  Creedmoor,  for  use  as  an 
annex  to  Public  School  33,  Borough  of  Queens,  at  a  rental  of  thirty-five  dollars  per  month,  to 
include  janitor's  services.    Owner,  Mary  Klein,  Creedmoor. 

A  true  copy  of  repoit  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  February  19, 
1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 


March  21,  1900.] 


120 


New  York,  February  28,  1900. 

Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Dear  Sir — On  the  20th  instant  I  transmitted  to  you  certified  copy  of  report  and  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  the  19th  instant,  relative  to  the  lease  of  the  building  known 
as  Klein's  Hotel,  on  Shamer  avenue,  near  Rocky  Hill  road,  Borough  of  Queens.  I  am  this  day 
in  receipt  of  a  communication  from  the  Superintendent  of  School  Buildings,  stating  that  he  has 
been  notified  by  the  Superintendent  of  Schools  for  the  Borough  of  Queens  that  if  these  premises 
should  be  leased  the  School  Board  is  not  in  a  position  to  occupy  them  at  present,  and  suggesting 
that  I  communicate  with  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  requesting  that  no  action  be 
taken  in  this  matter  until  the  Board  of  Education  has  an  opportunity,  at  its  meeting  on  the  14th 
proximo,  to  withdraw  the  request  for  the  leasing  of  the  premises  mentioned. 
Respectfully, 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

New  York,  March  15,  1900. 

Hon.  Edgar  J.Levey,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Dear  Sir — I  inclose  herewith  certified  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board 
of  Education  at  a  meeting  held  on  the  14th  instant,  rescinding  resolution  adopted  on  February  19, 
1900,  requesting  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a 
lease  of  the  premises  known  as  Klein's  Hotel,  Shamer  avenue  and  Rocky  Hill  road,  in  the 
former  Village  of  Creedmoor,  and  requesting  that  said  resolution  be  withdrawn  from  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

In  accordance  with  this  action,  will  you  please  return  to  me  the  report  and  resolution  relative 
to  the  lease  of  the  premises  above  mentioned  transmitted  to  you  on  the  20th  ultimo. 

In  this  connection,  I  would  call  your  attention  to  a  communication  which  I  addressed  to  you 
on  February  28,  1900,  requesting  that  no  action  be  taken  in  the  matter  of  said  lease  until  the 
Board  of  Education  should  have  an  opportunity  at  its  next  meeting  to  withdraw  the  request 
therefor. 

Respectfully, 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings  respectfully  reports  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion held  on  December  13,  1899,  it  presented  a  report  recommending  the  leasing  of  the  build- 
ing known  as  Klein's  Hotel,  Creedmoor,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  school  purposes,  to  which 
was  attached  a  resolution  requesting  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the 
execution  of  a  lease  of  the  premises,  and  the  said  report  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Finance.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  December  27,  1899,  tne  latter  Committee  reported  that 
there  was  not  financial  ability  to  undertake  the  lease  at  that  time,  but  at  a  meeting  held  Febru- 
ary 19,  1900,  the  funds  for  the  leasing  of  one  building  in  the  said  borough  having  been  provided 
for  from  Corporate  Stock,  and  money  for  the  building  in  question  thus  being  available,  the 
report  as  presented  by  your  Committee  on  December  13,  1899,  recommending  the  said  lease,  was 
adopted. 

Information  has  now  been  received  that  transportation  has  been  arranged  for  the  pupils  in  the 
neighborhood  of  the  building  proposed  to  be  leased,  to  afford  them  school  facilities  elsewhere,  and 
the  Borough  Superintendent  has  reported  that  if  the  building  is  leased  it  will  not  be  occupied. 

Your  Committee  therefore  recommends  that  the  action  taken  on  February  19,  1900  (see 
Journal,  page  197),  be  rescinded  and  the  request  to  lease  the  premises  in  question  withdrawn. 


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The  following  resolution  is  therefore  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  action  taken  by  this  U:>ard  on  February  19,  1900,  requesting  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  premises 
known  as  Klein's  Hotel,  Shamer  avenue  and  Rocky  Hill  road,  in  the  former  Village  of  Creed- 
moor,  for  use  ns  an  annex  to  Public  School  33,  Borough  of  Queens,  be  and  it  is  hereby  rescinded, 
and  that  the  request  be  withdrawn  from  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  March  14,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

February  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  by  resolution,  adopted  February  19,  1900,  requests  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

First — "  To  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  corner  of  Bradley 
"  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  one  year  from  date  of 
"  occupancy,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  on  the  same  terms,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $900  ; 
"  taxes,  water  rent  and  assessments  to  be  paid  by  the  lessor  ;  the  lessees  to  furnish  light,  heat 
"  and  janitor's  services  and  make  the  necessary  alterations.  John  Cassidy,  No.  59  Hulst  street, 
"  Long  Island  City,  owner." 

The  Committee  on  Buildings  reports  that  the  building  in  question  is  a  wooden  structure, 
50  feet  by  34  feet,  and  by  the  expenditure  of  about  $900  for  removing  partitions,  repairing  parti- 
tions, repairing  plastering,  etc.,  seven  (7)  class-rooms  would  be  afforded. 

The  builidng  is  located  on  the  southeast  corner  of  the  streets  named,  upon  a  plot  of  land 
100.10  feet  by  100.8  feet,  with  sheds  and  outhouse.  It  was  formerly  used  as  a  hotel,  but  has  been 
vacant  for  some  time  past,  and  is  now  in  poor  condition. 

The  corner  structure  is  a  i^-story  frame  building  with  cellar,  stone  foundations,  28  feet  by  35 
feet,  and  the  building  adjoining,  with  which  it  connects,  is  a  2-story  frame  structure  with  cellar, 
22  feet  by  34  feet. 

The  property  is  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $4,000,  and  I  do  not  consider  its 
market  value  will  exceed  $6,000.  A  fair  rental  upon  this  valuation  would  be  $480  per  annum, 
the  lease  to  date  from  day  of  occupancy. 

Second — "To  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  premises  known  as  Klein's 
"  Hotel,  on  the  west  side  of  Shamer  avenue  and  Rocky  Hill  road,  in  the  former  Village  of  Creed - 
"  moor,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  33,  Borough  of  Queens,  at  a  rental  of  $35  per 
"  month,  to  include  janitor's  services.    Owner,  Mary  Klein,  Creedmoor." 

The  premises  above  referred  to  consist  of  one  room,  30  feet  by  21  feet,  in  the  building  known 
as  Klein's  Hotel,  which  is  a  2-story  frame  structure,  located  as  above. 

The  means  for  heating  and  lighting  this  room  would  have  to  be  supplied  by  the  Board  of 
Education,  the  lessor  furnishing  janitor's  services. 

I  consider  the  rental  of  $35  per  month  to  be  full  but  not  excessive.  The  lease  should  be 
drawn  to  commence  from  day  of  occupancy,  and  to  extend  from  month  to  month. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 


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Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  John  Cassidy,  of  the  building  corner  of  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island 
City,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  ihe  Board  of  Education,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  the 
date  of  occupancy,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  on  the  same  terms,  at  an  annual  rental  of  four 
hundred  and  eighty  dollars  ($480),  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes,  Croton  water 
rents  and  assessments  and  the  City  to  furnish  light,  heat  and  janitor's  services  and  make  all  nec- 
essary alterations  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and 
reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comp- 
troller is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the 
Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Hon,  Joseph  Cassidy,  representing  his  father,  the  owner  of  the  building,  appeared  before  the 
Board  and  objected  to  the  terms  proposed  in  the  resolution,  whereupon  the  matter  was  referred 
back  to  the  Comptroller  for  a  further  report. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  owners  of  the  Bradley  Building,  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  offices  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Buddings  : 

To  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the.  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — As  the  yearly  hiring  of  the  premises  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Building 
of  the  City  in  the  "Bradley  Building,"  owned  by  us,  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  avenue  and 
Eighteenth  street,  is  about  to  expire,  and  as  we  learn  that  a  change  of  location  is  not  contem- 
plated, we  respectfully  suggest  the  expediency,  in  the  interest  of  the  City  as  well  as  of  the  owners, 
of  a  more  permanent  arrangement  covering  the  time  for  which  the  occupation  will  probably  be 
required  by  the  Department.  Last  year  the  hiring  was  not  renewed  until  a  few  days  before  the 
expiration  of  the  term,  leaving  the  question  of  the  occupancy  by  the  City  inconveniently  uncer- 
tain. A  fixed  term  of  a  more  permanent  character,  while  removing  an  annual  uncertainty  and 
relieving  the  owners  from  the  necessity  of  considering  other  applicants,  would,  at  the  same  time, 
render  the  occupation  secure  to  the  Department. 

The  Department  occupies  five  stories  of  the  building  in  question.  It  is  a  new  building,  42 
feet  front  on  the  avenue,  and  furnishing  valuable  light,  from  its  situation  on  the  avenue  and  street, 
for  the  required  examination  of  plans  and  specifications  and  the  general  work  of  the  Department. 

It  was  established  here  for  its  advantageous  location  a  number  of  years  ago,  under  adminis- 
trations of  the  former  City,  and  it  is  even  more  centrally  situated  for  the  greater  City.  The 
space  occupied  was  increased  during  the  admini>tration  of  Mayor  Strong,  when  the  present  mod- 
erate rent  was  fixed. 

The  location  is  on  the  lines  of  the  Fourth  avenue  and  crosstown  surface  railroads,  one  block 
from  that  on  Broadway  and  but  a  short  distance  from  the  elevated  roads,  east  and  west,  and 
having  been  so  many  years  established  as  the  headquarters  of  the  Department  the  public  conve- 
nience would  obviously  be  promoted  by  its  continuance  in  the  long-accustomed  location. 

Another  advantage  of  the  situation  is  that  if,  at  any  time,  additional  accommodations  should 
be  desired  by  the  Department  they  can  be  obtained  in  the  building  on  very  reasonable  terms,  by 
an  arrangement  before  the  annual  letting  to  other  tenants.    For  example,  we  could  now  arrange 


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te^dd  the  second  and  third  stories,  by  requiring  the  other  tenants  to  surrender  possession,  at  an 
annual  rent  of  $4,500  (that  is  to  say,  $2,500  for  the  second  floor  and  $2,000  for  the  third.) 

Yours  respectfully, 

ELLEN  M.  H  EN  NESS  Y, 
and  as  attorney  for  Daniel  I.  and  Mary  B.  Bradley. 
No.  117  East  Eighteenth  Street,  February  19,  1900. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  ; 

March  7,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Co?nptroller  : 

Sir — The  owners  of  the  Bradley  Building,  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  avenue  and  Eighteenth 
street,  in  which  the  Department  of  Buildings  occupies  the  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  seventh  and  eighth 
stories  on  lease,  which  expires  May  1,  1900,  in  communication  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink, 
ing  Fund,  February  19,  1900,  suggest  a  more  permanent  arrangement,  viz.,  that  the  term  of 
lease  be  for  five  years  from  the  expiration  of  the  present  lease,  and  also  offer  the  second  and  third 
stories  at  the  rental  of  $4,500  per  annum. 

This  communication  having  been  submitted  to  the  Hon.  T.  J.  Brady,  Commissioner  of  Build- 
ings, boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  he  says,  in  communication  to  the  Comptroller  dated 
March  3,  1900,  as  follows  : 

"  Referring  to  the  application  made  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  for  the  renewal  of  the 
"  leases  of  the  Bradley  Building,  now  occupied  by  this  Department,  copy  of  which  has  been  sub- 
"  mitted  to  me  by  Mr.  McLean,  Engineer  of  the  Finance  Department,  I  beg  to  say  that  the  build- 
"  ing  is  suitable  for  its  present  use  and  occupancy,  and  I  believe  the  rental  asked  to  be  lair. 

The  space  occupied  by  this  Department  is  greatly  crowded,  however,  and  it  has  been  suggested 
"  by  the  owners  of  the  building  that  the  second  and  third  floors  be  included  in  the  new  lease. 
"  This  would  undoubtedly  be  a  great  advantage  in  the  administration  of  the  Department,  and 
"  would  greatly  facilitate  the  transaction  of  business.  The  appropriation  for  rent,  however,  being 
"  but  Si2,ooo,  at  the  present  time,  if  the  additional  floors  were  included  in  the  new  lease  it  would 
"  be  necessary  to  increase  the  appropriation  for  rent  $4,500. 

"  The  Greater  New  York  Charter  provides  that  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Buildings  shall  be 
"  with  the  office  of  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx.  The  suggested  arrangement, 
"  therefore,  would  be  satisfactory  for  this  additional  reason." 

I  have  examined  the  building  as  now  used,  and  agree  with  the  Commissioner  that  the  "  space 
now  occupied  is  greatly  crowded."  Though  the  Commissioner  does  not  make  application  for  the 
second  and  third  floors,  offered  for  lease  by  the  owners,  he  says,  "  this  would  undoubtedly  be  a 
"  great  advantage  in  the  administration  of  the  Department,  and  would  greatly  facilitate  the 
"  transaction  of  business." 

He  says,  however,  that  his  appropriation  for  rent  is  only  $12,000,  and  if  the  two  floors  be 
added  in  the  new  lease  it  would  be  necessary  to  increase  the  appropriation  for  rent  $4,500. 

The  rent  proposed  for  these  two  additional  floors  is  $4,500,  which  I  consider  reasonable. 

I  am  convinced  from  my  examination  of  the  building  that  this  addition  of  the  second  and 
third  floors  would  be  advantageous  and  in  reason. 

The  other  floors  have  been  heretofore  reported  upon,  and  the  rent  is  fair  and  reasonable.  I 
would  recommend  the  renewal  of  the  present  lease  for  the  term  of  five  (5)  years. 

With  reference  to  the  payment  of  rent  for  the  two  additional  floors,  if  authorized,  the  agent 
of  the  owners  informs  me  that  they  would  be  willing  to  wait  for  their  pay  from  the  1st  of  May, 
1900,  to  the  1st  of  January,  1901,  when  the  new  appropriation  would  be  made.    I  do  not  know 


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whether  such  an  arrangement  can  be  legally  made,  depending  on  future  appropriations,  but  if  it 
can  be,  and  the  leasing  of  the  two  additional  stories  be  authorized,  the  business  of  the  Depart- 
ment could  be  transacted  much  more  satisfactorily  than  at  present. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  he  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  of  the  second,  third,  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  seventh  and  eighth  floors  of  the  Bradley  Building, 
southwest  corner  of  Eighteenth  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of 
the  Department  of  Buildings,  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  two  years 
from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  sixteen  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ($16,500),  payable 
quarterly,  the  lessor  to  furnish  heat,  elevator  service  and  storage  room  ;  and  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the 
interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by 
sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highways,  relative  to 
a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  on  North  Eighth  street,  between  Havemeyer  street  and  Union 
avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

New  York,  March  5,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  0/  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Dear  Sir — Pursuant  to  section  217  of  the  City  Charter,  I  respectfully  request  the  Commis- 
sioner of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  lenewal,  for  the  term  of  thiee  years,  at  the  present 
rent  of  $750  per  annum,  of  the  lease  of  Lots  Nos.  I  and  36  to  46,  inclusive,  Block  106,  Fourteenth 
Ward  Map,  situated  on  North  Eighth  street,  between  Havemeyer  street  and  Union  avenue, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  shown  on  the  accompanying  sketch. 

This  property  is  now  used  by  the  Department  of  Highways,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the 
storage  of  paving  materials,  and  the  present  lease  expires  May  I,  1900.  The  lease  should  there- 
fore be  renewed  from  that  date. 

Heretofore  the  lease  has  been  made  with  William  Mann,  as  trustee,  but  it  is  understood  that 
the  estate  has  been  divided,  and  that  the  owners  are  now  represented  by  William  O.  Piatt,  agent. 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  William  O.  Piatt,  agent,  of  premises  on  North  Eighth 
street,  between  Havemeyer  street  and  Union  avenue,  Borough,  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the 
Department  ot  Highways,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($750),  payable  semi-annually,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 


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conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  F  und  deeming 
tfre  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease 
he  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Coroners  for  the  Borough  oi  Richmond, 
relative  to  a  lease  of  premises  No.  64  New  York  avenue,  Borough  of  Richmond  : 

Rosebank,  N.  Y.,  February  27,  1900. 
Hon.  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Deputy  Comptroller,  New  York  City  : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Coroners  of  the  Borough  of  Richmond,  in  a  communication  to  the  Comp- 
troller bearing  date  August  7,  1899,  asked  the  Comptroller  to  make  provisions  for  the  payment  of 
rent  for  the  offices  which  they  have  occupied  from  the  1st  day  of  January,  1898,  and  which  they 
still  occupy,  to  which  we  received  a  communication  in  reply  stating  that,  according  to  section 
1533  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  a  lease  of  the  said  premises  could  not  be  made,  as  the 
owner  was  on  the  pay-roll  of  the  City  Treasury.  This,  in  all  appearance,  was  true,  as  the  deed 
recorded  in  the  County  Clerk's  office  bore  the  name  of  one  ot  the  City  employees,  although  there 
existed  at  the  time  a  deed  bearing  date  July  20,  1897,  held  by  the  present  owner  (who  is  not  an 
employee),  but  not  recorded  for  reasons  best  known  to  himself. 

We  are  now  informed  that  the  said  deed  has  been  properly  recorded  in  the  County  Clerk's 
office,  in  the  Borough  of  Richmond,  which  gives  the  Comptroller  a  legal  right  to  make,  or  cause 
to  be  made,  the  desired  lease  for  fifty  dollars  ($50)  per  month,  which  we  consider  reasonable  and 
just. 

JOHN  SEAVER,  1  Coroners 

GEORGE  C.  TRANTER,  j-^oroners- 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

March  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Messrs.  John  Seaver  and  George  C.  Tranter,  Coroners  for  the  Borough  of  Richmond,  in 
a  communication  under  date  of  February  27,  1900,  request  that  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  to 
execute  a  lease  of  the  premises  which  they  now  occupy,  and  have  so  occupied  since  January  1, 
1898,  as  offices,  at  a  rental  of  $50  per  month,  which  they  consider  reasonable  and  just. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  are  located  at  No.  64  New 
York  avenue,  corner  of  Maple  avenue.  Rosebank,  S.  I.,  and  the  part  to  be  leased  consists  of  the 
first  floor  of  a  three-story  and  basement  frame  building,  about  20  feet  by  45  feet,  containing  four 
(4)  rooms.  The  building  is  heated  by  steam,  lighted  by  gas,  and  appears  to  me  to  be  suitable  for 
the  purposes  for  which  they  are  to  be  leased. 

The  owner  is  Michael  J.  Hughes,  No.  271  Richmond  road,  Stapleton,  S.  I.,  and  the  rental 
asked,  $50  per  month,  including  heat,  light  and  janitor's  services,  I  consider  reasonable  and  just. 

I  would  therefore  propose  that  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  to  pay  for  the  use  and  occupa- 
tion of  these  premises  from  January  2,  1898,  to  December  31,  1899,  the  sum  of  $1,200  which  is  at 
the  rate  of  $50  per  month  ;  and  further,  that  a  lease  be  drawn  to  date  from  January  1,  1900,  tor 
two  years,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  two  years  at  an  annual  rental  of  S600. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 


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Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  the  rental 
of  rooms  occupied  by  the  Coroners  for  the  Borough  of  Richmond,  at  No.  54  New  York  avenue, 
comer  of  Maple  avenue,  Rosebank,  Staten  Island,  from  January  I,  1898,  to  December  31,  1899, 
at  a  rental  of  six  hundred  dollars  ($600)  per  annum  ;  and 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  ihe 
City,  from  Michael  J.  Hughes,  of  the  first  floor  of  the  three-story  and  basement  frame  building 
located  at  No.  64  New  York  avenue,  coiner  of  Maple  avenue,  Rosebank,  Staten  Island,  for  the 
use  of  the  Coroners  for  the  Borough  of  Richmond,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  January  1,  1900, 
with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  two  years,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred  dollars  ($600), 
payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  furnish  heat,  light  and  janitor  services  ;  and  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the 
interest  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to 
execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sec- 
tions 149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance,  relative  to  a  sale  of  the  lease  of  City  property  on  Harlem  square,  and  offered  the  follow- 
ing resolution  : 

March  5,  1900. 

I/on.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir— The  lease  of  certain  premises  situated  on  Third  avenue,  East  One  Hundred  and 
Twentieth  and  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  streets, the  property  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
formerly  part  of  Harlem  Market  Square,  expires  on  May  1,  1900. 

The  property  is  more  particularly  described  as  being  126.2  feet  on  Third  avenue  by  100  feet 
on  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  street,  connecting  .  in  the  rear  with  lot  on  the  north  side  of 
One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  street,  100  feet  west  of  Third  avenue,  25  feet  by  100. 11  feet,  and 
shown  on  the  maps  of  the  Department  of  Taxes  and  Assessments  as  part  of  Lot  36  and  Lot  32, 
Block  1769,  in  Section  6,  together  with  the  buildings  thereon. 

I  would  propose  that  a  lease  of  these  premises  be  sold  for  a  term  of  five  (5)  years  from  May  I, 
1900,  and  that  the  upset  price  at  such  sale  be  fixed  at  the  sum  of  $8,325  per  annum  ;  the  lessee 
to  make  all  repairs  and  to  pay  the  Croton  water  rents,  otherwise  under  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  all  leases  of  City  property. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  205  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter, 
the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  for  the  highest  marketable  price 
or  rental,  at  public  auction,  after  public  advertisement,  a  lease  of  the  premises  belonging  to  The 
City  of  New  York,  on  the  old  Harlem  Market  Square,  between  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  and 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  streets,  Third  avenue  and  Sylvan  place,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
being  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  feet  two  inches  on  Third  avenue  by  one  hundred  feet  on  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-first  street,  and  connecting  in  the  rear  with  lot  on  the  north  side  of  One 


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Hundred  and  Twentieth  street,  one  hundred  feet  west  of  Third  avenue,  twenty-five  feet  by  one 
hundred  feet  and  eleven  inches,  and  shown  on  map  of  Department  of  Taxes  and  Assessments  as 
part  of  Lot  No.  36  and  Lot  No.  32,  Block  1769,  Section  6,  together  with  the  buildings  thereon 
(being  the  same  property  now  leased  to  Brian  G.Hughes),  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  May  I, 
1900.  The  minimum  rental  or  upset  price  for  which  the  said  lease  shall  be  sold  is  hereby 
appraised  and  fixed  at  the  sum  of  eighty-three  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  per  annum,  and 
said  sale  shall  be  made  upon  the  following  terms  and  conditions  : 

The  highest  bidder  will  be  required  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  twenty-five  per  cent,  of 
the  amount  of  the  yearly  rental  bid  at  the  time  and  place  of  sale.  The  amount  so  paid  shall  be 
forfeited  if  the  successful  bidder  does  not  execute  the  lease  and  bond  within  five  days  after  notice 
from  the  Comptroller  that  the  same  are  ready  for  execution  ;  and  the  Comptroller  is  authorized  in 
his  discretion  to  sell  the  premises  bid  off  by  any  person  failing  to  comply  with  the  condition  of  the 
sale,  and  the  person  so  failing  to  comply  shall  be  liable  for  any  deficiency  that  may  result  from 
any  such  resale.  No  person  will  be  received  as  lessee  or  surety  who  is  delinquent  on  any  former 
lease  from  the  corporation  and  no  bid  will  be  accepted  from  any  person  who  is  in  arrears  to  the 
corporation  upon  debt  or  contract,  or  who  is  a  defaulter,  as  surety  or  otherwise,  upon  obligation 
to  the  corporation,  as  provided  by  law.  The  lease  will  contain  the  usual  covenants  and  condi- 
tions, reserving  to  the  corporation  the  right  to  cancel  the  same  upon  thirty  days'  notice,  whenever 
the  premises  may  be  required  for  public  purposes.  All  water  rents  laid  on  the  premises,  or  any 
part  thereof,  during  the  term  of  the  lease,  shall  be  paid  by  the  lessee.  All  repairs  of  the  premises 
shall  be  made  at  the  expense  of  the  lessee,  and  he  will  be  required  to  give  a  bond  for  the  amount 
of  the  annual  rent,  with  one  or  more  sureties  to  be  determined  and  approved  by  the  Comptroller, 
conditioned  for  the  payment  of  the  rent  monthly  in  advance  subsequent  to  the  expiration  of  the 
first  three  months'  rent  paid  by  the  purchaser  at  the  time  of  sale,  and  the  fulfillment  on  his  part 
of  the  covenants  of  the  lease.  The  premises  shall  be  kept  insured  by  the  lessee  for  the  benefit  of 
the  City  for  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000),  in  such  insurance  companies  as  shall  be 
approved  by  the  Comptroller.  The  Comptroller  shall  have  the  right  to  reject  any  bid  if  deemed 
to  be  for  the  interest  of  the  City. 

■  The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communications  were  received  from  the  Justices  of  the  Court  of  Special  Ses- 
sions relative  to  the  assignment  of  a  room  in  the  Criminal  Court  Building  to  the  Clerks  of  the 
Court  of  General  Sessions  when  vacated  by  the  Health  Department  : 

New  York,  February  21,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — The  clerk's  office  of  this  Court  is  on  the  first  mezzanine  floor  of  this  building, 
and  has  been  since  the  organization  of  the  Court.  The  two  small  rooms  in  which  fourteen  clerks 
are  employed  are  not  large  enough  for  the  proper  transaction  of  the  business  of  the  Court.  An 
outside  room  is  so  dark  that  it  is  of  no  use  except  as  an  entrance  and  for  keeping  file  cases.  It  is 
necessary  to  keep  a  light  in  this  room  all  day.  In  the  two  small  offices  the  light  and  ventilation 
are  very  poor,  and  except  on  very  bright  days  it  is  necessary  to  use  the  electric  lights,  because  the 


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windows  are  low.  The  Clerk  and  Deputy  Clerk  have  absolutely  no  privacy,  and  are  so  cramped 
that  the  passage  between  their  chairs  when  sitting  at  their  desks  is  insufficient  to  allow  other 
clerks  to  pass  to  their  desks. 

We  have  been  obliged  to  keep  these  offices,  because  there  have  been  no  others  obtainable 
until  now.  There  are  a  number  of  vacant  rooms  on  the  upper  floor  of  this  building,  which  would 
suit  our  needs  and  make  good  offices.  These  vacant  rooms  were  formerly  occupied  by  the  Board 
of  Health. 

We  respectfully  ask  that  several  offices  now  vacant  be  set  apart  for  the  use  of  the  clerk's 
offices  of  this  Court.  An  inspection  of  our  present  offices  will  show  the  pressing  need  of  larger 
and  lighter  rooms. 

Yours  respectfully, 

EPHRAIM  A.  JACOB,  )  Tustices  of  the  Court  of  Special 
WM.  C.  HOLBROOK,  ['  Sessions,  of  the  First  Division  of 
JOHN  B.  McKEAN,      )     The  City  of  New  York. 

New  York,  February  21,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  Muh,  Aldermanic  Chatnber,  New  York  City  : 

My  Dear  Mr.  Muh — I,  with  several  of  my  associates,  have  sent  a  request  to  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  asking  them  to  set  aside  several  offices  in  this  building,  now 
vacant,  for  offices  for  the  clerk  of  this  Court.  We  are  much  in  need  of  new  quarters,  but  have 
been  enable  to  see  our  way  to  do  better  until  now.  The  rooms  now  occupied  are  entirely  too 
small  for  the  transaction  of  the  large  business  which  is  done  by  this  Court.  I  think  the  com- 
munication sent  to  the  Commissioners  will  sufficiently  explain  our  needs  and  the  necessity  of  an 
immediate  change.  I  am  advised  that  there  is  a  meeting  of  the  Commissioners  on  Friday  morn- 
ing, and  I  take  this  opportunity  of  asking  you  to  use  every  effort  to  obtain  the  passage  of  such 
resolution  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  as  will  carry  out  the  wishes  of  the  Justices 
of  this  court. 

Yours  respectfully, 

JOHN  B.  McKEAN. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  : 

March  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Co?nptroller  : 

Sir — Hons.  John  B.  McKean,  William  C.  Holbrook  and  E.  A.Jacob,  Justices  of  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions  of  the  First  Division  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  a  communication  under  date 
of  February  28,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  request  that  certain  rooms  now 
vacant  in  the  new  Criminal  Court  Building  be  assigned  for  the  use  of  the  clerks  of  this  court, 
for  the  reason  that  the  present  quarters  occupied  by  the  clerks,  and  consisting  of  two  (2)  rooms 
and  an  ante-room,  are  insufficient  for  the  proper  transaction  of  the  business  of  the  court. 

The  rooms  now  assigned  for  the  use  of  the  clerks  of  this  court  are  situated  on  the  Elm  street 
side  of  the  new  Criminal  Court  Building  on  the  first  mezzanine  floor  and  immediately  over  the 
judges'  chambers  of  the  same  court.  The  rooms  contain,  respectively,  345  square  feet,  299  square 
feet  and  372  square  feet  in  the  ante-room,  which  is  lighted  artificially,  making  a  total  of  1,016 
square  feet. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  these  rooms,  and  it  would  appear  to  me  that  a 
larger  space  is  necessary  than  that  now  occupied. 

A  room  on  the  Franklin  street  side  on  the  second  mezzanine  floor,  now  occupied  as  a  labora- 
tory by  the  Board  of  Health,  and  which  it  is  expected  will  be  shortly  vacated,  and  containing  760 


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square  feet,  would  appear  to  me  to  be  a  suitable  assignment,  and  the  same  is  satisfactory  to  the 
j  udges. 

I  would  therefore  recommend  that  an  assignment  of  this  room  for  the  use  of  the  clerks  of  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions  be  made.  Occupation  to  be  taken  when  the  rooms  are  vacated  by  the 
Board  of  Health. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  M CLEAN,  Engineer. 

On  motion  of  the  Mayor  the  matter  was  laid  over. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Building,  Light- 
ing and  Supplies  relative  to  the  plans  and  specifications  for  the  equipment  of  the  Gouverneur  Slip 
Hospital  : 

New  York,  November  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayo?-,  and  Chairman,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Dear  Sir — Pursuant  to  a  resolution  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission,  passed  on  July  13 
last,  as  follows  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies  be  and  is 
hereby  requested  to  secure  from  Mr.  John  R.Thomas,  architect  for  the  Gouverneur  Slip  Hospital, 
specifications  and  the  form  of  contract  to  be  advertised  for  public  letting,  for  the  equipment  of 
said  hospital/' 

I  wrote  to  Mr.  John  R.Thomas  on  July  20,  requesting  him  to  comply  with  the  resolution. 
Receiving  no  answer  from  him,  I  again  wrote  him  on  November  4,  stating  that  unless  he  could 
furnish  this  Department  with  the  plans  at  once,  I  would  have  to  apply  to  the  Sinking  Fund 
Commissioners  for  the  authority  to  seek  the  plans  elsewhere. 

In  reply  to  the  last-mentioned  letter,  I  received  from  him  on  November  11  the  plans  and 
specifications  for  the  equipment  of  the  new  Gouverneur  Hospital,  which  are  herewith  forwarded 
to  you. 

The  specifications  have  been  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel  as  to  form,  so  that  if  they 
are  satisfactory  they  can  be  immediately  sent  to  the  printer. 

Very  respectfully, 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  reports  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

December  ii,  1899. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Henry  S.  Kearny,  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  in 
communication  of  November  14,  1899,  incloses  plans  and  specifications  for  the  equipment  of  the 
new  Gouverneur  Hospital. 

I  have  examined  with  care  the  plans  and  specifications.  The  plans  are  sufficient  and  the 
specifications  are  full,  with  some  exceptions,  which  I  will  note. 

The  specifications  are  not  altogether  for  the  furnishing  and  equipment  of  the  building,  but 
include,  besides,  the  laying  of  a  curb  and  sidewalk  on  the  four  streets,  inclosing  the  plot,  and  the 
laying  of  an  asphalt  roadway  giving  a  necessary  approach  to  the  dispensary  in  the  rear.  The 
specifications  were  not  sufficiently  explicit,  but  the  architect,  Mr.  J.  R.  Thomas,  has  made  the 
necessary  changes  to  render  them  so. 


March  21,  1906.] 


In  the  way  of  equipment  the  specifications  call  for  everything  necessary  to  render  it  complete 
in  every  respect.    The  equipment,  in  general  terms,  is  as  follows  : 

An  ice  machine  of  3,000  pounds  capacity  and  refrigerating  apparatus,  with  appurtenances  and 
connections  to  various  storerooms,  and  wherever  required. 

Establishing  a  thermostatic  control  or  temperature  regulation,  consisting  of  55  thermostats 
controlling  196  diaphragm  steam  valves,  including  the  hot  air  and  hot  water  regulation. 

Furnishing  steam  disinfecting  apparatus  and  all  appurtenances. 

Furnishing  watchman's  clock  and  electric  time  system,  with  all  appurtenances,  consisting  of 
master  clock  and  fifteen  other  clocks  throughout  the  building. 

A  complete  interior  telephone  system  and  appurtenances. 
Gas  fixtures  throughout  the  building. 
Water  filter  and  appurtenances. 

A  complete  list  of  surgical  instruments  and  supplies,  including  X-Ray  machine  and  apparatus. 
Distilled  water  system  and  sterilizers. 

A  complete  list  of  china  and  glass  and  metal  ware,  for  use  throughout  the  hospital.  • 
A  large  amount  of  hospital  clothing  and  hospital  supplies  of  every  kind. 
Window  shades  and  awnings  for  all  windows. 

All  the  furniture  necessary  for  all  the  rooms,  including  bedsteads,  mattresses,  tables,  desks, 
chairs,  rugs,  etc. 

The  specifications  as  submitted,  on  pages  79,  83  and  84,  call  for  "solid  mahogany."  This 
appears  to  me  unnecessarily  extravagant  and  the  architect  changed  it  to  "quartered  oak."  His 
corrections  appear  in  the  pages  named.  On  page  85  a  "  first  quality  grand  piano"  was  called 
for.  I  deem  this  a  useless  extravagance,  and  the  architect  changed  it  to  a  "square  piano."  On 
page  86  solid  mahogany  chairs  were  called  for,  and  the  architect  has  changed  them  to  oak,  such  as 
furnished  from  the  State  Prison.  Other  chairs  were  fixed  at  certain  prices,  and  he  has  made  the 
same  change  to  certain  numbers  of  the  State  Prison  supply. 

On  page  87  sofas  and  a  divan  were  called  for  at  a  fixed  price.  He  has  changed  this  so  as  to 
call  for  a  certain  quality. 

On  page  86  three  leaf  screens  were  called  for  at  a  certain  price,  and  he  has  changed  it  to  four 
leaf  screens  of  a  certain  make. 

On  page  100  mantel  clocks  and  candelabras  were  called  for  at  fixed  prices  ;  this  has  been 
changed  to  a  certain  kind  of  Tiffany  clock  and  two  side  pieces. 

On  page  137  the  specifications  named  an  amount  $2,500  to  be  allowed  for  rugs.  This  has 
been  changed  so  as  to  call  for  a  certain  quality  of  rug,  giving  the  number  and  dimensions  that 
will  be  required. 

The  architect's  estimate  of  the  value  of  this  complete  and  apparently  perfect  equipment  is 
$70,000. 

Chapter  703,  Laws  of  1894,  uses  the  words,  "  The  said  commissioners  shall  publicly  advertise 
"  for  proposals  lor  the  erection  in  whole  of  such  building,  and  for  the  doing  of  all  work  and  the 
"  supply  of  all  materials  necessary  for  the  completion  and  equipment  of  the  same  for  use  and 
"  occupation." 

The  limit  of  the  extent  of  the  equipment,  I  think,  rests  entirely  with  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund.  The  specifications  call  for  a  perfect  equipment  in  every  respect,  with  all  the 
improvements  of  the  present  day.  This  is  an  important  hospital,  and  as  there  is  a  sufficient 
amount  left  of  the  $200,000  appropriated  under  the  law,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  specifica- 
tions, as  corrected,  may  be  properly  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 


[March  21,  1900. 


Chapter  429,  Laws  of  1896,  relative  to  articles  manufactured  in  State  prisons,  requires,  in 
section  105,  "no  articles  so  manufactured  shall  be  purchased  from  any  other  source  lor  the  state 
"  or  public  institutions  of  the  state,  or  the  political  divisions  thereof,  unless  said  state  commis- 
"  siern  of  prisons  shall  certify  that  the  same  cannot  be  furnished  upon  such  requisition,  and  no 
"  claim  therefor  shall  be  audited  or  paid  without  such  certificate." 

Under  this  requirement  of  the  law,  it  appears  to  me  that  the  State  Commission  of  Prisons 
ought  to  be  communicated  with  before  the  work  is  advertised.  There  may  be  a  considerable 
number  of  articles  of  furniture  which  could  be  supplied  by  the  State  Prison,  such  as  chairs,  tables, 
bedsteads,  etc. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

February  28,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Colek,  Comptroller : 

Sir — In  my  report,  dated  December  11,  1899,  on  the  plans  and  specifications  for  the  equip- 
ment of  the  new  Gouverneur  Hospital,  I  stated  that  "  Chapter  429,  Laws  of  1896,  relative  to 
"  articles  manufactured  in  State  Prisons,  requires  in  section  105,  '  no  article  so  manufactured  shall 
;'  '  be  purchased  from  any  other  source  for  the  state  or  the  political  divisions  thereof  unless  said 
"  '  state  commission  of  prisons  shall  certify  that  the  same  cannot  be  furnished  upon  such  requisi- 
kl  '  tion,  and  no  claim  therefor  shall  be  audited  or  paid  without  such  certificate.' 

"  Under  this  requirement  of  the  law,  it  appears  to  me  that  the  State  Commission  of  Prisons 
"  ought  to  be  communicated  with  before  the  work  is  advertised.  There  may  be  a  considerable 
"  number  of  articles  of  furniture  which  could  be  supplied  by  the  State  Prison,  such  as  chairs, 
"  table?,  bedsteads,  etc." 

On  this  suggestion  it  was  decided  to  call  upon  the  Commission,  and  a  copy  of  the  specifica- 
tions enumerating  the  articles  to  be  supplie'd  was  furnished,  and  under  date  of  January  2,  1900, 
the  President  of  the  State  Commission  of  Prisons,  in  communication  to  the  Comptroller,  enume- 
rates the  articles  to  be  supplied  by  the  State  Prisons,  with  the  prices  thereof  as  approved  by  the 
Board  of  Classification. 

I  think  these  communications  should  be  attached  to  and  printed  with  the  specifications,  and 
I  have  placed  in  the  margin  of  the  specification,  opposite  each  item  to  be  supplied  by  the  Com- 
mission, the  words  "Furnished  by  State  Prison  Department." 

And  I  have  also  added  to  the  paragraph  of  the  advertisement  which  says  "  Bids  will  be 
received  only  for  the  whole  in  gross,"  the  words  "  But  the  bids  will  not  include  the  items  to  be 
furnished  by  State  Prison  Department,  as  designated  on  the  margin  of  the  specifications." 

Otherwise  the  specifications  and  the  advertisement  for  proposals  will  remain  the  same  as 
reported  in  my  letter  of  December  11,  1899. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  the  plans  and 
specifications  for  the  equipment  of  the  New  Gouverneur  Hospital,  between  Front  and  Water 
streets,  this  day  submitted  by  the  architect,  Mr.  John  R.  Thomas,  as  the  same  have  been  modified 
according  to  the  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  dated  February  28,  1900; 
that  such  plans  and  specifications  be  transmitted  to  the  Corporation  Counsel,  who  is  hereby 
requested  to  prepare  and  approve  as  to  a  form  of  contract  for  said  work  ;  that  when  said  contract 
shall  have  been  prepared  and  approved  as  to  form  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  the  Comptroller 
be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  advertise  for  proposals  for  said  contract  for  not  less  than  ten  nor 


March  21,  1900.  J 


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more  than  twenty  days  consecutively  in  the  City  Record  and  in  the  following  newspapers,  viz.: 
"Daily  News,"  "New  York  Journal  and  Advertiser,"  "Commercial  Advertiser." 

The  reports  were  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  resolution  relative  to  bills  of  the  Martin 
B.  Brown  Company  for  printing  minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  year  1899  : 

March  8,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — I  present  herewith  bills  of  the  Martin  B.  Brown  Company  for  printing  fifty 
copies  of  the  minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  year 
1899,  together  with  fifty  copies  of  index  to  same,  amounting  to  $746.02. 

These  bills  have  been  examined  and  found  to  be  correct,  and  the  prices  charged  are  reason- 
able and  just. 

I  offer  the  following  resolution  to  pay  the  said  bills  from  the  appropriation  for  expenses  of  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Respectfully, 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  be  drawn  for  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  and  forty-six  dollars  and 
two  cents  ($746.02),  in  favor  of  Martin  B.  Brown  Company,  for  printing  fifty  copies  of  the  minutes 
of  the  meetings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  year  1899,  and  fifty  copies  of 
index  to  same,  payable  from  the  appropriation  entitled  "Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund — 
Expenses  of,  1899." 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries,  rela- 
tive to  a  change  in  the  location  of  Piers,  new  29,  30  and  31,  East  river. 

New  York,  March  2,  1900, 
Edgar  J.Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

SIR — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Docks  held  this  day  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  hereby  are  requested  to 
approve  the  change  in  the  locations  of  Piers,  new  29,/iew  30  and  new  31,  East  river,  on  the  plan 
laid  out  and  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Docks  December  30,  1898,  and  approved  by  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  February  3,  1899. 

I  submit  herewith  a  report  of  the  Engineer-in-Chief  as  to  the  necessity  of  the  proposed 
change. 

Yours  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  BURKE,  Secretary. 


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[March  21,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

\  March  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — The  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries,  in  communication  of  March  2,  1900,  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  submits  the  following  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Docks 
adopted  on  the  above  date,  viz. : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  hereby  are  requested  to 
"  approve  the  change  in  the  locations  of  Piers,  new  29,  new  30  and  new  31,  East  river,  on  the 
11  plan  laid  out  and  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Docks  December  30,  1898,  and  approved  by  the 
■'  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  February  3,  1899." 

The  report  of  the  Engineer-in-Chief  as  to  the  necessity  of  the  above  change  is  also  sub- 
mitted, as  follows  : 

"  I  beg  to  report  that  on  account  of  the  location  of  one  of  the  towers  for  the  new  East  River 
"  Bridge,  between  Piers,  new  31  and  new  32,  as  laid  down  on  the  change  of  line  adopted  by  the 
"Board  of  Docks  December  30,  1898,  and  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  February 
"  3,  1899,  it  will  be  necessary,  in  order  to  make  the  best  use  of  the  water-front  at  this  locality,  to 
"  change  the  locations  of  Piers,  new  31,  30  and  29,  and  I  beg  to  submit  herewith  plan  showing 
"  proposed  modification  of  the  plan  previously  adopted  by  this  Board  as  above  noted,  and  if  same 
"  is  approved  by  the  Board,  recommend  that  plan  be  forwarded  after  signatures  are  affixed  to  the 
"  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval. 

"  Location  of  the  proposed  bridge  tower  as  shown  on  the  map  foot  of  Pike  slip,  and  as  it  is 
"  located,  it  will  render  useless  one  side  of  Pier,  new  32,  for  which  contracc  has  already  been  let. 
"  In  drawing  the  new  lines,  however,  I  have  placed  such  new  line  along  the  inshore  side  of  the 
"  proposed  tower,  so  that  in  the  event  of  Pier,  new  32,  being  leased  for  certain  kinds  of  business 
"  which  would  require  more  platform  than  is  generally  required,  it  may  be  possible  to  platform 
"  over  the  land  under  water  inshore  of  the  proposed  bridge  tower. 

"  The  remaining  Piers,  new  31,  30  and  29,  are  located  respectively  width  of  60  feet,  70  feet, 
"  70  feet,  with  a  width  of  slip  between  30  and  31  of  130  feet,  and  between  29  and  30,  150  feet. 
"  The  width  of  slip  between  new  28,  as  formerly  laid  down,  and  new  29,  as  shown  on  the  plan 
"  herewith  submitted,  will  be  150  feet.  As  the  work  is  progressing  with  considerable  rapidity  in 
"  this  section,  I  would  request  that  the  Board  take  action  on  this  plan  at  the  earliest  possible 
"  date." 

I  see  nothing  in  the  proposed  changes  to  object  to.  The  lines  of  the  Pier,  new  31,  are  left 
indefinite,  except  in  the  outer  part  ;  the  remainder  to  be  fixed,  according  to  future  developments, 
within  the  space  indicated  by  the  red  lines. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  consent  to  and  approve  of  the 
change  in  the  location  of  Piers,  new  29,  new  30  and  new  31,  East  river,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
on  the  plan  laid  out  and  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Docks  December  30,  1898,  and  approved  by 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  February  3,  1899,  as  requested  by  the  Department  of 
Docks  and  Ferries  in  communication  dated  March  2,  1900. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


March  21,  1900.  J 


i34 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highways,  relative  to 
the  granting  of  a  pipe-line  privilege  to  Robert  Gair  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  February  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Rokert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ; 

Dear  Sir — On  January  30,  1900,  the  Municipal  Assembly  adopted  a  resolution  which  took 
effect  February  13,  1900,  as  provided  in  section  40  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  permitting 
Robert  Gair  to  lay  a  twelve-inch  cast-iron  suction  pipe  in  Washington  street,  from  Plymouth 
street  to  the  foot  of  Washington  street,  a  disiance  of  about  200  feet,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
for  the  purpose  of  conducting  salt  water  from  the  East  river,  to  be  used  in  case  of  fire  ;  also  a 
six-inch  pipe  to  connect  with  a  pump  on  the  premises  of  the  said  Robert  Gair  on  Washington 
street,  provided  that  he  shall  pay  to  The  City  of  New  York,  as  compensation  for  the  privilege, 
such  an  amount  as  may  be  considered  as  an  equivalent  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund,  and  provided  further,  that  the  said  Robert  Gair  shall  stipulate  with  the  Commissioner  of 
Highways  to  save  The  City  of  New  York  harmless  from  any  loss  or  damage  that  may  be  occa- 
sioned during  the  progress  or  subsequent  to  the  completion  of  the  work  of  laying  said  pipes,  the 
work  to  be  done  and  material  supplied  at  his  own  expense,  under  the  direction  of  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Highways,  such  permission  to  continue  only  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Municipal  As- 
sembly. 

Will  you  please  have  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  fix  the  amount  of  the  fee  to  be 
charged  for  this  privilege,  and  notify  me  thereof,  in  order  that  I  may  issue  a  permit  to  Robert 
Gair  to  perform  the  work  provided  for  in  the  resolution,  and  oblige, 

Yours  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

No.  88. 

Resolved,  That  permission  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  given  to  Robert  Gair  to  lay  a  twelve- 
inch  cast-iron  suction  pipe  in  Washington  street,  from  Plymouth  street  to  the  foot  of  said  Wash- 
ington street,  a  distance  of  about  two  hundred  feet,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  purpose  of 
conducting  salt  water  from  the  East  river,  to  be  used  in  case  of  fire  :  also  a  six-inch  pipe  to  connect 
with  a  pump  on  the  premises  of  the  said  Robert  Gair  on  Washington"  street,  provided  that  the  said 
Robert  Gair  pay  to  The  City  of  New  York  as  compensation  for  the  privilege  such  amount  as  may 
be  determined  as  an  equivalent  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  ;  and  provided  further, 
that  the  said  Robert  Gair  shall  stipulate  with  the  Commissioner  of  Highways  to  save  The  City  of 
New  York  harmless  from  any  loss  or  damage  that  may  be  occasioned  during  the  progress  or  sub- 
sequent to  the  completion  of  the  work  of  laying  said  pipes,  the  work  to  be  done  and  materials 
supplied  at  his  own  expense,  under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Highways  ;  such  per- 
mission to  continue  only  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Municipal  Assembly. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  January  30,  1900. 

Adopted  by  the  Council,  January  30,  1900. 

Received  from  his  Honor  the  Mayor,  February  13,  1900,  without  his  approval  or  disapproval 
thereof;  therefore,  as  provided  in  section  40  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  same  took 
effect  as  if  he  had  approved  it. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Principal 
Assistant  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

March  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Municipal  Assembly,  by  resolution  dated  January  30,  1900,  approved  by  the  Mayor 
February  13,  1900,  grants  permission  to  Robert  Gair  to  lay  a  12-inch  cast  iron  suction  pipe  in 


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|  March  u,  1900. 


Washington  street,  from  Plymouth  street  to  the  foot  of  said  Washington  street,  a  distance  of  about 
200  feet,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  salt  water  from  the  East 
riv^r,  to  be  used  in  case  of  fire  ;  also  a  6-inch  pipe  to  connect  a  pump  on  the  premises  of  said 
Robert  Gair  on  Washington  street,  provided  that  the  said  Robert  Gair  pay  to  The  City  of  New 
York  as  compensation  for  the  privilege  such  amount  as  may  be  determined  as  an  equivalent  by  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Would  report  Mr.  Robert  Gair  proposes  to  lay  a  12-inch  pipe  from  his  property  on  the  south- 
west corner  of  Plymouth  and  Washington  streets,  to  the  bulkhead  at  the  foot  of  Washington 
street,  a  distance  of  237  feet  ;  also  a  6-inch  pipe  across  Washington  street  as  shown  on  accom- 
panying diagram  ;  and  I  think  $333.75  per  annum  a  correct  charge  for  the  privilege  and  $100  fee 
for  opening  the  street. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  City  by  Robert  Gair  for  the  privilege  of 
laying  a  twelve-inch  cast-iron  suction  pipe  from  the  southwest  corner  of  Plymouth  and  Washing- 
ton streets  to  the  foot  of  said  Washington  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  a  distance  of  two 
hundred  and  thirty-seven  feet,  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  salt  water  from  the  East  river,  to  be 
used  in  case  of  fire,  also  a  six-inch  pipe  across  Washington  street  to  connect  a  pump  on  the  prem- 
ises of  said  Robert  Gair,  shall  be  three  hundred  and  thirty-three  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents 
($333.75)  per  annum,  and  a  fee  of  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  for  opening  the  street,  to  be  paid  to 
the  Department  of  Highways,  the  opening  of  the  streets  and  the  laying  of  the  pavement  to  be 
done  at  the  expense  of  the  said  Robert  Gair,  under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  High- 
ways, and  subject  to  such  conditions  as  he  shall  prescribe  ;  provided  also  that  the  said  Robert 
Gair  shall  give  a  satisfactory  bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  conditions  prescribed  by  the 
said  Commissioner  of  Highways  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Municipal  Assembly  dated  January  30, 
1900,  and  which  became  adopted  on  February  13,  1900. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  istatement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

March  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  in  the  month  of  February,  1900,  viz.  : 


Feb.  S.  Salvatore  Mistretta 

14     8.  Edward  Beagan... 

"     8.  Mattie  Benner  

"    13.  Catherine  Yetter  .  . 


$25  00   Feb.  20.  Clara  Kirschbaum 


Daniel  Sullivan.  .  .  . 
Joseph  Curritore  . 
Michael  Naughfm 
Guiseppe  Rubino. . 


50  00 
25  00 
100  00 
200  00 
50  00 
25  oo 
50  00 
50  00 


20. 

23- 

27. 

9- 


Mollie  Simon  

Michael  McDonald  

Giovanni  Massera  

Annie  Green  (paid  to  War- 
den)  


$50  00 
50  00 
15  00 
50  00 


Total   $765  00 


March  21,  1900.] 


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The  returns  of  the  court  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the  New 
York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122, 
Laws  of  1876,  said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  society. 

The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children  for  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  and  sixty-five  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty 
to  children  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  in  the  month 
of  February,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of 
1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

March  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — On  January  17,  1900,  Peter  Hetler  was  convicted  and  fined  $100  by  Court  of  Special 
Sessions,  Second  Division,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  The  case,  as  per  certificate  of  the  Clerk  of 
Court,  was  prosecuted  by  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children. 

The  amount  of  fine,  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  fjr  the 
Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt,  is  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5, 
chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  frcm  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  being  amount  of  fine  for  cruelty  to  children  imposed 
upon  and  collected  from  Peter  Iletler  by  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  in  month  of 
January,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

March  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  animals  were  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  month  of  February,  1900,  viz.  : 

Feb.      7.  Michael  Kerwin   $1000 

"        7.  John  Smith   25  00 

"      14.  Michael  Cody   25  00 


'37 


[March  21,  1900. 


Feb.    14.  Moses  Schentze.   $35  00 

M      28.  Frederick  A.  Jones   25  00 

jf      29.  Otto  Heinlman   25  00 

'*      28.  Albert  Dehne   25  00 

  $170  00 

In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Borough  of  Brooklyn — 

Feb.  16.  Solomon  Finklestein   $100  00 

"     23.  Maldon  Schoonmaker   24  00 

  125  00 

In  Borough  of  Richmond — 

Jan.  18.  Charles  B.  Ludekins   25  00 


$320  00 

The  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  and  the  amount  of  fines  recovered  is  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  6, 
chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

The  total  amount  above  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals  for  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty 
to  animals  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  and  Second  Divisions) 
during  the  month  of  February,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  6,  chap- 
ter 490,  Laws  of  1888. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  : 

March  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  January  31,  I900,  Abraham  Stein  was  convicted  and  fined 
Si 50  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry.  The  amount  of  said  fine  was  deposited  in  the  City 
Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  City  Debt. 

The  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  their  counsel,  claim  the  amount  of  said 
fine,  under  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($150),  being  amount  of  fine  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry 


March  ii,  1900.] 


138 


imposed  upon  and  collected  from  Abraham  Stein  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division, 
January  31,  19CO,  and  payable  to  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Health  Department  Pension  Fund  : 

March  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — Fines  for  violation  of  Health  Laws  or  Sanitary  Code  have,  as  per  statement  herewith, 
been  imposed  and  collected  by  Supreme  Court,  Courts  of  General  Sessions  and  Special  Sessions, 
First  and  Second  Divisions,  viz.  : 

In  Borough  of  Manhattan — 

Supreme  Court,  November,  1899   $50  00 

Court  of  General  Sessions,  May  to  December,  1899   300  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  April  to  December,  1899       5,010  00 

  $5,360  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Brooklyn   1,135  00 

Total   $6,495  00 

The  total  amount  of  the  said  fines,  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt,  is  payable  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Health 
Department  Pension  Fund,  pursuant  to  section  1332  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


New  York,  February  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  of  7^he  City  op  New  York  : 

Sir — Herewith  please  find  detailed  statement  of  fines  and  penalties  imposed  by  the  Courts  of 
General  and  Special  Sessions  and  the  Supreme  Court,  from  April  12  to  and  including  December 
18,  1899,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  violations  of  the  Sanitary  Code  and  health  laws  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  amounting  to  the  sum  of  five  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars 
($5,360).  Also,  detailed  statement  of  fines  and  penalties  imposed  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions 
in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  from  June  20  to  and  including  December  12,  1898,  amounting  to  the 
sum  of  six  hundred  and  thirty-five  dollars  ($635),  and  from  February  1  to  and  including  December 
29,  1899,  amounting  to  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500),  for  violations  of  the  Sanitary  Code 
and  health  laws  in  said  borough. 

The  Trustees  of  the  Health  Department  Pension  Fund  respectfully  request  their  audit  and 
that  the  drafts  be  drawn  to  the  order  of  the  Health  Department  Pension  Fund,  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  section  133 1,  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  T.  JENKINS,  Secretary. 


139 


[March  21,  1900. 


Statement  of  Moneys  Collected  Jrom  Fines  and  Penalties  for  Violations  of  the  Sanitary  Code 
or  Health  Laws  in  The  City  of  New  York,  and  Payable  to  the  Health  Department  Pen- 
sion Fund,  pursuant  to  Chapter  555,  Lazos  of  1894. 


Date. 


1899. 


Depaktmknt 
Number. 


Apr. 

1359 

26 

1400 

26 

1401 

May 

3 

1402 

3 

1403 

3 

1 404 

3 

1405 

3 

1406 

3 

1407 

3 

140S 

3 

1409 

3 

1410 

3 

1411 

3 

1412 

3 

Mi3 

10 

1414 

10 

1415 

10 

1416 

10 

1417 

24 

14x8 

24 

1419 

24 

1420 

31 

1421 

3i 

1422 

3i 

1423 

3> 

1424 

3i 

1425 

3i 

1426 

3i 

1427 

3i 

1428 

3i 

1429 

3? 

1430 

31 

M3i 

Name. 


Borough  0/ Manhattan. 

Cuno  Carrano  

Aaron  Charman  

Herman  Lindenberg  

Scianillo  Remigio  

Christian  Backo  

Berman  Goldberg  

Saul  Apple  

Adolph  Spielberg  

Max  Roeder  

John  Cardmale  

Giovanni  Jacorusso  

Rosina  Ferschen  

Charles  Frieberg  

John  Siegman  

Charles  Hoops  

Mary  Clark  

Lena  Levy   

Ro-,ie  Furst  

Solomon  Wolf  

Friedrich  Bauer  

Henry  W rede  

John  Kiernan  

Louis  Woxman  

George  Rufler  

Frederick  Rumeske  

Alexander  Couter  

August  Kellermann  

William  Murray  

Samuel  McEvoy  

Edward  Riley  

Benjamin  Strauss  

Joseph  Strauss  

Meyer  Bloch  


Court. 


Special  Sessions 


Amount. 


$10  00 
25  00 
10  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
35  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
50  00 
150  00 
25  00 
25  00 
5  00 
15  00 
25  00 
50  00 
25  00 
5  00 
150  00 
25  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 


March  21,  1900.] 


Department 
Number. 


1432 
'433 
1434 
'435 
1416 
1437 
x4,8 

1439 
1440 
1441 
1442 

1443 
1444 
1445 
1446 

'447 
1448 
1449 

M5o 
1451 
1452 
1453 
H54 
1455 
1456 

1457 

M:8 

M59 
1460 
1461 
1462 
1463 
1464 
1465 
1466 
1467 
1468 
1469 


Name. 


Simon  Marcus. 
I  George  Karrol 


Henry  Pleus  

August  Peklo  

Henry  Tasto  

Arthur  J.  Scanlon.. 

John  Miller  

William  Sloltman. . . 
Thomas  Mooney. . . . 
Richard  Hariman. . . 

Gustav  Koch  

Max  Rand  

Adolph  Leikowitz.. 

John  F.  Cordes  

Sigmund  Moses.... 
Solomon  Kanarich.. 
Garabel  Manoogian. 

Elias  Freides  

Mary  Broschart  

Margaret  Sperzel. . , 
Catherine  McHugh. 

Peter  Hertz  

John  Bellmer  

John  Rabe  

John  F.  O'Donohue. 

Max  Sweeney  

Jacob  Doll  

William  B.Walker.. 

Munzio  Declora  

Philip  C.  Staib  

Jonas  Lowenstein. . . 

Bene  Feuerstein  

Floyd  M.  Horton... . 
Catherine  Witt.  . .'. . 
Conrad  Kronenberg 

William  Jordan  

Henry  Wrede  

Amiel  Wilkins  


Court. 


Amount. 


Special  Sessions 


S5  00 
5  00 
25  00 
25  00 

35  00 
5  00 
25  00 
25  00 
35  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
5  00 
5  00 
25  00 
50  00 
15  00 
15  00 
25  00 
35  00 
50  00 

100  00 
25  00 
10  CO 

100  00 
25  00 
25  00 
50  00 
50  00 
25  00 

150  00 
15  00 
25  00 

100  00 
25  00 
25  CO 


Mi 


[March  21,  1900. 


Date. 

Department 
Number. 

Name. 

Court. 

Amount. 

t 

I899. 

Oct.  23 

1470 

Special  Sessions.. 

$35  00 

"  16 

1471 

William  F.  Rees  

100  00 

"  16 

1472 

25  00 

"  16 

M73 

25  00 

17 

1474 

(James  L.  Farnham  (United  Electric  Light 

250  00 

"  16 

M75 

« 

10  00 

23 

1476 

« 

250  00 

"  23 

1477 

William  H. "Rodman  (Morgan  Iron  Works). 

>. 

250  00 

23 

1478 

«« 

50  00 

23 

>479 

« 

50  00 

23 

1480 

25  00 

23 

1481 

« 

25  00 

23 

1482 

« 

25  00 

23 

H83 

« 

50  00 

23 

1484 

« 

75  00 

"  23 

M85 

25  00 

23 

i486 

15  00 

23 

1487 

« 

25  00 

23 

1488 

25  00 

"  23 

1489 

« 

25  00 

23 

1490 

.< 

15  00 

23 

1491 

«« 

15  00 

"  23 

1492 

« 

25  00 

23 

M93 

25  00 

23 

1494 

25  00 

"  23 

1495 

15  00 

23 

t496 

•< 

15  00 

30 

M97 

« 

5  00 

30 

1498 

10  00 

30 

1499 

25  CO 

30 

1500 

« 

15  00 

30 

I  SOI 

35  00 

30 

1502 

5  co 

Nov.  13 

1=103 

5  00 

1 3 

1504 

5  00 

.3 

1505 

5  00 

13 

1506 

5  00 

March  21,  1900 .J 


142 


Datf. 


Depart  ment 
Number. 


Name. 


1507 
1508 
1509 
1510 

IS" 
1512 

15*3 
1514 
1515 
1516 
1517 
i5'8 

1519 
1530 
1531 

1522 
1533 
1524 
'525 
1526 
1527 
1528 
1329 
1530 
i53i 
'532 
1533 
1534 
1535 
1536 
1537 
1538 
'539 
1540 

i54i 
1542 
1544 
1545 


Court. 


Evangelic  Liras  

Atliemcs  Pratancute  

Henry  D.  Goodman  

William  Muth  

Margaret  McGuire  

Antonio  Mtizolino  

Jennio  Poppanclion  

Samuel  Samue'man  

John  Duda  

Gottlieb  Tautel  

Monroe  Strever  

Peter  Rolandelli  

Freder'ck  Maydeburg  

Sarah  Berzinsky  

Ph  lip  Marcus. .  

Thomas  Foley  

Gaetano  Ferrane  

Harry  Miller  , 

S.imue!  Rice  

William  Hauptman,  

William   |  .  Steppard   

Catharine  W.  Haries  , 

Christian  Ken-ten  

Fannie  Sheplin  

Kopel  Kalow'sky  

N.ithan  La>sner  

Jeremiah  Sullivan  

Herman  W.  Oster  I 

Abraham  Halpron  

John  H.  Butler  

Frederick  Gerken  

Giovanni  Pirazza  

Charles  Hastedt  

Lazare  Bader  

John  Vooat  

Mencken  &  VVillenbrock  (2  fines)   General 

Manhattan  Fleciric  Light  Company  

John  Doll  I 


Special  Sessions. 


Amount. 


$5  °o 
5  00 
25  00 
25  00 
15  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 
25  00 
25  co 
25  00 
15  00 
25  00 
15  00 
150  00 
25  00 
50  00 
10  00 
5  00 
25  00 
75  co 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
35  co 
200  CO 
50  00 
25  00 
50  00 
25  CO 
25  00 
50  00 
25  00 

50  CO 
50  00 
50  00 
25  00 

2",  OO 


1 43 


[March  21,  1900. 


Datk. 

\ 
1899. 

May  22 
23 

"  26 
"  26 
Oct.  19 
Dec.  18 
18 

Nov.  22 


Department 
Number. 


Name. 


June  20 
27 

27 
27 
27 
27 

27 
27 

27 


Aug. 


1543 
1547 
1548 
1549 
1553 
1555 
1556 
1557 
1558 
1560 

'57i 
1572 

1573 
1574 
1575 
1576 
1577 
1578 
1579 
1580 
1581 
1532 
1583 
15S4 
1585 
1586 
1587 
1588 
■589 
1590 
1591 
1592 
1593 
1594 
1595 
!596 


Court. 


Amount. 


Jacob  Leonhardt   General  Sessions 

Fred.  S.  Meyer  I  " 

Thomas  G.  Patterson  |  " 

New  York  Con.  Steam  Laundry  Company. .  " 

William  Youngs  &  Brother   *' 

Farmers'  Feed  Company   " 

The  Henry  Hermann  Lumber  Company .. .  " 

S.  Ottenberg  Brothers   Supreme.   

S.  Ottenberg   "   

John  McClave   General  Sessions. 


Borough  0/  Brooklyn. 

Thomas  Roulston   Special  Sessions, 

August  Jacobs   " 

Henry  Kohlman  

Frederick  Schriefer   " 

Charles  Binier   " 

JohnH.Witte  

Charles  Schackenberg  

Emil  Baar  

Jacob  Werner  

Heary  Mangels  

William  Schroeder  

Valentine  Schreier  

Christopher  Doscher  

Charles  W.  Meyer  

John  Mauch  

Samuel  Greenberg  

John  Meierdiercks  

William  Beckman  

Henry  Troger  

Michael  Diemer  

Charles  Strubbe  

William  Rommer  , 

Augustus  Krogman  

John  Bardenhagen  

Michael  Retar    

Ernest  Schringer  


$25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  CO 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  OJ 
25  CO 
25  00 


$5,360  00 


$10  00 

10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  oc 
10  00 
10  00 

IO  CO 

10  00 

20  00 
10  00 
10  00 
IO  00 
IO  CO 

25  00 
25  00 
10  00 
25  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 


March  21,  J900.] 


144 


Date. 

Department 
Number. 

Name. 

Court. 

Amount. 

1898. 
Aug.  10 

1597 

Special  Sessions  . . 

$10  00 

"  10 

1598 

.  .  •  _  1  1      A        T  ">  1  

10  00 

"  10 

1599 

10  00 

"  10 

1600 

Mw.k^^i  u    c; ■  i , .  1 , , , 

10  00 

"  10 

1601 

25  00 

15 

1602 

10  00 

31 

1603 

10  oo 

31 

1604 

10  00 

31 

1605 

10  00 

Sept.  12 

1606 

-f  T  7  ■  1  1  •  T~>  

10  00 

"  12 

1607 

10  00 

19 

1608 

10  00 

19 

i5o9 

10  00 

'9 

1610 

15  00 

"  J9 

1611 

10  00 

"  19 

1612 

15  00 

"  26 

1613 

25  00 

"  26 

1614 

10  00 

"  26 

1615 

20  00 

"  26 

1616 

IT                      TT  ,,.1. 

20  CO 

Oct.  3 

1617 

10  00 

Dec.  12 

1619 

10  00 

"  12 

1620 

10  00 

"  12 

1621 

10  00 

"  12 

1622 

10  00 

"  12 

1623 

» 

10  00 

$635  CO 

Feb.  1 

1020 

$5  00 

"  1 

1629 

5  CO 

"  3 

1630 

5  00 

3 

1631 

5  00 

"  3 

1632 

5  00 

"  3 

1633 

5  00 

3 

1634 

20  00 

June  26 

1638 

ao  00 

26 

1639 

10  00 

"  28 

1640 

10  00 

"  28 

1641 

10  00 

us 


[March  21,  1900. 


Date. 

^  

Department 
Number. 

Name. 

Court. 

AMOl  NT. 

1899 



June  28 

1642 

Special   Sess  ons  . . 

810  CO 

July  3 

1643 

» 

5  00 

Sept.  11 

1645 

IQ  OO 

"  11 

1646 

Ellerx  G.  Haviland   

IO  OO 

"  ii 

1647 

25  OO 

'*  11 

1648 

IO  CO 

"  11 

1649 

« 

IO  OO 

"  11 

1650 

IO  OO 

"  11 

1651 

10  00 

25 

1652 

10  00 

"  25 

1653 

10  00 

25 

1654 

« 

25  00 

"  11 

1655 

10  00 

"  11 

1656 

10  00 

Oct.  13 

1657 

25  00 

"  13 

1658 

10  00 

16 

1659 

10  00 

"  20 

1660 

« 

5  00 

"  20 

1661 

25  00 

27 

1662 

10  00 

27 

1663 

10  00 

27 

1664 

10  00 

30 

1665 

10  00 

Dec.  4 

1000 

A  „  J               O  ^  J  ^ 1 1 

10  00 

4 

1669 

William  Puis  

10  00 

-  4 

1670 

10  00 

"  29 

167I 

50  00 

29 

1672 

50  00 

  S500  00 

WILLIAM  T.  JENKINS,  Secretary. 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  oi  the  Trustees  of  the  Health  Department  Pension  Fund  for  the 
sum  of  six  thousand  four  hundred  and  ninety-five  dollars  ($6,495),  heing  the  amount  ot  fines  for 
violations  of  Sanitary  Code  or  Health  Laws  imposed  and  collected  by  Supreme  Courts,  Courts  of 
General  Sessions  and  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan 
and  Brooklyn,  as  per  statement  herewith,  and  payable  to  the  Trustees  of  said  Pension  Fund  pur- 
suant to  section  1332  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


March  2t,  1900.] 


146 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution,  relative  to  fines  for  viola 
tions  of  Agricultural  Law  : 

March  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

.  Sir — The  following  fines  for  violations  ol  Agricultural  Law  (chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893),  were 
imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  February, 


1900,  viz.  : 

Feb.  2.  Henry  J.  Bohlen   $75  00 

"    13.  Nicholas  Bose   25  00 

"    13.  Theodore  Valentine   25  co 

"    14.  John  Smith   250  00 

"    16.  Edward  Dolan. .     .   15000 

"    20.  Owen  Melaney   50  00 

"    26.  Daniel  Reeves     25  00 

'*    27.  Frank  K.  Eddy   75  00 

  $675  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn — 
1900. 

Jan.  24.  Benjamin  Luhrs   $50  00 

Feb.  5.  Henry  Gerken    25  00 

"     5.  Joseph  Hand    25  oc 

"     7.  Christian  B.  Postal   25  00 

9.  John  Bishoff   25  00 

"     9.  Melchi  McGloin     25  00 

9.  Henry  H.  Denef   25  00 

"     9.  George  Schnorr   25  00 

"     9.  Fred.  Monsees   25  00 

"     9.  Christian  Jensen..    25  00 

"     9.  Henry  Ohlmann   25  00 

"     9.  Patrick  McCabe   25  00 

"     9.  Morris  Jacober    25  00 

"    14.  Charles  Block   25  00 

"    23.  Patrick  Downey   100  00 

"    23.  Jeremiah  C.  Kirwan   25  00 

  500  00 

In  the  Borough  of  Richmond  — 
1899. 

Dec.  28.  Henry  Mayo   50  00 

In  the  Borough  of  Queens — 
1900. 

Feb.  13.  James  White   25  00 


$1,250  00 

The  total  amount  of  the  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt.  Pursuant  to  section  9  of  chapter 
338  of  the  Laws  of  1893,  one-half  of  the  above  fines  is  payable  to  the  State,  the  residue  is  payable 
to  the  Pension  Funds  of  the  Police  and  Fire  Departments  and  the  General  Fund  of  the  City. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


147 


[March  21,  190c. 


Resolved, That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lafs^being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violation  of  Agricultural  Law  imposed  and  collected  by  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  boroughs  of  Manhattan,  Brooklyn, 
Richmond  and  Queens,  in  the  months  of  January  and  February,  as  per  statement  attached,  for 
deposit  in  the  City  Tieasury  to  the  credit  of  "State  Agricultural  Law  Fines  "  for  distribution, 
pursuant  to  section  9  of  chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  on  the  west  side  of  Hausman  street,  south  of  Nassau  avenue,  Borough  ot 
Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  January  27,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter, 
from  D.  F.  Maker,  of  the  plot  of  ground  on  the  west  side  of  Hausman  street,  260  feet  south  of 
Nassau  avenue,  consisting  of  Lots  Nos.  41  to  53,  both  inclusive,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  with 
the  stable  to  be  erected  thereon,  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  submitted  by  Mr.  Maher, 
for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  comple- 
tion and  acceptance  of  the  said  stable,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $3,000,  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor 
to  pay  all  taxes  and  all  ground-water  taxes  during  the  term  of  the  lease,  the  City  to  pay  for  all 
the  water  used  on  the  premises  ;  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  another  term  of  five  years  on 
the  same  terms  and  conditions. 

Mr.  Maher  proposes  to  build  the  stable,  for  which  he  has  furnished  the  accompanying  plans 
and  specifications  within  3001"  40  days  from  the  time  of  notice  that  your  Board  has  given  its  consent 
as  herein  requested. 

The  location  of  the  said  stable  in  the  Greenpoint  portion  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  would 
be  very  convenient  for  a  stable  for  this  Department. 

Respectfully  yours, 

F.  M.  GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
designated  with  full  powers  of  the  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

March  19,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir— F.  M.  Gibson,  Deputy  and  Acting  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communica- 
tion under  date  of  January  27,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter,  to  enter  into  a  lease  with  D.  F.  Maher, 
of  No.  60  Eagle  street,  Brooklyn,  for  a  plot  of  land  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Hausman  street, 
south  of  Nassau  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  the  lessor  to  erect  thereon  within  forty  days 
after  the  lease  is  signed  a  stable,  office  building,  sheds  and  fences  according  to  the  plans  and 
specifications  submitted  herewith.  Terms  :  Five  (5)  years  from  date  of  completion  and  acceptance 
of  stables,  with  privilege  of  five  (5)  years  renewal,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $3,000,  payable  quarterly. 


March  21,  1900.] 


148 


The  lessor  to  pay  taxes  and  ground-water  taxes  and  the  lessee  to  pay  for  water  used  on  the 
premises. 

As  the  description  of  the  property  and  the  specification  as  furnished  were  faulty,  I  have  had 
Mr.  Maher  correct  the  same,  and  he  has  also  made  a  new  offer  in  regard  to  the  premises  as  fol- 
lows :  To  lease  to  the  City  a  plot  of  land  250  feet  by  100  feet,  situated  on  the  west  side  of 
Hausman  street,  100  feet  south  of  Nassau  avenue,  and  to  build  thereon. 

1st.  A  two-story  and  cemented  cellar  frame  stable,  132  feet  by  100  feet,  to  contain  167  stalls 
on  the  ground  floor. 

2d.  A  one-story  frame  office  building,  20  feet  by  30  feet. 

3d.  200  running  feet  of  sheds,  18  feet  deep  and  16  feet  high. 

4th.  98  feet  of  six-foot  tight  board  fence,  with  gate  ;  all  as  shown  on  plans  and  specifications 
submitted. 

Terms — Five  (5)  years  from  date  of  completion  and  acceptance  of  buildings,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  $2,500,  with  a  privilege  of  renewal  for  five  (5)  years  on  the  same  terms.  The  lessor  to 
pay  all  taxes  and  ground  and  water  taxes  and  the  lessee  to  pay  for  water  used  on  the  premises. 

Mr.  Maher  also  submits  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  improvements,  as  follows  : 


Stable  (fifteen  thousand  and  five  hundred  dollars)   $15,500  00 

Office  (one  thousand  and  fifty  dollars)   1,050  00 

Shed  and  fences  (fifteen  hundred  dollars)   1,500  00 

Excavating  (five  hundred  dollars)   500  00 

Total   $18,550  00 

Value  of  land,  i2l/2  lots  20  feet  by  100  feet,  at  $600.   7,500  00 


Total   $26,050  00 


I  consider  the  estimated  amounts  as  given  above  to  be  somewhat  excessive,  and,  in  my 
opinion,  $25,000  is  a  liberal  estimate,  and  will  be  ample  to  cover  the  cost  of  the  investment.  A 
rental  of  $2,000  per  annum,  which  is  8  per  cent,  on  the  above,  would  appear  to  me  to  be  just  and 
reasonable. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  D.  F.  Maher,  of  the  plot  of 
land  250  feet  by  100  feet,  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Hausman  street,  ico  feet  south  of  Nassau 
avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  together  with  buildings  to  be  erected  thereon  in  accordance  with 
plans  and  specifications  furnished  to  this  Board,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  comple- 
tion and  acceptance  of  said  buildings,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000), 
payable  quarterly,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  five  years  on  the  same  terms,  the  lessor  to 
pay  all  taxes  and  ground-water  taxes,  and  the  lessee  to  pay  for  water  used  on  the  premises — the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made.  ( 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


149 


[March  21,  1900. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Charities  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  622  Water  street,  Borough  of  Manahttan  ; 

New  York,  March  19,  1900. 
To  the  Honorable  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  Mr.  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Secretary  : 

Gentlemen— The  lease  of  the  premises,  No.  622  Water  street,  used  by  this  Department  as  a 
stable  in  connection  with  Gouverneur  Hospital,  expires  May  I,  1900.  I  desire  to  renew  the  same 
for  one  year  from  that  date,  and  at  the  same  rate  ;  namely,  $1,200  per  annum. 

I  hereby  make  application  to  your  Honorable  Board  for  permission  to  renew  this  lease  for 
the  period  named. 

Yours  truly, 

JOHN  W.  KELLER,  Commissioner. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  'is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  of  premises  No.  622  Water  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the 
use  of  the  Department  of  Public  Charities,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  ($1,200)  and  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in 
the  existing  lease  thereof ;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and 
reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  additional  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  the  change  in  the  plan  for  the 
improvement  of  the  water-front  on  the  North  river,  from  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth  to  One 
Plundred  and  Thirty-fourth  streets  (see  minutes  of  meeting  December  28,  1899,  page  497.) 

March  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Referring  to  my  letters  of  December  1,  1899,  and  December  6,  1899,  relative  to  the 
improvement  of  the  water-front  on  the  North  river,  extending  from  the  southerly  side  of  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth  street  to  the  northerly  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street, 
I  reported  that  I  could  see  no  reason  for  making  the  pier  at  the  foot  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty- 
first  street  as  wide  as  125  feet. 

After  an  interview  recently  with  the  Engineer-in-Chief  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and 
Ferries,  Mr.  J.  A.  Bensel,  he  took  the  plans  for  the  purpose  of  amendment,  and  on  March  15,  1900* 
returned  them  with  the  following  remark  on  the  pier  foot  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-first  street, 
viz.  :  "  Pier  within  these  lines  not  to  be  over  80  feet  in  width,'1  over  the  initials  of  the  President. 

If  this  correction  be  sufficient  in  form,  as  I  have  no  objection  to  offer,  I  think  the  plans  may 
be  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  consent  to  and  approve  of 
the  change  in  the  plan  for  the  improvement  of  the  water-front  on  the  North  river,  from  One. 


March  21,  1900.]  t 


Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth  to  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan,  as  amended,  and  as  requested  by  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  the  renewal  of  a  lease  of  premises  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Varick  and  Vestry  streets,  Bor- 
ough of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  February  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wvck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  0/  Commissioners  oj  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease,  pursuant  to 
section  541  of  the  Charter,  from  Charles  H.  Simmons,  of  the  store  on  the  southwest  corner  of 
Varick  and  Vestry  streets,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  two  (2)  years  from  May  1, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $720,  otherwise  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in 

the  existing  lease. 

Mr.  Simmons  declines  to  renew  the  above  lease  except  at  this  increased  rent. 

Respectfully  yours, 

PERCIVAL  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

March  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Percival  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under 
date  of  February  13,  19CO,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund  "for  a  renewal  of  the  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter,  from  Charles  H. 
"  Simmons,  of  the  store  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Varick  and  Vestry  streets,  in  the  Borough  01 
"  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  two  (2)  years,  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $720,  other- 
"  wise  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease." 

These  premises  are  now  leased  by  the  City  for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  $600,  and  were  the  subject  of  an  examination  and  report  by  me  when  originally 
leased,  March  1,  1898. 

T  have  sent  to  the  office  of  Mr.  Simmons  in  order  to  confer  with  him,  but  was  unable  to  see 
him,  and  have  also  written  him  to  call  at  this  office,  without  receiving  any  reply. 

I  do  not  consider  that  a  renewal  should  be  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  at  a  higher  rental  than  that  paid  at  present,  unless  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  is 
unable  to  secure  other  quarters  in  the  vicinity,  at  $600  per  annum. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from 
Charles  H.Simmons,  of  the  store  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Varick  and  Vestry  streets,  Borough 
of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred 
dollars  (s6oo),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease— 


(March  21,  1900. 


the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  tent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interest  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  at  No.  722  Fifth  street,  Borough  oi  Manhattan  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  on  March  7,  1900,  reciting  the  neces- 
sity for  re-leasing  the  parlor  floor  of  No.  722  Fifth  street,  which  is  used  as  an  annex  to  Public 
School  15,  and  requesting  the  Board  of  Education  to  take  the  necessary  steps  to  renew  the  lease, 
respectfully  reports  that  the  Borough  Superintendent  has  reported  that  the  floor  in  question  is  now 
occupied  by  forty  children,  and  if  not  re-leased  these  children  will  be  without  school  accommoda- 
tions, as  the  Primary  Department  of  Public  School  15  now  has  six  part-time  classes  and  is  com- 
pelled to  refuse  all  applicants  for  admission. 

In  view  of  the  necessities  of  the  case,  the  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  parlor  floor  of  No.  722  Fifth 
street,  used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  15,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  one  year  from  May  1, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  seven  hundred  and  eighty  dollars.  The  other  terms  to  be  the  same 
as  the  present  lease. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held 
on  March  14,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  -Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Falk  Rhonheimer,  of  the  parlor  floor  of  premises  No.  722 
Fifth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  seven  hundred  and  eighty  dollars  (S780),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as 
contained  in  the  existing  lease— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent 
fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  che  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to 
an  amendment  to  the  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  known  as  "  The  Villa,"  Prohibi- 
tion Park,  Borough  of  Richmond. 
To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings  respectfully  reports  that  the  National  Prohibition  Park  Com- 
pany, owners  of  the  building  known  as  "The  Villa,"  Prohibition  Park,  Borough  of  Richmond, 
leased  for  school  purposes,  declines  to  pay  for  the  water  used  by  the  school,  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  there  is  nothing  contained  in  the  lease  to  that  effect,  and  also  of  the  very  low  rental  received. 


March  21,  1900.] 


152 


This  question  has  been  very  carefully  considered,  and  in  view  of  the  above-mentioned  facts 
your  Committee  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  Department  of  Education  should  pay  for  the  water  con- 
sumed, and  recommends  that  a  clause  to  that  effect  be  insetted  in  the  lease. 

The  following  resolution  is  therefore  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  so  amend  the  lease  of  the  premises  known  as  "  The  Villa,"  Pro- 
hibition Park,  Borough  of  Richmond,  used  for  school  purposes,  as  to  devolve  upon  the  Depart- 
ment of  Education  the  payment  for  water  used  by  the  school. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held  on 
March  14,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  February  3,  1899,  authorizing  a  lease  from  the  National  Prohibition  Park  Company  of 
premises  known  as  "  The  Villa,"  at  Prohibition  Park,  in  the  Borough  of  Richmond,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  amended  by  providing  that  the  City  shall  pay  for  water  used  on  the  premises. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


'Die  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
lease  of  premises  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  (he  Borough  of  Brooklyn  rescinding  its  former  resolution  recommending  the  leasing  of 
the  premises  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  until  June  30,  1900,  and  recom- 
mending that  these  premises  be  leased  until  May  1,  1901,  respectfully  reports  that  on  December 
27th,  1899,  y°ur  committee  presented  a  report  recommending  the  leasing  of  the  premises  in  ques- 
tion upon  the  terms  suggested  by  the  School  Board  (see  Journal,  1899,  page  1536),  which  report 
was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance  for  a  statement  as  to  financial  ability.  The  latter 
committee  reported  on  January  10,  1900  (see  Journal,  1900,  page  17),  that  there  was  financial 
ability  to  enter  into  a  lease  for  the  said  premises,  and  the  Board  thereupon  adopted  the  report 
presented  by  your  committee. 

The  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  however,  declined  to  authorize  the  lease  for  the 
reason  that  the  amount  of  money  required  to  fit  the  building  for  school  use  was  considered  ex- 
cessive for  the  length  of  time  the  lease  was  to  run. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  School  Board  has  decided  that  the  premises  will  be  required 
until  May  I,  1904,  when  necessary. school  accommodations  will  be  afforded  by  new  buildings, 
your  committee  is  of  the  opinion  that  this  term  of  lease  will  overcome  the  objections  raised  by 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  the  following  resolutions  are  therefore  offered  for 
adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  action  taken  by  this  Board  on  January  10,  1900,  recommending  the 
leasing  of  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  until  June  30,  1900,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  rescinded  ;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execule  a  iease  of  the  building  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue, 


153 


[March  21,  1900. 


Borough  of  Brooklyn,  until  May  I,  1901,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  twenty  dollars;  the  owner,  Henry 
Meyer,  to  furnish  water  ;  all  necessary  alterations,  etc.,  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Education. 

>A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  March  15, 
1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

March  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SlR — The  Board  of  Education,  by  resolution  adopted  March  15,  1900,  requested  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn,  until  May  1,  1901,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  $20  ;  the  owner,  Henry  Meyer,  to  furnish 
water  ;  all  necessary  alterations,  etc.,  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Education. 

An  examination  was  made  of  these  premises  at  the  time  when  a  former  resolution  of  the  Board 
of  Education  was  presented  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  I  beg  to  quote  from 
my  report,  under  date  of  January  23,  1900,  as  follows  : 

"  The  premises  consist  of  a  one-story  frame  structure,  20  by  40  feet,  on  the,  plot  of  ground 
25  by  60  feet,  and  are  valued  on  the  tax  books  at  $800. 

"  I  consider  a  full  market  value  for  these  premises  to  be  $1,500,  and  that  a  rental  of  $12.50 
per  month  would  be  adequate." 

The  lease  should  be  drawn  to  date  from  the  day  of  occupation. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  of  the  building  known  as  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the 
Board  of  Education,  for  a  term  from  the  date  of  occupation  until  May  1,  1901,  at  a  monthly 
rental  of  twelve  dollars  and  fifty  cents  ($12.50),  the  owner  to  furnish  water  ;  all  alterations,  etc., 
to  be  made  by  the  City  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair 
and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the 
Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved 
by  the  Corporation  Counsel  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York 
Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 

EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


i55 


[April  20,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE   SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's 
Office,  at  3.30  o'clock  P.M.,  on  Friday,  April  20,  1900. 


Present — Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Deputy-Comptroller  ;  Patrick 
Keenau,  Chamberlain,  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Robert  Muh, 
Chairman,  Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


On  motion  of  the  Deputy-Comptroller  Mr.  Reeves  E.  Selmes  was  unanimously  elected  tempor- 
ary Secretary  of  the  meeting. 


The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  March  21,  1900,  were  read  and  approved. 


The  President  of  the  Council  moved  that  the  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  a  plot  of  land  on 
Hausman  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  be  reconsidered. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  President  of  the  Council  then  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  March 
21,  1900,  approving  of  and  consenting  to  the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street 
Cleaning,  from  D.  F.  Maher,  of  the  plot  of  land  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  by  one  hundred  feet, 
situated  on  the  west  side  of  Hausman  street,  one  hundred  feet  south  of  Nassau  avenue,  together 
with  buildings  to  be  erected  thereon,  in  accordance  with  plans  and  specifications  furnished  to  this 
Board,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  completion  and  acceptance  of  said  buildings,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000),  payable  quarterly,  with  the  privilege  of  a 
renewal  for  five  years  on  the  same  terms,  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  ground  water  taxes,  and 
the  lessee  to  pay  for  water  used  on  the  premises,  be  hereby  rescinded  and  annulled. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


April  20,  1900.J 


156 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  on  bonds  sold  March  22,  1900  : 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — Sealed  proposals  were  received  by  the  Comptroller  at  his  office  on  March  22, 
1900,  after  due  advertisement  in  pursuance  of  law,  for  $4,690,000  of  3^  per  cent.  Corporate 
Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  exempt  from  taxation  (as  hereinafter  more  particularly  described), 
principal  and  interest  payable  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  of  America,  of  the  present 
standard  of  weight  and  fineness. 

Description  of  Stock. 


Amount. 

Title. 

Authority. 

Principal 
Payable. 

Interest 
Payable 
Semi-annually 
on 

$1,000,000  00 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  for 
the  New  East  River' 

I 

Chapter  789  of  the  Laws  of  1895, 
as  amended  ;  sections  169  and 
170  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws 
ot  1897  ;  resolution  ot  the  Board 
of  Fstimate  and  Apportionment 
of  The  City  of  New  York,  adopted 
July  13,  1899,  and  resolution  of 
the  Municipal  Asserrbly,  approved 
by  the  Mayor  December  7,  1899.. 

Nov.  1, 

1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

750,000  00 

r 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York, 
for  a   New  Hall  of" 

Chapters  59  and  793  of  the  Laws  ot 
1897,  sections  169  and  170  of  chap- 
ter 378  of  the  Laws  of  1897,  reso- 
lution of  the  Board  ot  Estimate 
and  Apportionment  of  The  City  of 
New  York,  adopted  February  3, 
1899,  and  resolution  of  the  Munici- 
pal Assembly,  adopted  by  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  August  2, 
1899,  and  by  the  Council  August 
9.  1899  

Nov.  1 

1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

490,000  00 

f 

Corporate  Stock  of  The  j 
City  of  New  York  for  j 
School-houses  and-j 
Sites  therefor  in  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

I 

Sections  48  and  169  of  chapter  378  of 
the  Laws  of  1897 ;  resolution  of 
the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Ap- 
portionment of  The  City  of  New 
York,  adopted  February  15,  1899  ; 
and  resolution  of  the  Municipal 
Assembly  approved  by  the  Mayor 

Nov.  1, 

1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

450,000  00 

f 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  ot  New  York  for  J 
Repaving  Streets  and  j 

I 

Chapter  475  of  the  Laws  of  1895 ; 
sections  169  and  170  of  chapter  378 
of  the  Laws  of  1897  ;  resolution  ot 
the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Appor- 
tionment of  The  City  of  New  York, 
adopted  June  7,  1898,  and  resolu- 
tion of  the  Municipal  Assembly, 
approved  by  the  Mayor  July  26, 
1898  t  

Nov.  1, 

1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

2,000,000  OO 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City   of  New  York, 
for  the   Repaying  of  1 
Streets  j 

Sections  48  and  169  of  chapter  378 
of  the  Laws  of  1897  ;  ard  resolu- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Fstimate  and 
Apportionment  of  The  City  of 
New  York,  adopted  February  3, 
1899  ;  and  resolution  of  the 
Municipal  Assembly,  approved 
by  the  Mayor  October  ti,  1899... 

Nov.  1, 

1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

The  above-described  stock  is  free  and  exempt  from  all  taxation  m  the  State  of  New  York,  except  for  State 
purposes,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  169  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 

77ie  principal  of  and  interest  on  said  s'.ock  are  payable  in  gold  coin  0/  the  United  States  0/  America, 
oj  the  present  standard  0/  weight  and  fineness,  pursuant  to  a  resolution  0/  the  Commissioners  ■>/  the  Sinking 
Fund  adopted  Ju?ie  q,  1898. 


157 


[April  20,  1900. 


Proposals  Received. 


Bidder. 


John  II.  Thompson  

Dunscomb  &  Jennison  

Arthur  S.  Leland  &  Co  

Vermilye  &  Co.,  and  Harvey) 
Fisk  &  Sons  1 

Knickerbocker  Tiust  Company. 

Kuhn,  Loeb  &  Co  

The  People's  Trust  Company. . . 
E.  D.Shepard  &  Co  


J.  &  W.  Seligmar.  &  Co. . . 
Hamilton  Trust  Company. 


Farson,  Leach  &  Co. 


O'Connor  &  Kahler. 


Total. 


Amount  oi 
Deposit. 


$500  00 

24,000  co 

10,000  00 
93,800  00 
10,000  00 

93,800  00 


93,800  00 
20,000  00 


93,8co  00 


10,000  00 


Class  of  Corporate  Stock. 


Any  issue  

For  a  New  Hall  of  Records  

For  repaving  streets  and  avenues  ! 

Any  issue  due  November  1,  1940  

( Whole  or  any  part  of  stock  payable  | 
\    November  1,  1940  j 

Any  issue  


(  AH  or  none  due  November  1,  1940. 
(Or  any  part  of  said  stock  at  110.56. 
Any  issue  due  November  1,  1940  ... 


j  All  or  any  part  maturing  November  \ 
1     i»  i94o  •  / 


For  all  or  none. 
Any  issue  


All  or  any  part. 


Any  issue. 


Amount 


$25,000  00 
750,000  00 
459,000  00 
500,000  00 

4,690,000  00 
500,000  00 

4,690,000  00 

i,coo,ooo  co 
i,ooc,ooo  00 
'  1,000,000  00 
4,690,000  00 
1,000,000  00 
1,000,000  00 
i,ooo,coo  00 
1,000,000  00 
1,690,000  00 
500,000  00 


$25,485,000  00 


The  following  bid  was  accepted 


Bidder. 


Kuhn,  Loeb  &  Co. 


Class  of  Corporate  Stock. 


For  the  New  East  River  Bridge  

For  a  New  Hall  of  Records  

For  School-houses  and  Sites  therefor 
For  Repaying  Streets  and  Avenues.. 
For  Repaving  of  Streets  

Total  


Amount. 


$[,000,000  00 
750,000  00 
490,000  00 
450,000  00 
2, coo, 000  00 


$4,630,0:0  00 


Price 
Per 
$100. 


110.98 
110.98 
110.98 
110.98 
110.98 


Respectfully  submitted, 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  ComDtrollei 


New  York,  March  26,  1900. 
Which  was  ordered  filed. 


April  20,  1900.] 


158 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  brought  up  the  matter  of  the  appropriation  for  improvements  and 
alterations  to  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory,  reported  on  by  the  President  of  the  Council  (see 
Minutes  of  meeting  held  March  21,  1900,  page  103),  who  explained  to  the  Board  more  in  detail 
his  reasons  for  reducing  the  amount  of  the  appropriation.  Thereupon  the  Deputy  Comptroller 
offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  the  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  00  February  16,  [900,  in  regard  to  improvements 
and  alterations  to  the  building  of  the  Fourteenth  Regimeht  Armory,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
with  the  exception  of  the  item  for  the  construction  of  a  new  gallery  on  the  north  side  of  the  drill 
room,  the  estimated  cost  of  which  is  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000),  and 

Resolved,  That,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  means  for  the  payment  thereof,  the  Comptroller 
be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  134,  chapter  212 
of  the  Laws  of  1898,  to  issue  Corporate  Stock  ot  The  City  of  New  York  in  the  manner  provided 
by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  to  the  amount  of  thirty  thousand  dollars 
($30,000),  the  proceeds  whereof  shall  be  applied  to  the  payment  of  the  expenses  aforesaid. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  President  of  the  Council,  one  of  the  Committee  appointed  to  report  upon  the  application 
of  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company  relative  to  the  approaches  to  a  proposed  bridge 
across  the  North  river,  presented  the  following  preliminary  report  (see  Minutes  of  January  16, 
1900,  page  1) : 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — The  undersigned,  one  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  to  report  upon  the  application  of  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company 
for  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  of  the  location  of  the  approaches 
shown  on  the  plan  submitted  with  said  application,  respectfully  report  : 

First — That,  from  an  examination  of  said  plan  of  the  approaches,  it  seems  that  the  bridge  com- 
pany proposes  to  use  eighty  (80)  feet  in  width  of  Twelfth  avenue,  from  a  point  near  West  Fiftieth 
street  to  West  Twenty-ninth  street,  and  the  same  width  of  Thirteenth  avenue,  from  West  Twenty- 
ninth  street  to  a  point  just  beyond  West  Twenty-third  street,  then  crossing  Eleventh  avenue  to 
Tenth  avenue  ;  it  further  proposes  to  use  seventy  (70)  feet  in  width  of  Tenth  avenue  from  the  marg- 
inal street  wharf  or  place  to  a  point  near  Little  West  Twelfth  street  to  Pier  1,  and  also  forty  (40) 
feet  in  width  from  a  point  in  West  Forty-ninth  street  and  along  Twelfth  avenue  to  the  southerly 
line  of  West  Fifty-ninth  street. 

It  further  appears  "that  said  approaches  "  shall  be  constructed  as  an  elevated  structure. 

It  further  appears,  after  due  consideration  of  this  subject,  that  the  application  of  the  bridge 
company  for  the  right  to  use  these  streets  and  avenues  to  build  therein  an  elevated  structure  to 
serve  as  approaches  to  the  bridge  on  which  to  run  railroad  cars  is  none  other  than  an  application 
for  the  grant  of  a  franchise  by  the  City  to  the  bridge  company,  and  is  subject  to  all  the  provisions 
of  the  Charter  regulating  the  granting  of  franchises. 

The  proposition  that  the  grant  should  be  made  without  stated  compensation,  and  instead  that 
the  structure  be  turned  over  to  the  City  at  the  expiration  of  a  long  term  of  years,  should  not  be 
entertained. 


159 


I  April  20,  1900. 


A  fair  compensation  to  the  City  as  the  money  value  for  such  a  privilege  or  franchise  has  in 
other  cases  been  fixed  at  four  (4)  per  centum  of  the  gross  receipts  during  the  first  five  years  of 
^operation  ;  six  (6)  per  centum  of  the  gross  receipts  during  the  second  five  years  of  operation  ;  eight 
(8)  per  centum  of  the  gross  receipts  during  the  third  five  years  of  operation,  and  ten  (10)  per  centum 
of  the  gross  receipts  during  the  remaining  years  of  operation. 

The  province  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  seems  to  be  limited  to  the  approval  or  the 
disapproval  of  the  proposed  approaches  as  specified.  In  the  exercise  of  their  discretion  they  can 
disapprove  any  proposition  because,  in  their  judgment,  it  is  not  in  the  interest  of  the  City  ;  but 
they  cannot  volunteer  to  approve  with  a  condition  attached.  The  extension  of  the  approaches, 
until  in  effect  they  become  an  elevated  railroad  in  the  City,  is  unwarranted  by  the  actual  neces- 
sities of  a  bridge  and  is  a  sufficient  reason  for  disapproving  the  present  application. 

If  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  upon  whom  the  duty  devolves  to  fix  the  pro 
rata  percentage  for  the  privilege  of  the  franchise,  will,  in  their  discretion,  do  so,  then  my  opinion 
is  that  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  can  approve  of  the  proposed  approaches  as  specified 
without  any  payment  whatsoever. 

RANDOLPH  GUGGENHEIMER,  President  of  the  Council. 

Which  was  laid  over. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  Frederick  J.  Swift  relative  to  the 
Gouverneur  Hospital  and  its  acceptance  by  the  City  : 

March  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  of  The  City  of  New  York,  No.  280  Broadway,  N.  Y.  : 

Dear  Sir — On  April  23,  1897,  the  City  of  New  York  made  a  contract  with  the  Mapes-Reeve 
Construction  Company,  as  contractor,  for  the  erection  of  a  hospital  building  at  Gouverneur  slip, 
between  Pearl  and  Water  streets,  in  the  City  of  New  York.  At  the  time  of  the  execution  of  that 
contract,  my  client,  The  City  Trust,  Safe  Deposit  and  Surety  Company  of  Philadelphia  and  the 
American  Surety  Company,  executed  a  bond  for  the  Mapes-Reeve  Construction  Company  to 
guarantee  the  performance  of  said  contract.  The  contract  has  been  completed  for  a  considerable 
length  of  time  and  the  building  erected.  Mr.  John  R.  Thomas,  the  architect,  has,  I  am  informed, 
given  his  certificate  as  to  the  completion  thereof.  The  building  has  been  examined  by  an 
inspector  from  Commissioner  Kearny  and  has  been  passed  as  completed  and  accepted.  I  am 
also  informed  that  an  engineer  from  your  own  Department  has  inspected  the  building  and 
accepted  it. 

In  the  latter  part  of  last  year  the  Mapes-Reeve  Construction  Company  failed  and  went  into 
the  hands  of  a  receiver,  since  wh'ch  time  the  above  surety  companies,  together  with  the  United 
States  Fidelity  and  Guaranty  Company  and  the  American  Bonding  and  Trust  Company,  who 
are  also  on  bonds  of  the  Mapes-Reeve  Construction  Company,  have  been  endeavoring  to 
straighten  out  the  matters  and  affairs  of  said  construction  company.  One  of  those  matters  is  the 
acceptance  of  said  building  by  The  City  of  New  York,  and  that  the  City  shall  take  possession  of 
the  same.  My  own  surety  company  has  been  for  some  time  paying  day  and  night  watchmen  to 
look  after  the  same  and  protect  it  from  injury. 

Commissioner  Kearny,  I  understand,  claims  that  his  jurisdiction  terminates  with  the  com- 
pletion of  said  building  and  its  acceptance  by  the  City,  and  that  the  building  is  finally  to  go  to 
Commissioner  Keller  of  the  Department  of  Charities.  As  I  understand  it  from  Mr.  F.  H.  Rteve, 
the  Treasurer  of  the  Mapes-Reeve  Construction  Company,  Commissioner  Keller  says  that  he 
cannot  take  the  building  without  the  sanction  and  direction  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  what  I  wish 
to  bring  to  your  attention  at  the  present  moment  is  that  some  action  shall  be  taken  by  the  Sinking 
Fund  so  as  to  accept  said  building  and  turn  it  over  to  the  proper  authority,  so  that  the  surety 


April  20,  1900.] 


160 


companies  on  the  bond  may  ascertain  whether  they  are  relieved  from  liability  in  connection 
therewith  and  the  affairs  of  the  Mapes-Reeve  Construction  Company  to  that  extent  be  determined 
and  settled. 

For  these  reasons  I  respectfully  ask  that  you  will  take  this  matter  up  with  the  proper  officer 
of  your  Department,  and  bring  it  to  the  attention  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  their  next  meeting, 
which  I  understand  is  to  be  held  on  Wednesday,  and  see  that  the  proper  action  is  taken  by  said 
Committee. 

Yours  very  truly, 

F.  J.  SWIFT. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engi- 
neer of  the  Department  of  Finance  and  communication  from  the  Department  of  Public  Build- 
ings, Lighting  and  Supplies  : 

March  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir —Mr.  Frederick  J.  Swift,  in  communication  of  March  20,  1900,  relative  to  the  Gouver- 
neur  Hospital  building,  and  its  acceptance  by  the  City,  says  that  "  the  contract  "  (with  the 
Mapes-Reeve  Construction  Company)  "  has  been  completed  for  a  considerable  length  of  time  and 
the  building  erected,"  and  he  asks  that  "  some  action  shall  be  taken  by  the  Sinking  Fund,  so  as 
to  accept  said  building  and  turn  it  over  to  the  proper  authority." 

The  final  certificate  on  the  acceptance  of  the  work  has  not  yet  been  forwarded  to  this 
Department  by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  under  whose  direc- 
tion the  work  is  executed,  and  until  his  final  action  be  taken,  I  do  not  think  that  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  can  properly  do  anything  towards  the  acceptance  of  the  work. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

New  York,  March  27,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  No.  280  Broadway,  City  : 

Dear  Sir— This  Department  is  in  receipt  of  a  communication  from  your  office  of  the  26th 
instant,  signed  by  Mr.  Edgar  J.  Levey,  .Deputy  Comptroller,  making  inquiry  as  to  the  date  of 
acceptance  by  this  Department  of  the  new  Gouverneur  Hospital  building. 

In  reply,  the  writer  is  inlormed  by  the  Inspector  of  this  Department  that  the  building  has 
been  completed  and  is  satisfactory  to  this  Department,  but  that  the  time  consumed  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  same  amounted  to  350  days  over  the  time  specified  in  the  contract,  for  which  a 
penalty  of  $50  per  day  should  be  exacted  as  per  the  terms  of  the  contract,  which  would  amount  to 
$17,500.  I  am  also  informed  that  there  are  some  reasons  why  this  penalty  for  the  350  days  should 
not  be  imposed,  and  that  the  same  has  been  the  subject  of  many  conferences  between  Commis- 
sioner Kearny  and  the  contractor,  but  that  so  far  no  definite  settlement  has  been  reached.  On 
February  27  the  following  letter  was  addressed  by  Commissioner  Kearny  to  the  contractor,  the 
Mapes-Reeve  Construction  Company,  No.  150  Nassau  street,  to  which  no  answer  has  been 
received  : 

"  The  architect's  certificate  for  the  final  payment  on  the  Gouverneur  Hospital  has  been  in 
"  this  office  for  some  time,  and  my  recollection  is  that  the  last  interview  the  writer  had  with  your 
"  representative  was  that  he  claimed  he  could  show  that  a  large  part  of  the  delay  in  the  work 
"  was  caused  by  the  orders  and  action  of  the  former  Department  of  Public  Works,  and  he  was  to 
"  supply  the  necessary  information  to  prove  the  said  statement.  Since  then  nothing  has  been 
"  heard  from  you  on  the  subject. 


161  [April  20,  1900 

.  "  It  is  my  desire  to  close  this  matter  up,  and  I  cannot  see  my  way  clear  Jo  recommend  that 
*,'vthe  entire  penalty  for  overtime  be  waived. 

"  You  will  please  furnish  what  evidence  you  have  to  substantiate  your  claim  for  overtime  at 
"  an  early  date    *    *  *." 

Very  truly  yours, 

PETER  J.  DOOLING,  Acting  Commissioner. 

Which  were  ordered  filed. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  amend  the  resolution  adopted 
February  23,  1900,  authorizing  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  certain  property  on  Columbia 
street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1900,  authorizing  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  certain  property  on  Columbia 
street,  between  Baltic  and  Harrison  streets,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  amended  by  describing  the  property  as  on  the  "easterly  "  side  of  Columbia  street,  instead 
of  the  "  westerly  "  side,  as  in  the  resolution  ;  and 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisal  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price  for  said  property  heretofore 
fixed  at  two  hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars  ($266)  be  and  the  same  is  in  all  respects  ratified  and 
affirmed. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries 
relative  to  the  improvement  of  the  water-front  on  East  river,  between  Thirty-fourth  and  Forty- 
second  streets : 

New  York,  March  26,  1900. 

Edgar  J.  Levy,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Docks,  held  the  23d  instant,  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  new  plans  submitted  by  the  Engineer-in-Chief  for  the  improvement  of 
the  water-front  between  the  north  side  of  East  Thirty-fourth  street  and  the  north  side  of  East 
Forty-second  street,  East  river,  be  and  is  hereby  adopted  by  this  Board,  and  the  Secretary  directed 
to  transmit  same  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval." 

Yours  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  BURKE,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engi- 
neer of  the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

March  31,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries,  in  communication  of  March  26,  1900,  incloses 
the  following  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Docks  on  the  23d  instant  : 

M  Resolved,  That  the  new  plans  submitted  by  the  Engineer-in-Chief  for  the  improvement  of 
"  the  water-front  between  the  north  side  of  East  Thirty-fourth  street  and  the  north  side  of  East 


April  20,  1900.]   '  162 

"  Forty-second  street,  East  river,  be  and  is  hereby  adopted  by  this  Board,  and  the  Secretary 
"  directed  to  transmit  same  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval." 

I  see  no  reason  why  the  plans  should  not  receive  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  the  new  plans  for 
the  improvement  of  the  water-front  between  the  north  side  of  East  Thirty-fourth  street  and  the 
north  side  of  East  Forty-second  street,  East  river,  as  requested  by  the  Department  of  Docks  and 
Ferries  in  their  communication  dated  March  26,  1900. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  rela- 
tive to  the  proposed  purchase  of  bulkhead  between  Jefferson  and  Clinton  streets,  East  river, 
together  with  Pier  47,  East  river  : 

New  York,  January  8,  1900. 
Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  transmit  herewith  agreement  duly  executed  by  the  Board  of  Docks  and  Mary  Bell 
for  the  purchase  of  the  bulkhead  between  Jefferson  and  Clinton  streets,  East  river,  together  with 
Pier,  old  47,  East  river. 

Will  you  kindly  submit  same  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval, 
at  the  earliest  possible  date  and  oblige, 

Yours  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  BURKE,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the 
Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  find  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

April  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries,  in  communication  of  January  8,  1900,  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  transmits  an  "  agreement  duly  executed  by  the  Board  of 
"  Docks  and  Mary  Bell  for  the  purchase  of  the  bulkhead  between  Jefferson  and  Clinton  streets, 
"  East  river,  together  with  Pier,  old  47,  East  river." 

The  agreement  is  for  the  purchase  of  "all  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easements,  emoluments 
"  and  privileges  appurtenant  to  the  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street,  between  Jef- 
"  ferson  and  Clinton  streets,  beginning  at  a  point  about  ninety-six  feet  easterly  of  the  easterly  line 
"  of  Jefferson  street,  and  running  thence  easterly  to  a  point  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet 
"  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of  Clinton  street  produced,  including  all  right  and  title  to  the 
"  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easements,  emoluments  and  privileges  appui;tenant  to  Pier,  old  47,  East 
"  river,  not  now  owned  by  The  City  of  New  York,  and  all  right,  title  and  interest  in  and  to  said 
"  pier  or  any  portion  thereof  not  now  owned  by  the  City  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  It  appears  that  Mary  Bell  is  the  owner  in  fee  simple  of  the  above  described 
<;  premises,  together  with  all  hereditaments,  including  the  riparian  and  wharfage  rights, 

"  Resolved,  That  this  Board  offers  to  purchase  the  above-described  premises,  with  all  hered- 
"  itaments  from  the  said  Mary  Bell,  and  to  pay  for  a  good  and  sufficient  title  thereto,  free  from 


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"  all  incumbrances,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  thousand  dollars,  subject  to  the 
''.approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund." 

The  price  is  arrived  at,  as  shown  by  the  letter  of  the  Secretary,  as  follows  : 

One  hundred  and  five  feet  of  bulkhead  at  $200  per  foot   $21,000  00 

Pier  47,  East  river,  14,000  square  feet  at  $11  per  square  foot   154,000  00 

Total   $175,000  00 


The  tax  valuation  of  this  property  is  $40,600,  so  that  the  price  agreed  upon  is  about  four  three- 
tenth  times  this  valuation. 

This  price  appears  to  me  to  be  high,  but  in  view  of  the  improvements  being  carried  out  in 
this  region,  even  at  this  price,  the  value  to  the  City,  when  the  contemplated  improvements  shall 
have  been  completed,  in  increased  rents  for  new  piers  and  bulkheads,  probably  will  be  sufficient 
to  justify  the  purchase  at  the  price  named. 

I  cannot  but  think,  however,  where  there  are  so  many  uncertain  factors  to  be  considered,  that 
all  such  property  should  be  acquired  by  condemnation  proceedings. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  the  agreement, 
dated  the  4th  day  January,  1900,  between  Mary  Bell  and  The  City  of  New  York,  acting  by  the 
Board  of  Docks,  for  the  purchase  of  the  bulkhead  between  Jefferson  and  Clinton  streets,  East 
river,  together  with  Pier,  old  47,  East  river,  at  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  thousand 
dollars  ($175,000). 

Dock  Commissioner  Peter  F.  Meyer  appeared  before  the  Board  and  was  heard  in  regard  to 
the  necessity  for  and  advisability  of  purchasing  this  property  at  private  sale  instead  of  acquiring 
it  by  condemnation  proceedings,  and  stated  his  reasons  for  believing  that  the  purchase  price  was 
reasonable  and  just. 

Whereupon  the  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries 
relative  to  proposed  purchase  of  wharfage  rights  on  South  street,  easterly  of  Market  slip,  East 
river  : 

New  York,  March  9,  1900. 

Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  transmit  herewith  for  consideration  and  approval  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  an  agreement  entered  into  by  this  Department  with  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
Missionary  Society  for  Seamen,  dated  March  2,  1900,  for  the  purchase  of  the  wharfage  rights  of 
said  society,  appurtenant  to  the  51  feet  3  inches  of  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street, 
easterly  of  Market  slip,  East  river. 

Also  an  agreement  entered  into  with  William  Muhlenberg,  dated  March  3,  1900,  for  the 
purchase  of  the  wharfage  rights  appurtenant  to  the  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street, 
beginning  at  a  point  48  feet  westerly  of  the  westerly  line  of  Clinton  street  produced,  and  running 
thence  westerly  a  distance  of  about.  72  feet. 


April  20,  1900.] 


Will  you  kindly  have  the  same  presented  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  as  soon 
as  possible,  and  oblige. 

Yours  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  BURKE,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the 
Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  : 

April  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries,  in  communication  of  March  9,  1900,  transmits 
for  consideration  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  "an  agreement  entered 
"  into  by  this  Department  with  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen, 
"  dated  March  2,  1900,  for  the  purchase  of  the  wharfage  rights  of  said  society  appurtenant  to  the 
"51  feet  3  inches  of  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street,  easterly  of  Market  slip,  East 
"  river. 

"  Also  an  agreement  entered  into  with  William  Muhlenberg,  dated  March  3,  1900,  for  the  pur- 
"  chase  of  the  wharfage  rights  appurtenant  to  the  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street, 
"  beginning  at  a  point  48  feet  westerly  of  the  westerly  line  of  Clinton  street  produced,  and  running 
"  thence  westerly  a  distance  of  about  72  feet."  . 

The  agreement  with  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society  is  "  for  the  purchase  of 
"  bulkhead,  wharf  and  dock  property  on  the  south  side  of  South  street,  commencing  at  a  point 
"  329  feet  10  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  side  of  Market  slip  produced,  and  extending  easterly 
"  along  the  southerly  side  of  South  street  a  distance  df  51  feet  3  inches,  more  or  less,  for  the  sum 
"  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  ($250)  dollars  per  lineal  foct  ;  provided,  however,  that  a  good  and 
"  sufficient  title,  in  all  respects,  to  the  said  property,  together  with  all  rights,  terms,  easements  and 
"  privileges  pertaining  thereto  and  connected  therewith  can  be  acquired  by,  conveyed  to  and 
"  vested  in  Hie  City  of  New  York,  free  from  all  incumbrances,  subject,  however,  to  the  approval 
"  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

"  Resolved,  That  permission  be  and  hereby  is  granted  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
"  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen,  in  the  City  and  Port  of  New  York,  to  moor  a  floating  church 
"  in  the  vicinity  of  Pike  slip,  East  river,  at  a  location  to  be  hereafter  designated  by  the  Board  of 
"  Docks,  and  upon  the  completion  of  the  work  of  improvement  under  the  New  Plan,  permission 
"  be  and  hereby  is  granted  said  society  to  moor  the  present  church  or  a  church  which  may  here- 
"  after  be  constructed  by  it,  at  a  point  on  said  bulkhead- wall  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of 
"  Docks,  the  privilege  to  continue  only  during  the  pleasure  of  said  Board  ;  all  the  expense  of 
"  moving  the  present  or  future  church,  driving  piles  for  the  protection  thereof,  shall  be  done  at 
"  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries,  the  said  society  shall  pay  as 
"  compensation  for  the  use  of  said  berth  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  per  annum,  payable 
"  yearly  at  the  end  of  each  year  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  Department,  commencing  from  the  time 
"  berth  is  assigned  to  said  society." 

The  agreement  with  William  Muhlenberg  is  to  purchase  "  all  his  right,  title  and  interest  in 
"  and  to  the  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easements,  hereditaments  and  privileges  appertaining  to  the 
"  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street,  beginning  at  a  point  about  48  feet  westerly  of 
"  the  westerly  line  of  Clinton  street  produced,  and  running  thence  westerly  along  the  southerly 
"  side  of  South  street  about  72  feet,  for  the  sum  of  thirteen  thousand  dollars,  lawful  money  of 
"  the  United  States  of  America,  or  by  warrant  on  the  City  Treasury  ior  that  amount." 

The  consideration  is  a  little  over  $180  per  foot  and  approaches  a  reasonable  limit  of  value. 
The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  property  appears  to  me  very  high,  but  in  view  of  the  improve- 
ments being  carried  out  at  this  point,  even  at  the  prices  named,  the  value  to  the  City,  when  the 


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contemplated  improvements  shall  have  been  completed,  in  increased  rents,  etc.,  probably  will  be 
Sufficient  to  justify  the  purchases  at  the  prices  named. 

I  cannot  but  think,  however,  where  there  are  so  many  uncertain  factors  to  be  considered, 
that  all  such  property  should  be  acquired  by  condemnation  proceedings. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Which  was  laid  over. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department 
of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  the  construction  of  a  station-house, 
prison  and  stable  for  the  Police  Department,  upon  a  plot  of  land  on  Sedgwick  avenue,  Borough 
of  The  Bronx  : 

April  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Police  Department,  in  communication  of  March  20,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund,  inclose  the  following  preambles  and  resolution,  together  with  the  plans, 
form  of  contract  and  specifications  : 

Whereas,  The  Board  of  Police  of  the  Police  Department  of  the  City  of  New  York  adopted 
a  resolution  at  its  meeting,  held  on  June  2,  1897,  declaring  that,  in  its  opinion,  it  was  necessary 
that  additional  buildings  should  be  constructed  for  the  purpose  of  a  station-house,  prison  and 
stable  for  patrol  wagon  for  the  Thirty-first  Police  Precinct  (now  the  Thirty-fourth  Precinct)  ;  and 

Whereas,  Thereafter  such  proceedings  were  had  by  the  said  Board  of  Police  and  the  Comp- 
troller of  The  City  of  New  York  and  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  which  resulted  in  the  purchase  of  a  plot  of  land  situate  on  Sedgwick  avenue,  about 
one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  feet  north  of  Wolf  street,  for  the  erection  of  the  said  station-house, 
prison  and  stable  for  patrol  wagon,  and  the  title  to  said  plot  of  land  being  now  in  The  City  of 
New  York  ;  and 

Whereas,  Thereafter,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board,  held  on  the  24th  day  of  February, 
1899,  a  resolution  was  adopted  requesting  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  to  authorize 
the  issue  of  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  amount  of  ninety  thousand  dollars, 
for  the  purpose  of  erecting  upon  the  said  plot  of  land  hereinbefore  stated  a  station-house,  prison 
and  patrol  wagon  stable  for  the  said  Thirty-first  Police  Precinct,  now  known  and  designated  as 
the  Thirty-fourth  Police  Precinct  ;  and 

Whereas,  The  said  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  by  resolution  adopted  on  Septem- 
ber 15,  1899,  authorized  the  issue  of  the  said  Corporate  Stock,  and  the  action  of  the  Board  of 
Estimate  having,  by  ordinance  duly  adopted  by  the  Municipal  Assembly  on  December  30,  1899, 
been  approved  ;  and 

Whereas,  The  Police  Board  of  The  City  of  New  York  has  caused  to  be  prepared  the  neces- 
sary plans  for  the  erection  of  the  buildings,  to  wit,  station-house,  prison,  mounted  stables  and 
patrol-wagon  stables  ;  it  is,  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  plans  so  prepared  be  transmitted  to  and  submitted  for  the  approval  of  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York,  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  ■ 
chapter  495  of  the  Laws  of  1895. 

I  have  examined  the  plans  and  find  them  very  complete. 

The  specifications  are  in  great  detail  and  fully  describe  the  work  to  be  done. 
These  plans  and  specifications  are  for  a  station-house,  prison  and  stable  for  what  is  known  as 
the  Thirty-fourth  Police  Precinct. 


April  20,  1900.] 


The  station-house  is  a  building  three  stories  in  height,  50  by  90  feet,  of  fireproof  construction 
enroughout.  The  front  is  to  be  of  granite  to  top  of  first  story,  the  remainder  to  be  of  selected 
brick  with  terra-cotta  trimmings. 

Back  of  the  station-house  is  the  prison,  49  feet  6  inches  by  30  feet,  one  story  in  height,  and 
the  stable  50  feet  6  inches  by  5 1  feet,  one  story,  with  toilet  and  wash  rooms  over  part  of  the 
prison  making  this  part  two  stories. 

There  is  a  basement  under  the  northerly  part  of  the  main  building  for  storage,  boiler-room, 

etc. 

All  these  buildings  are  on  a  plot  100  feet  square. 

The  arrangement  of  the  buildings  appears  to  me  to  be  judicious  and  the  construction  through- 
out, according  to  specifications,  will  be  of  the  highest  class. 

The  building  will  be  heated  by  steam  by  direct  radiation,  and  will  be  lighted  by  gas  and 
electricity. 

Chapter  495,  Laws  of  1895,  requires  that  the  plans  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval  "  and  upon  the  approval  of  said  commissioners  *  *  * 
"  of  said  plans  the  said  board  of  police  shall  proceed  with  the  construction  of  the  building  or 
"buildings.  The  work  of  construction  *  *  *  shall  be  done  by  contract  made  at  public 
"  letting  to  the  lowest  bidder." 

In  my  opinion,  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  may  properly  be 
given. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  permission  be  and  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Board  of  Police  of  the  Police 
Department  to  erect  and  construct  a  station-house,  prison  and  stable  for  the  Thirty-fourth  Police 
Precinct,  upon  a  plot  of  land  situate  on  Sedgwick  avenue,  about  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
feet  north  of  Wolf  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  the  title  to  said  plot  of  land  being  now  in  The 
City  of  New  York  ;  and 

Resolved,  That  the  plans  and  specifications  for  said  building  transmitted  to  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Police  adopted  March  29, 
1900,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  approved. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolutions  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  the  construction  of  a  station-house,  prison 
and  stables  for  the  Police  Department  upon  a  plot  of  land  on  Liberty  avenue,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn  : 

April  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comp'trolZer  : 

Sir — The  Police  Department,  in  communication  April  11,  19OQ,  to  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund,  incloses  the  following  preambles  and  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Police  Board, 
April  II,  1900  : 

"  Whereas,  The  late  City  of  Brooklyn  purchased  certain  real  estate  situate  in  said  city,  and 
"  being  on  the  southerly  line  or  side  of  Liberty  avenue,  at  a  point  distant  forty  feet  westerly  from 
"  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Liberty  avenue  and  Thatford  avenue  ;  and  the  title  to  the  said  land 
"  having  been  conveyed  to  the  city  by  deed,  made  by  Anna  Leinfelder  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn, 


[April  20,  J900. 


"  dated  November  25,  1896,  and  which  is  recorded  in  the  Register's  office  of  Kings  County,  in 
"  liber  5,  page  499  of  Conveyances  ;  in  section  12,  Biock  3500,  November  27,  1896  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  The  purchase  of  said  land  was  made  as  provided  for  by  chapter  204  of  the  Laws 
"  of  1892,  and  was  so  purchased  and  acquired  by  the  said  City  of  Brooklyn  for  the  purpose  of 
"  erecting  thereon  a  station-house  for  the  Police  Department  of  said  city  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  Thereafter,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  of  The  City  of  New  York, 
"  held  on  the  24th  day  of  February,  1899,  a  resolution  was  adopted  requesting  the  Board  of 
"  Estimate  and  Apportionment  to  authorize  the  issue  of  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New 
"  York,  to  the  amount  of  eighty-five  thousand  dollars  ($85,000),  for  the  purpose  of  erecting 
"  upon  the  said  plot  of  land  hereinbefore  stated  a  station-house,  prison  and  patrol-wagon  stable 
"  for  the  Sixty-fifth  Police  Precinct  of  The  City  of  New  York  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  The  said  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  by  resolution  adopted  on 
"  September  15,  1899,  authorized  the  issue  of  the  said  Corporate  Stock,  and  the  action  of  the 
"  said  Board  of  Estimate  having,  by  ordinance  duly  adopted  by  the  Municipal  Assembly  on 
"  December  30,  1899,  been  approved  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  The  Police  Board  of  The  City  of  New  York  has  caused  to  be  prepared  the 
"  necessary  plans  for  the  erection  of  the  buildings,  to  wit  :  station-house,  prison  and  patrol 
"  wagon  stables  ;  it  is  therefore 

"  Resolved,  That  the  plans  and  specifications  so  prepared  be  transmitted  to  and  submitted 
"  for  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York,  pur- 
"  suant  to  the  requirements  of  chapter  495  of  the  Laws  of  1895." 

The  plans  and  specifications  were  also  enclosed. 

I  have  examined  the  plans  and  find  them  very  complete. 

I  also  examined  the  specifications.  They  are  very  full  and  minutely  describe  the  work  to  be 
done. 

The  plans  show  a  three-story  and  basement  brick  building,  of  fire  proof  construction,  of  68 
feet  front  extending  back  56  feet  ;  back  of  which  are  the  prison  of  one  story  and  stable  of 
one  story  and  loft.  Over  part  of  the  prison  is  the  toilet  and  wash-room,  making  this  por- 
tion two  stories  high. 

The  material  of  the  front  is  granite  for  the  first  story  and  selected  brick  with  terra-cotta 
trimmings  for  the  other  two  stories. 

The  basement  provides  space  for  boiler  room,  coal  room,  store  room  and  cleaning  room. 

On  the  first  story  are  the  muster  room,  sitting  room,  captain's  room,  with  toilet  and  bath 
room,  detective's  room  and  matron's  room. 

The  second  story  is  used  as  a  dormitory,  with  twenty-nine  beds,  and  rooms  for  sergeants  and 
detectives,  with  toilet  room,  wash  room  and  bath  rooms  over  the  prison. 

The  third  story  is  used  for  dormitory  purposes. 

The  buildings  will  be  heated  by  direct  radiation  partly  by  steam  and  partly  by  hot  water, 
and  will  be  lighted  by  gas  and  electricity. 

The  plans  and  specifications  call  for  the  best  construction,  and  I  think  they  may  properly 
receive  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  as  required  by  chapter  495  of  the 
Laws  of  1895. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  permission  be  and  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Board  of  Police  of  the  Police 
Department  to  erect  and  construct  a  station-house,  prison  and  patrol  wagon  stables  for  the  Sixty- 
fifth  Police  Precinct  upon  a  plot  of  land  on  the  southerly  line  or  side  of  Liberty  avenue  at  a  point 


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distant  forty  feet  westerly  from  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Liberty  avenue  and  Thatford  avenue, 
in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  the  title  to  said  plot  of  land  being  now  in  The  City  of  New  York  ;  and 

Resolved,  That  the  plans  and  specifications  for  said  building,  transmitted  to  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Police,  adopted  April 
II,  1900,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  approved. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution 
relative  to  a  lease  of  a  stable  in  the  rear  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Precinct  Station-house  on  West  Eighth 
street,  Coney  Island  : 

March  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — The  Police  Board,  at  a  meeting  held  March  14,  1900,  passed  the  following  resolution  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
"  requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  lease  a  frame  stable,  one  hundred  by  thirty  feet,  con- 
"  taining  sixteen  stalls  and  room  for  patrol  wagon,  from  Mrs.  Paul  Bauer,  situated  in  the  rear  of 
"  the  Sixty-ninth  Precinct  Station-house,  on  West  Eighth  street,  near  Surf  avenue,  Coney  Island, 
"  for  the  sum  and  price  of  three  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  for  a  term  of  two  years,  with 
"  privilege  of  renewal,  the  owner  to  put  said  building  in  proper  repair  for  the  purposes  of  the 
"  Sixty-ninth  Precinct." 

The  premises  described  above  consist  of  a  frame  stable,  with  loft  above,  about  30  by  90  feet, 
situated  on  a  rear  lot  known  as  Lot  No.  7,  Block  635,  of  Ward  31,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and 
entrance  is  had  to  the  same  through  a  ten  foot  alleyway,  running  from  West  Eighth  street  -long 
the  northerly  side  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Precinct  Police  Station  to  the  stable  in  question.  This 
alleyway  is  known  as  Lot  No.  7 A  on  Block  635. 

The  stable  is  a  very  old  structure  and  in  very  bad  repair,  but  I  am  informed  by  Police 
Captain  Kenny,  who  made  the  agreement  with  the  owner,  that  it  will  be  placed  in  good  tenant- 
able  repair  by  April  15,  and  that  Sergeant  O'Brien,  Superintendent  of  Repairs,  deems  that  this 
can  be  satisfactorily  accomplished. 

The  necessary  work  will  consist  in  repairing  the  roof,  which  leaks  badly,  laying  a  new  floor 
throughout,  new  and  suitable  doors  to  replace  the  old  ones,  an  application  of  at  least  two  coats  of 
paint  and  general  carpenter  repairs. 

The  building  will  afford  accommodation  for  seventeen  (17)  horses  and  ample  room  for  the 
patrol  wagon.  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  rental  proposed,  viz.,  $300  per  annum  for  a  term  of 
two  years,  with  privilege  of  renewal  and  conditions  as  named,  would  be  a  fair  rental.  The  owner 
to  give  right  of  way  to  West  Eighth  street  through  the  ten-foot  alleyway,  and  to  complete  the 
repairs  before  April  15.    The  lease  to  date  from  day  of  occupation. 

Lessor,  Mrs.  Katherina  Bauer,  Voorhies  avenue,  Sheepshead  Bay,  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Mrs.  Katherina  Bauer,  for  the  use  of  the  Police  Department,  of  the  frame  stable 
situated  in  the  rear  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Precinct  Station-house  on  West  Eighth  street,  near  Surf 


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avenue,  Coney  Island,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  with  the  privilege  of  a 
renewal  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300), 
payable  quarterly,  the  owner  to  repair  the  roof,  lay  a  new  floor  throughout,  replace  old  doors  with 
new  ones,  paint  the  outside  of  the  building  with  two  coats  of  paint  and  to  put  and  keep  the 
premises  generally  in  good  repair  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Police  Department,  also  to  give  right  of 
way  to  West  Eighth  street  through  the  ten-foot  alleyway,  and  to  complete  repairs  before  May  1, 
1900  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 
The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises,  No.  120  East  Thirty-second  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan: 

New  York,  March  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Alayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater 
New  York  Charter,  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Susan  W.  Bryan,  of  the  first  and  second  floors 
of  the  premises  known  as  No.  120  East  Thirty-second  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of 
this  Department  as  a  stable  for  a  period  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  the  City  to  pay  for  the 
Croton  water  used  on  the  above  premises  ;  otherwise  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  the 
existing  lease. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from 
Susan  W.Bryan,  of  the  first  and  second  floors  of  the  premises  known  as  No.  120  East  Thirty- 
second  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  thirteen  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($1,350),  payable  quarterly,  the  City  to  pay  for  Croton 
water  used  on  the  premises,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the 
existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable, 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  at  No.  18  Burling  slip,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  March  19,  1900. 

Hon.  ROBERTA.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541 
of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  from  Daniel  J.  Dowdney,  for  the  use  of  this  Department  as  a 


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section  station,  of  the  store  or  ground  floor  and  the  basement  beneath  of  the  building  known  as 
No.  18  Burling  slip,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  August  1,  1900, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  $600,  payable  quarterly,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  of  another  term  of 
five  years  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  on  a  notice  in  writing  on  or  before  February  1,  1905, 
the  lessor  to  pay  the  taxes,  to  put  the  premises  in  proper  repair  before  occupancy  and  to  provide 
a  separate  water  meter  ;  the  City  to  make  the  necessary  inside  repairs  during  the  term  of  the 
lease  and  to  pay  for  the  Croton  water  used  on  the  premises. 

The  store  or  ground  floor  referred  to  above  is  25  feet  in  width  by  25  feet  in  depth.  The 
purpose  of  this  proposed  lease  is  to  furnish  the  Department  with  a  section  station  to  take  the  place 
of  that  at  No.  74  New  Chambers  street,  leased  from  Edward  L.  Carey,  which  expires  August  I, 
1900,  the  said  premises  at  No.  74  New  Chambers  street  being  unsuitable  for  this  Department. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

March  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
March  19,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
"  for  a  lease  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  from  Daniel  J.  Dowdney, 
"  for  the  use  of  this  Department  as  a  section  station,  of  the  store  or  ground  floor  and  the  base- 
"  ment  beneath  of  the  building  known  as  No.  18  Burling  slip,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for 
"  a  term  of  five  years  from  August  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $600,  payable  quarterly,  with 
"  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  of  another  term  of  five  years  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  on  a 
"  notice  in  writing  on  or  before  February  I,  1905;  the  lessor  to  pay  the  taxes,  to  put  the  premises 
"  in  proper  repair  before  occupancy  and  to  provide  a  separate  water  meter  ;  the  City  to  make 
"  the  necessary  inside  repairs  during  the  term  of  the  lease  and  to  pay  for  the  Croton  water  used 
"  on  the  premises." 

The  premises  consist  of  the  store  floor  and  cellar  or  basement  of  a  five-story  brick  building 
25  feet  by  24. 10  feet,  situated  on  the  south  side  of  Burling  slip,  63  feet  east  of  Water  street. 

I  consider  that  at  the  rental  asked,  namely  $600  per  annum,  the  owner  should  place  and 
keep  the  premises  in  repair  ;  the  City  to  pay  for  water  used  on  the  premises,  the  same  to  be 
metered. 

In  my  opinion,  a  lease  may  be  authorized  on  these  terms,  which  I  would  consider  full  but 
not  excessive. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereDy  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  Daniel  J.  Dowdney,  ot  the 
store  or  ground  floor  and  basement  beneath  of  the  building  known  as  No.  18  Burling  slip,  in 
the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  August  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six 
hundred  dollars  ($600),  payable  quarterly,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  five  years  on  the 
same  terms  and  conditions,  on  a  notice  in  writing  on  or  before  February  1,  1905  ;  the  lessor  to 
put  the  premises  in  proper  repair  before  occupancy  and  keep  the  same  in  repair  during  the  term 
of  the  lease,  and  to  provide  a  separate  water  meter,  also  to  pay  the  taxes  ;  the  City  to  pay  for 


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water  used  on  the  premises — the  Commissioners  of  the  .Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair 
arftl  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  No.  3396  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx: 

New  York,  March  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Co?n?nissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease  pursuant  to  section  541  of 
the  Charter,  from  William  Schwegler,  of  the  store  or  ground  floor  and  cellar  of  the  premises  No. 
3396  Third  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  wiih  the  privilege  of  the  use  of  the  vacant  lot 
in  the  rear  facing  on  Franklin  avenue,  for  storage  purposes,  as  a  section  station  of  this  Depart- 
ment, for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $480,  payable  monthly  ; 
the  lessor  to  put  the  premises  in  first  class  condition  before  occupancy,  the  City  thereafter  to  make 
the  necessary  inside  repairs;  the  lessor  to  pay  for  the  Croton  water  used  on  the  premises  during 
the  term  of  the  lease. 

The  purpose  of  this  lease  is  to  provide  a  section  station  in  place  of  that  at  No.  743  East  One 
Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  which  will  expire  the  first  day  of  May  next. 

The  store  or  ground  floor  and  the  cellar  beneath  are  each  18  feet  by  37  feet,  the  vacant  lot 
being  of  irregular  form,  25  feet  on  the  inside  end,  27  feet  on  the  end  abutting  on  Franklin  avenue, 
75  feet  on  one  side  and  63  feet  on  the  other  side. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

March  23,  1900. 

Bon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
March  14,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  "  for 
"  a  lease,  pursuant  ;o  section  541  of  the  Charter,  from  William  Schwegler,  of  the  store  or  ground 
"  floor  and  cellar  of  the  premises  No.  3396  Third  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  with  the 
"  privilege  of  the  use  of  the  vacant  lot  in  the  rear  facing  on  Franklin  avenue,  for  storage  purposes, 
"  as  a  section  station  of  this  Department,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual 
"  rental  of  $480,  payable  monthly  ;  the  lessor  to  put  the  premises  in  first-class  condition  before 
"  occupancy,  the  City  thereafter  to  make  the  necessary  inside  repaus  ;  the  lessor  to  pay  the  Croton 
"  water  used  on  the  premises  during  the  term  of  the  lease. 

"  The  purpose  of  this  lease  is  to  provide  a  section  station  in  place  of  that  at  No.  743  East  One 
"  Hundred  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  which  will  expire  the  first  day  of  May  next." 

The  premises  consist  of  the  store  floor  and  cellar  of  a  three-story  brick  building,  about  25  feet 
by  40  feet,  located  on  a  plot  of  land  25  feet  in  width,  and  extending  from  Third  avenue  to  Franklin 
avenue.    Dimensions  of  the  store  are  18  feet  by  37  feet. 

The  owner  agrees  to  put  the  same  in  good  tenantable  condition,  repaper  the  walls,  furnish 
water  connection  for  the  store,  make  repairs  in  the  cellar,  and  place  two  outhouses  in  the  yard  in 
good  condition. 


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The  use  of  the  yard  in  the  rear  is  given  to  the  Department  for  the  storage  of  handcarts  and 
upon  which  they  are  to  be  allowed  to  erect  a  shed  facing  on  Franklin  avenue,  with  entrance 
thereto. 

I  consider  the  terms  proposed,  namely,  $40  per  month,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  1, 
1900,  the  owner  to  pay  water  taxes  and  the  City  to  make  inside  repairs,  may  be  authorized  with 
this  exception,  that  the  owner  should  place  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  tenantable  repair. 
Upon  these  terms  I  should  consider  the  rental  full  but  not  excessive. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  William  Schwegler,  of  the 
store  or  ground  floor  and  cellar  of  the  premises  No.  3396  Third  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  The 
Bronx,  with  the  privilege  of  the  use  of  the  vacant  lot  in  the  rear  facing  on  Franklin  avenue,  for 
storage  purposes,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  four  hundred 
and  eighty  dollars  ($480),  payable  monthly  ;  the  owner  to  pay  water  taxes  and  put  and  keep  the 
premises  in  good  tenantable  repair,  also  to  repaper  the  walls,  furnish  water  connection  for  the 
store,  make  repairs  in  the  cellar,  and  place  two  outhouses  in  the  yard  in  good  condition  ;  the 
Department  of  Street  Cleaning  also  to  have  the  privilege  of  erecting  a  shed  facing  on  Franklin 
avenue,  with  an  entrance  thereto — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent 
fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution 
relative  to  a  lease  of  premises  at  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the 
Department  of  Street  Cleaning  : 

March  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  March  16,  1900,  requests  the 
consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  "  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section 
44  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  from  George  Lutz,  of  the  store  or  ground  floor  and  yard 
"  of  the  premises  known  as  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a 
"  term  of  five  (5)  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $636,  payable  quarterly,  the 
44  lessor  to  make  alterations  in  the  premises  to  fit  them  for  the  use  of  this  Department  as  a  section 
44  station,  according  to  the  plans  herewith  submitted,  and  the  City  thereafter  to  make  the  neces- 
44  sary  inside  repairs  ;  the  lessor  to  pay  the  Croton  water  charges  during  the  term  of  the  lease. 

*'  The  above  lease  is  intended  to  replace  that  from  August  Metzger  of  the  store  of  premises 
44  N0.344.  East  Twenty-first  street,  which  expired  May  1,  1900,  the  said  premises  not  being  large 
44  enough  or  otherwise  well  suited  for  use  as  a  section  station.  " 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  described  above  and  the  building, 
the  first  floor  of  which  it  is  proposed  to  lease,  is  an  old  four-story  brick  tenement,  very  low  ceiling, 
the  first  floor  having  a  height  of  but  8  feet,  in  size  27  by  47  feet,  on  a  plot  of  land  27  by  69  feet, 
situated  on  the  south  side  of  Twenty-first  street,  69  feet  east  of  First  avenue,  and  adjoining  the 
gas  works  property  of  the  Consolidated  Gas  Company. 


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The  building  is  quite  old  and  in  very  poor  condition,  and  certain  alterations  are  now  being 
ma/le. 

The  entire  property  is  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $5,000,  and,  in  my  opinion,  the 
rental  asked,  of  $636  per  annum  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  May  1,  1900,  is  excessive. 

Should,  however,  the  building  be  put  in  first-class  order  and  in  accordance  with  the  plans 
submitted,  I  think  a  lease  for  a  term  of  five  (5)  years,  as  proposed,  might  be  authorized  at  an 
annual  rental  of  $480  per  annum,  which  I  would  consider  full,  the  owner  to  pay  Croton  water 
charges  and  keep  the  premises  in  repair. 

The  rental  of  the  present  quarters  at  No.  344  East  Twenty-first  street,  the  lease  of  which 
expires  May  1,  1900,  is  $300  per  annum. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  George  Lutz,  of  the  store 
or  ground  floor  and  yard  of  the  premises  known  as  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  four  hundred  and 
eighty  dollars  ($480),  payable  quarterly,  the  owner  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  first-class 
order  and  in  accordar.ee  with  the  plans  submitted  to  this  board,  and  also  to  pay  the  Croton 
water  charges — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reason- 
able and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  request- 
ing an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  368  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  April  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairtnan,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  desire  to  call  the  attention  of  your  Board  to  the  letter  of  the  Acting  Commissioner  of 
this  Department,  dated  February  10,  1900,  in  reference  to  the  lease  of  the  store  of  the  premises 
No.  368  Myrtle  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  from  H.  W.  Rozell,  as  agent,  and  to  the 
fact  that  in  your  resolution  you  consented  to  rent  at  $300  per  annum  instead  of  $360  per  annum. 

The  above-mentioned  premises  are  highly  desirable  as  a  section  station  of  this  Department 
and  cannot  be  had  for  less  than  $360  as  above,  nor  can  any  other  suitable  place  in  that  vicinity 
be  found  at  less  than  $360  per  annum,  and  I  request,  therefore,  that  you  amend  your  resolution 
so  as  to  make  the  rent  $360  per  annum. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  request  of  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  for  an  amendment  to 
resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  meeting  held  February  23, 


Atril  20,  1900.]  174 

1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  368  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  denied. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution 
relative  to  an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  lease  of  premises  corner  Varick  and  Vestry 
streets,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  : 

March  31,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  communication 
to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  March  29,  1900,  requests,  "that  your  Board  amend 
"  its  resolution  of  March  21,  1900,  regarding  the  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Charles  H.  Simmons 
"  of  the  store  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Varick  and  Vestry  streets,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a 
"  term  of  two  years  from  May,  1900,  so  as  to  provide  for  an  annual  rental  ot  $720,  as  was  requested 
"  in  the  letter  from  this  Department,  dated  February  13.  1900. 

"  A  section  station  in  that  vicinity  is  essential  to  the  work  of  this  Department,  and  no  other 
"  one  can  be  found  as  suitable  as  the  one  in  question,  nor  will  its  lessor  consent  to  the  renewal 
"  for  less  than  $720,  as  mentioned  above." 

In  my  report  of  March  20,  1900,  I  said  :  "I  do  not  consider  that  a  renewal  should  be 
"  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  higher  rental  than  that  paid  at  pres- 
"  ent,  unless  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  is  unable  to  secure  other  quarters  in  the  vicinity 
"  at  $600  per  annum." 

The  premises  are  well  located  as  a  section  station,  and  I  consider  the  present  rent,  $600  per 
annum,  very  moderate.  The  increase  to  $720  is  high,  but  not  excessive.  As  the  Commissioner 
states  that  "  no  other  one  can  be  found  as  suitable  as  the  one  in  question,"  I  would  recommend, 
as  requested  by  the  Commissioner,  that  the  resolution  of  March  21,  1900,  be  amended  so  as  to  pro- 
vide for  an  annual  rental  of  $720  per  annum  instead  of  $600. 

I  have  seen  a  representative  of  the  owner,  Mr.  Simmons,  and  he  positively  declines  to  receive 
a  less  rental  than  $720  per  annum. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  March  21,  1900,  authorizing  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  of  premises  on  the  southwest 
corner  of  Varick  and  Vestry  streets,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of 
Street  Cleaning,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  providing  for  a  rental  of  seven  hundred 
and  twenty  dollars  ($720)  per  annum  instead  of  six  hundred  dollars  (600)  per  annum  as  in  the 
resolution. 


The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  at  No.  345  East  Thirty-third  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

\  New  York,  April  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  pursuant  to 
section  541  of  the  Charter,  from  Matilda  Fitzsimons,  of  the  store  on  the  ground  floor  of  No.  345 
East  Thirty-third  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  otherwise 
on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  the  existing  lease. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from 
Matilda  Fitzsimons,  of  the  store  on  the  ground  floor  of  the  premises  No.  345  East  Thirty-third 
street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  one  year,  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  two  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($240),  payable  monthly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms 
and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deem- 
ing the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such 
lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  owners  of  the  Bradley  Building,  request- 
ing an  amendment  to  the  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  for  the  Department  of  Buildings: 

To  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Hie  Sinking  Fund  of  The  Citv  of  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — We,  the  owners  of  the  "  Bradley  Building  "  in  which  the  Department  of 
Buildings  is  located,  respectfully  represent  :  That  since  the  passage  of  the  resolution  by  your 
honorable  body  for  the  lease  of  the  second  and  third  floors  of  said  building,  in  addition  to  those 
now  occupied  by  the  said  Department,  we  have  discovered  that  the  piesent  occupant  of  the  second 
story  claims  possession  for  another  year,  under  an  alleged  verbal  understanding,  and  will  resist 
our  efforts  to  regain  possession,  except  through  legal  proceedings. 

Although  this  claim  can,  in  our  judgment,  be  refuted,  the  attitude  of  the  tenant  will  lead  to 
delay,  which  will  prevent  our  delivery  of  possession  of  that  floor  on  the  first  of  May  next,  as  pro- 
posed. We,  therefore,  respectfully  ask  that  the  lease  as  to  that  floor  take  effect  from  the  first  of 
May,  1901.    The  third  floor  will  be  ready  for  occupation  as  provided  in  your  resolution. 

As  the  subject  is  presented  again  for  your  action,  we  beg  leave  to  urge  on  your  honorable 
body  the  propriety  of  making  the  lease  for  the  term  of  five  years,  as  recommended  in  the  com- 
prehensive report  of  Mr.  McLean,  Engineer  of  the  Finance  Department,  who  carefully  examined 
the  question  in  all  its  bearings. 

In  our  former  communication  we  set  forth,  briefly,  some  of  the  advantages  of  the  building  in 
question,  for  the  purpose  of  the  Department,  to  which  we  beg  leave  to  refer  ;  in  addition  we 
should  add  that  it  is  fireproof — an  important  requisite  where  so  many  valuable  documents  and 
records  are  to  be  preserved. 

The  arguments  in  favor  of  the  longer  term,  so  far  as  the  City  is  concerned,  we  respectfully 
submit,  are  reasonable  and  substantial,  and  so  far  as  the  owners  are  concerned,  the  building  being 


April  20,  1900.] 


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practically  surrendered  for  public  purposes,  it  would  be  a  serious  matter  to  attract  again  occupa- 
tion for  general  business  purposes  at  the  end  of  a  short  term. 

We  will  conform  to  whatever  action  you  may  take  in  the  premises,  but  unless  it  is  definitely 
determined  to  make  a  change  of  the  location  of  the  Department  at  the  end  of  two  years,  the 
longer  term  would,  in  all  respects,  be  conformable  to  the  mutual  interests  of  the  City  and  the 
owners. 

We  are  informed  that  the  business  of  the  Department  is  growing  to  such  magnitude  and 
importance  that  next  year  it  may  be  desirable,  in  the  public  interests,  that  the  City  should  have 
the  option  to  take  a  lease  of  the  first  story,  corresponding  with  that  of  the  other  stories.  We  agree 
that  the  City  shall  have  this  option  at  the  same  rent  now  paid  by  the  private  tenant,  on  receiving 
notice  of  the  election  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  February,  1901. 
.  All  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

ELLEN  M.  HENNESSY,  and  as  attorney  for  Daniel  J.  and  Mary  B.  Bradley. 

No.  117  East  Eighteenth  Street,  [ 
April  3,  1900.  J 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  March  21,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  rooms  in  the  Bradley  Building,  for  the  use  of  the 
Department  of  Buildings,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  of  the  third,  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  seventh  and  eighth  floors  of  the  Bradley  Building,  southwest 
corner  of  Eighteenth  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Buildings,  for  «a  term  of  five  years,  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  fourteen 
thousand  dollars  ($14,000),  payable  quarterly  ;  also  of  the  second  floor  of  said  building,  for  a  term 
of  four  years,  from  May  1,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ($2,500), 
payable  quarterly,  the  lessors  to  furnish  heat,  elevator  service  and  storage  room  ;  and  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the 
interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to 
execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections 
149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Buildings,  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises,  No.  2775  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

New  York  City,  March  27,  1900. 

Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund.  City  of  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — Application  is  hereby  made  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  second  and  third 
floors  of  the  building  at  the  junction  of  Third  and  Courtlandt  avenues,  Borough  of  The  Bronx, 
and  known  as  No.  2775  Third  avenue,  and  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Buildings  of  The  City 
of  New  York,  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  for  the  term'  of  sixteen  months,  from 
January  I,  1900,  to  May  I,  1901,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  $125. 

Respectfully, 

T.  J.  BRADY, 

Commissioner  of  Buildings,  Boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx. 


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[April  20,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  George  H.  B.  Hill,  of  the  second  and  third  floors  of  the 
premises  known  as  No.  2775  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  now  occupied  by  the 
Department  of  Buildings,  for  a  term  of  one  year  and  four  months,  from  January  f,  1900,  at  a 
monthly  rental  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  ($125),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  thereof — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that 
such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  the 
renewal  of  a  lease  of  premises  on  Pitkin  avenue,  formerly  known  as  No.  211  Eastern  parkway, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  April  u,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Ftind  : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  renewal  of  lease  of  premises  No.  211  Eastern 
parkway,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  station-house  purposes,  for  the  Sixty-fifth  Precinct,  for 
one  year  from  May  1,  1900. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  for  the  Police  Department,  from  Harris  Weinstein,  of  premises 
on  the  north  side  of  Pitkin  avenue,  formerly  known  as  No.  211  Eastern  parkway,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  19CO,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and 
sixty  dollars  ($360),  payable  monthly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as 
contained  in  the  existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent 
fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Fire  Department,  relative  to  the 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  on  Third  street,  Williamsbridge,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  April  3,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund ; 

Sir — I  have  the  honor,  upon  recommendation  of  the  Chief  of  Department,  to  request  that 
your  honorable  commission  please  authorize  the  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Michael  Brennan  of 
premises  occupied  by  this  Department,  situated  on  the  northerly  side  of  Third  street,  Williams- 
bridge,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  at  an  annual  rental  of  four  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  ($420), 


April  20,  1900.] 


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for  a  period  of  one  year  from  June  I,  1900,  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in 

the  existing  lease  thereof. 

Yours  respectfully, 

J.  J.  SCANNELL,  Commissioner. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Michael  Brennan,  of  premises  occupied  by  the  Fire  Department  in 
Williamsbridge,  situated  on  the  northerly  side  of  Thud  street,  for  a  period  of  one  year  from  June  I, 
1900,  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease,  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  w^ould  be  for  the  interests 
of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Law  Department,  relative  to  a  lease  of 
rooms  in  Temple  Court  : 

New  York,  March  30,  1900. 
Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary ,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Sir — I  request  that  a  resolution  be  passed  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  leas- 
ing Rooms  Nos.  9C0,  901,  902,  903,  930,  931,  932  and  934,  in  the  building  situated  on  the  south- 
west corner  of  Beekman  and  Nassau  streets,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  of  New  York, 
known  as  Temple  Court,  for  the  use  of  the  Law  Department,  Bureau  for  the  Recovery  of  Penal- 
ties ;  said  lease  to  run  for  two  years,  from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $2,800,  payable 
quarterly  and  to  contain  a  covenant  that  each  of  said  rooms  be  connected  by  doors,  etc.,  and  that 
the  party  of  the  second  part  may  have  a  right  to  sublet  any  or  all  parts  of  the  premises  demised 
during  the  term  granted,  the  rents  received  therefrom  to  be  applied  to  the  credit  of  the  parties  of 
the  second  part  under  the  terms  of  the  lease,  the  written  consent  of  the  parties  of  the  first  part 
having  been  first  obtained. 

The  lessor  is  the  estate  of  Eugene  Kelly,  deceased. 

Respectfully  yours, 

JOHN  VYHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

April  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coi.er,  Co7nptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  John  YYhalen,  Corporation  Counsel,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  March  30, 
1900,  requests  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  authorize  the  leasing  of  Rooms 
Nos.  900,  901,  902,  903,  930,  931,  932  and  934  of  the  building  situated  on  the  southwest  corner  of 
Beekman  and  Nassau  streets,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  known  as  Temple  Court,  for  the  use 
of  the  Law  Department,  Bureau  for  the  Recovery  of  Penalties  ;  said  lease  to  run  for  two  (2)  years 
from  May  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $2,800,  payable  quarterly. 

The  lease  to  contain  covenants,  to  wit  : 

1st.  That  each  ot  said  rooms  be  connected  by  doors. 

2d.  That  the  party  of  the  second  part  may  have  the  right  to  sublet  any  or  all  parts  of  the 
premises. 


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[April  20,  1900. 


The  present  lease  for  this  Bureau  of  the  Law  Department  in  this  building  covers  Rooms  930 
to  934,  inclusive,  containing  about  1,400  square  feet,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $2,000,  being  at  the 
rate  of  $1.43  per  square  foot,  expires  May  1,  1900.  Rooms  900  to  903,  inclusive,  are  now  asked 
fqr  in  addition,  at  the  increased  rental  of  $800  per  annum  for  these  rooms,  which  contain  about 
746  square  feet,  and  is  at  the  rate  of  $1.07  per  foot  per  annum,  which  I  consider  reasonable  and 
just. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to 
the  City  of  Rooms  Nos.  900,  901,  902,  903,  930,  931,  932  and  934,  in  the  building  situated  on 
the  southwest  corner  of  Beekman  and  Nassau  streets,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  known  as 
Temple  Court,  for  the  use  of  the  Law  Department,  Bureau  for  the  Recovery  of  Penalties,  for  a 
term  of  two  years,  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  twenty-eight  hundred  dollars  ($2,800), 
payable  quarterly,  said  lease  to  contain  a  covenant  that  each  of  said  rooms  be  connected  by  doors, 
etc.,  and  that  the  party  of  the  second  part  may  have  a  right  to  sublet  any  or  all  parts  of  the 
premises  demised  during  the  term  granted,  the  rents  received  therefrom  to  be  applied  to  the 
credit  of  the  parties  of  the  second  part  under  the  terms  of  the  lease,  the  written  consent  of  the 
parties  of  the  first  part  having  been  first  obtained  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
deeming  the  said  rent  lair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that 
such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when 
prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel  as' provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  New  York 
relative  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  offices  in  the  Stewart  Building  : 

New  York,  March  23,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  the  City  of  New  York  ; 

Gentlemen — The  lease  of  the  premises  in  the  Stewart  Building,  now  occupied  by  the 
Sheriff  of  the  County  of  New  York,  expiring  on  May  1,  1900,  I  hereby  request  that  the  same  may 
be  renewed. 

Yours  respectfully, 

WM.  F.  GRELL,  Sheriff. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  of  Rooms  Nos.  69,  71,  73,  75,  77,  79  and  81  in  the  Stewart 
Building,  now  occupied  by  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from 
May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  ninety-six  hundred  dollars  ($9,600),  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming 


April  20,  1900.] 


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the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease 
be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  relative 
to  a  lease  of  rooms  in  the  Long  Island  Savings  Bank  Building,  Borough  of  Queens  : 

New  York.  March  16,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissio)iers  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sirs — At  the  meeting  of  this  Board  held  on  the  14th  instant,  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

"Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  requested  to  lease  all  the  top 
floor,  except  two  (2)  small  rooms  (one  of  which  is  now  used  as  a  kitchen  and  the  room  east  of 
same),  in  the  Long  Island  Savings  Bank  Budding  at  Jackson  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens,  at  a 
rental  of  forty  dollars  per  month,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  a  period  of  time  which  will 
expire  within  the  existing  lease  of  rooms  for  the  third  floor  of  said  building,  the  same  being  neces- 
sary for  the  use  of  the  Topographical  Bureau  in  that  borough. 

In  accordance  with  same,  I  would  request  your  Honorable  Body  to  give  the  matter  favorable 
consideration,  and  I  inclose  herewith  copy  of  a  report  from  the  Chief  Topographical  Engineer, 
setting  forth  the  necessity  for  the  additional  space  requested. 

Respectfully, 

JOHN  H.  MOONEY,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer 
of  the  Department  of  Finance  : 

March  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  at  a  meeting  held  March  14,  1900,  adopted  a  resolu- 
tion requesting  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  a  lease  of  the  top  (fourth)  floor, 
excepting  two  rooms,  of  the  Long  Island  Savings  Bank  Building,  No.  21  Jackson  avenue,  Long 
Island  City,  for  a  term  expiring  with  the  existing  lease  of  the  third  floor  of  the  same  building,  at  a 
monthly  rental  of  $40. 

I  have  communicated  with  J.  H.  Smedley,  Secretary  of  the  Bank,  and  he  informs  me  that  the 
premises  are  now  leased  to  other  parties  for  a  term  of  five  years. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 

The  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution,  to  pay  the  rental  of  rooms  in  the 
Jamaica  Savings  Bank  Building,  occupied  by  Expert  Accountants  of  the  Department  of  Finance  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  the  rental  of  Rooms  Nos 
24  and  25,  in  the  Jamaica  Savings  Bank  Building,  Jamaica,  Borough  of  Queens,  at  the  rate  of 
forty-five  dollars  ($45)  per  month,  from  month  to  month,  from  January' I,  1900,  to  May  1,  1900, 
said  rooms  being  needed  for  the  temporary  occupation  of  the  Expert  Accountants  appointed 
pursuant  to  chapter  669  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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[April  20,  1900. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
lease  of  building  known  as  St.  Patrick's  Church,  in  the  First  Ward,  Borough  of  Queens  : 

^Ss  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Queens,  requesting  that  the  premises  known  as  St.  Patrick's  Church,  in 
the  First  Ward  (formerly  Dutch  Kills),  be  leased  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  4  for  a  term  of 
three  years,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $840,  respectfully  reports  that  the  premises  in  question  have 
been  examined  and  found  to  consist  of  a  frame  building,  one  story  and  basement  in  height,  40  feet 
front,  60  feet  rear  and  79  feet  deep,  heated  by  steam.  It  is  estimated  that,  after  necessary  alter- 
ations are  made  at  the  cost  of  about  $2,000  accommodations  for  four  classes  would  be  afforded. 
The  rental  asked,  $840  per  year,  is  considered  reasonable. 

The  following  resolution  is  therefore  offered  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  and  premises  known  as  St.  Patrick's 
Church,  in  the  First  Ward  (formerly  Dutch  Kills),  Borough  of  Queens,  for  three  years,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  eight  hundred  and  forty  dollars,  to  be  used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  4. 
Lessors,  Corporation  of  St.  Patrick's  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held  on 
March  28,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

April  3,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held  March  28,  1900,  passed  the  following 
resolution  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
11  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  and  premises  known  as  St. 
"  Patrick's  Church,  in  the  First  Ward  (formerly  Dutch  Kills),  Borough  of  Queens,  for  three 
"  years,  at  an  annual  rental  of  eight  hundred  and  forty  dollars,  to  be  used  as  an  annex  to  Public 
"  School  4.    Lessors,  Corporation  of  St.  Patrick's  Roman  Catholic  Church." 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  are  situated  between  Cres- 
cent street  and  Prospect  avenue,  north  of  Wilbur  avenue,  with  a  frontage  of  88.32  feet  on  Crescent 
street  and  75.06  feet  on  Prospect  avenue,  covering  about  six  and  one-half  city  lots  and  contains  a 
frame  church  structure  with  brick  basement. 

The  main  floor  contains  about  3,600  square  feet  and  the  basement  which  is  four  feet  above  the 
grade  of  the  street  and  four  feet  below,  contains  about  3,300  square  feet.  The  building  is  lighted 
by  gas  and  heated  by  steam,  and  apparently  in  sound  condition.  The  Board  of  Education  esti- 
mates that  by  the  expenditure  of  $2,000  accommodations  for  four  classes  will  be  afforded. 

The  property  is  valued  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $6,6co,  and  is  exempt  for  this  year, 
having  been  used  for  religious  purposes. 

I  estimate  the  value  of  the  premises  at  $9,400,  and  consider  that  a  rental  of  $750  per  annum, 
which  is  on  an  8  per  cent,  basis,  would  be  just  and  reasonable,  the  City  to  make  all  alterations 
and  repairs  during  the  term  of  the  lease. 


April  20,  1900,] 


The  lease  should  be' drawn  for  a  term  of  three  years  with  privilege  of  renewal  on  same  terms, 
and  to  commence  from  date  of  occupation.  Lessors,  Corporation  of  St.  Patrick's  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  by  Thomas  F.  McGronen,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  from  the  Corporation  of  Saint  Patrick's  Roman  Catholic  Church,  by  Thomas  F.  MacGronen, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  for  the  Department  of  Education,  of  the  building  and  premises  known 
as  Saint  Patrick's  Church,  between  Crescent  street  and  Prospect  avenue,  north  of  Wilbur  avenue, 
Borough^of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  with  the  privilege  of  a 
renewal  on  the  same  terms,  at  an  annual  rental  of  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($750),  payable 
quarterly,  the  City  to  make  all  alterations  and  repairs  during  the  term  of  the  lease  ;  and  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  pro- 
vided by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
lease  of  premises  at  Nos.  541  and  543  Leonard  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  on  February  6,  1900,  recommending  the  leasing  for  school 
purposes  of  four  rooms  in  the  premises  known  as  Nos.  541-543  Leonard  street,  Brooklyn,  to 
relieve  Public  School  59,  for  one  year,  at  a  rental  not  to  exceed  $500  per  year,  respectfully  reports 
that  the  premises  have  been  carefully  investigated  and  it  is  found  that  the  rooms  proposed  to  be 
leased  are  situated  in  the  basement  of  a  two-story  building,  the  upper  part  being  occupied  by  a 
church.  It  is  further  found  that  the  rooms  were  formerly  occupied  for  school  purposes  and  are 
connected  through  the  boys'  yard  with  Public  School  59. 

It  has  been  estimated  that,  after  the  expenditure  of  about  $85,  three  very  suitable  classrooms 
will  be  afforded,  and  the  rental  of  $500  per  year  is  considered  reasonable. 

The  following  resolution  is  therefore  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  basement,  including  cellar  and  yard,  of  the 
premises  Nos.  541-543  Leonard  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  to  relieve  Public  School  59,  for  one 
year,  at  a  rental  of  $500,  the  Board  of  Education  to  make  the  necessary  alterations.  Lessors, 
Theodore  Michaelfelder,  No.  169  Kent  street  ;  Charles  Knecht,  No.  179  Meserole  avenue,  and 
A.  Schaufelberger,  No.  515  Leonard  street,  all  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held 

on  March  28.  1900.  1 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 


[April  20,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

April  3,  1900. 

I&ui.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  at  a  meeting  held  March  28,  1900.  passed  the  following 
resolution  : 

"Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
"  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  basement,  including  cellar  and  yard,  of 
<£  the  premises  Nos.  541  and  543  Leonard  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  to  relieve  Public  School  59, 
"  for  one  year,  at  a  rental  of  five  hundred  dollars,  the  Board  of  Education  to  make  the  necessary 
"  alterations.  Lessors,  Theodore  Michaelfelder,  No.  169  Kent  street  ;  Charles  Knecht,  No.  179 
"  Meseroie  avenue,  and  A.  Schaufelberger,  No.  515  Leonard  street,  all  in  the  Borough  of 
"  Brooklyn." 

The  premises  to  be  leased  are  the  ground  floor,  cellar  and  yard  of  a  two-story  and  cellar 
frame  church  structure,  39  feet  by  78  feet,  on  a  plot  of  ground  39  feet  by  100  feet,  situated  on 
the  west  side  of  Leonard  street,  between  Driggs  and  Nassau  avenues,  and  immediately  adjoining 
Public  School  59  on  the  north. 

The  ground  floor  contains  about  1,900  square  feet,  exclusive  of  the  hallway,  and  the  Board 
of  Education  estimate  that  by  the  expenditure  of  $85  three  class-rooms  will  be  afforded.  The 
building  is  heated  by  furnaces  and  lighted  by  gas. 

These  same  premises  were  formerly  rented  by  the  School  Board  of  the  old  City  of  Brooklyn 
on  the  same  conditions,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $450. per  annum. 

I  have  conferred  with  the  Rev.  M.  Hoelzer,  pastor  of  the  church,  and  he  agrees  to  the  present 
lease  on  the  same  terms,  viz.,  $450  per  annum. 

I  consider  that  a  lease  on  these  terms  might  be  properly  approved  in  view  of  the  small  outlay 
necessary  by  the  Board  of  Education  and  the  convenience  of  having  this  annex  in  such  close 
proximity  to  the  school. 

The  lease  should  be  drawn  with  the  St.  Paul's  Church  of  the  Evangelical  Association,  by 
Theodore  Michaelfelder,  its  President,  and  should  commence  from  date  of  occupation  for  a  term  of 
one  year,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  on  the  same  terms. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  from  the  Saint  Paul's  Church  of  the  Evangelical  Association,  by  Theodore  Michaelfelder, 
its  President,  for  the  Department  of  Education,  of  the  ground  floor,  cellar  and  yard  of  premises 
Nos.  541  and  543  Leonard  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  the  date  of 
occupation,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  on  the  same  terms,  at  an  annual  rental  of  four  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  ($450),  payable  quarterly,  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that 
such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when 
prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


April  20,  1900. ] 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to 
the  payment  of  one  month's  rental  of  premises  at  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fourth  street  and 
Washington  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  on  March  21,  1900,  in  regard  to  a 
bill  amounting  to  $208.33,  in  favor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Tremont,  for  the  rent  of 
the  Sunday  school  room  in  said  church,  used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  61,  The  Bronx,  for  the 
month  of  January,  1899,  respectfully  reports  that  the  lease  of  these  premises  expired  on  January 
1,  1899,  but  the  rooms  were  used  during  the  said  month  for  school  purposes,  and  therefore  the 
Board  of  Education  is  liable  for  the  rent  for  that  time. 

Your  Committee  therefore  recommends  the  following  resolution  for  adoption  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  Sunday  school  room  in  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church,  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fourth  street  and  Washington  avenue,  Tremont,  Boiough  of 
The  Bronx,  for  one  month  from  January  1,  1899,  at  the  rate  of  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars 
per  year. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held  on 
March  28,  1 900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Tremont  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  eight  dollars  and  thirty-three 
cents  ($208.33),  being  the  rental  for  the  month  of  January,  1899,  of  the  Sunday-school  room  in 
the  said  church  at  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fourth  street  and  Washington  avenue,  Borough  of 
The  Bronx,  used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  61. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  leaser  of  premises  at  Madison  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fourth  street, 
No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street  and  Nos.  308  and  310  East  Ninety-sixth  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  on  March  21,  1900,  requesting  that 
the  Board  of  Education  take  the  necessary  steps  to  renew  leases  of  the  premises  on  Madison 
avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street,  occupied  by  Public  School  24,  which  expires 
July  1,  1900;  premises  No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  occupied  as  an  annex  to 
Public  School  83,  which  expires  on  August  1,  1900,  and  premises  Nos.  308  and  310  East  Ninety 
sixth  street,  which  expires  on  August  16,  1900,  respectfully  reports  that  the  Borough  Super- 
intendent of  Schools  has  stated  as  follows  : 

Public  School  24  consists  of  ten  classes  and  it  will  be  necessary  to  continue  the  lease  of  the 
building  until  other  accommodations  can  be  found. 


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Public  School  150  contains  twelve  classes,  which  are  crowded,  especially  in  the  grammar 
grades,  and  the  rooms  are  absolutely  necessary  for  school  purposes. 

Annex  to  Public  School  83  accommodates  about  two  hundred  boys  of  the  grammar  grade, 
contained  in  six  classes. 

In  view  of  these  facts  and  also  because  there  are  no  new  school  buildings  in  these  immediate 
vicinities  which  will  be  completed  at  the  time  the  leases  of  the  buildings  in  question  expire,  to 
which  the  children  can  be  transferred,  your  Committee  recommends  that  the  request  of  the  School 
Board  be  granted.    The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  each  of  the  following  leases  of  premises  occupied 
for  school  purposes  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 


School. 

Location. 

Lease 
Expires. 

Present 
Terms. 

Renewal. 

P.  S. 24.. 
P.  S.  150. 

P.S.83) 
Annex. . . 

Madison  avenue  and  One  Hun-  } 
dred  and  Twenty-filth  street  | 

Nos.  308  and  310  East  Ninety-sixth  1 
street,  Henry  A.  Connolly  for! 
the  estate  ot  Edward  D.Con-| 

(No. 225  East  One  Hundred  and) 
J    Tenth  street,  Edward  D.  Far-  V 

July  1,  1900 
Aug.  16,  1900 
"      1,  " 

$4, 5-.0  oo 

($3,500  and 
)  Croton  tax. 

$1,000  00 

( One  year,  with   privilege  of  re- 

<  newal  for  an  additional  year. 
(    Other  term«  the  same  as  present. 

(Two  years,  with  privilege  of 
j  fur  her  renewal.  Other  terms 
(    the  same  as  present. 

I  One  year,  with  piivilege  of  re- 

<  newal  for  an  additional  year. 
(    Other  terms  the  same  as  present. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  meeting  held  on 
March  28,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

April  3,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  at  a  meeting  held  March  28,  1900,  passed  a  resolution  request- 
ing the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of 
the  following  leases  : 

First — For  one  year  from  August  1,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  an  additional  year,  of  the 
premises  No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  $1,000  ;  other  terms  same  as  at  present.    Owner,  Edward  D.  Farrell. 

The  premises  consist  of  a  three-story  and  cellar  brick  building,  about  25  feet  by  50  feet,  on  a 
plot  of  ground  25  feet  by  100  feet  11  inches,  situated  on  the  northerly  side  of  East  One  Hundred 
and  Tenth  street,  285  feet  east  of  Third  avenue,  and  is  at  present  occupied  by  the  annex  of  Pub- 
lic School  83.  It  contains  six  class  rooms,  is  furnished  with  fire-escapes  on  the  front  and 
has  a  lavatory  in  the  yard. 

The  property  is  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $6,000,  and  the  rental  asked,  $1,000 
per  annum,  is  full  but  not  excessive,  when  the  fact  is  considered  that  the  entire  premises  were 
altered  to  make  them  suitable  (or  school  purposes,  and  will  have  to  be  restored  at  the  end  of  the 
lease  by  the  owner. 

Second — For  two  years  from  August  16,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  a  further  renewal  of  the 
premises  Nos.  308  and  310  East  Ninety-sixth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
$3,500  and  Croton  water  tax,  other  terms  same  as  at  present.  Owners,  Henry  A.  Connolly,  for  the 
estate  of  Edward  D.  Connolly. 


April  20,  T900.] 


The  premises  consist  of  a  three  story  and  basement  brick  building,  25  feet  by  85  feet,  on  a 
plot  of  land  50  feet  by  100  feet  8^  inches,  situated  on  the  south  side  of  East  Ninety-sixth  street, 
175  feet  east  of  Second  avenue. 

The  building  and  yard  was  fitted  up  by  the  owner  at  his  own  expense,  upon  plans  prepared 
by  the  Board  of  Education,  to  place  it  in  condition  for  school  purposes.  Class-rooms,  wardrobes, 
blackboards,  lavatories  and  heating  plant  were  made,  and  it  was  on  this  outlay  by  the  owner 
that  the  rental  was  fixed  at  $3,500  per  annum  and  water  tax,  the  owner  to  make  repairs,  for  a 
term  of  three  years  with  the  privilege  of  a  two  years  renewal. 

This  renewal  of  two  years  now  asked  for,  I  think,  may  be  approved  upon  the  grounds  as 
stated,  but  the  further  renewal  clause  I  consider  should  be  at  a  rental  of  not  exceeding  $2,400  per 
annum  and  water  tax.  In  support  of  this,  I  submit  the  amounts  upon  which  the  owner  has  paid 
taxes  since  1897  : 


Year. 

Assessed  for 

Tax  Rate. 

Amount  of  Tax. 

$9,2CO  00 

2.10 

$193  20 

9,200  00 

2.01 

184  92 

II,OCO  OO 

2. 4804 

272  84 

11,000  00 

—  and  to  this  must  be  added  an  amount  sufficient  to  cover  the  cost  ot  repairs. 

In  my  opinion  the  owner  will  have  received  at  the  end  of  the  five  years  an  amount  sufficient 
to  cover  the  cost  of  all  his  improvements,  together  with  interest  on  his  investment,  and  for  this 
reason  it  would  appear  that  the  rental  should  be  reduced  as  stated  above. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  William  A.  Martin,  of  premises  occupied  by  Public  School  24, 
at  Madison  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street.  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term 
of  one  year  trom  July  1,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  forty-five  hundred  dollars  ($4,500),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as 
contained  in  the  existing  lease,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair 
and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Edward  D.  Farrell,  of  premises  No. 225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  Borough 
of  Manhattan,  for  the  Department  of  Education,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  August  I,  1900, 
with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars 
($1,000),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the 
existing  lease  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reason- 
able and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is 


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hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corpora- 
tion Counsel  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Henry  A.  Conolly,  agent  for  the  estate  of  Edward  D.  Conolly,  of  the  premises  Nos.  308 
and  310  East  Ninety-sixth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  Department  of  Education,  for  a  term 
of  two  years  from  August  16,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  thirty-five  hundred  dollars  ($3,500), 
payable  quarterly,  and  Croton  water  taxes,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as 
contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  also  the  City  to  have  the  privilege  of  a  further  .renewal  at  a  rental 
not  exceeding  twenty-four  hundred  dollars  ($2,400)  per  annum  and  water  taxes  ;  and  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be 
for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as 
provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolutions  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to 
a  lease  of  premises  Nos.  71  and  73  Pitt  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

Tu  the  Board  of  Education  ; 

The  Committee  on  Buildings  respectfully  xeports  that  at  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion held  on  March  14,  1900  (see  Minutes,  pages  267  and  268),  a  report  was  presented  relative  to  the 
lease  of  premises  Nos.  71  and  73  Pitt  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  with  a  resolution  requesting 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  said 
lease  for  one  year  from  May  I,  1900,  etc.  It  appears  that  the  lease  of  the  premises  above  men- 
tioned expired  on  May  1,  1899,  but  the  Board  of  Education  has  continued  to  use  the  prem- 
ises, which  it  is  proposed  to  acquire  by  condemnation  proceedings.  Section  217  of  the  Charter 
provides  that  "  if  the  city  shall,  prior  to  the  making  of  the  lease,  have  entered  upon  possession 
of  the  property,  the  lease  may  be  made  to  commence  as  of  the  date  when  the  occupation  com- 
menced." It  therefore  seems  proper  that  the  lease  of  the  premises  referred  to  should  be  renewed 
from  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the  former  lease,  to  wit,  May  1,  1899.  The  following  resolu- 
tions are  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  March  14,  1900  (see 
Minutes,  pages  267  and  268),  relative  to  the  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premises  Nos.  71  and  73  Pitt 
street,  Manhattan,  be  and  it  is  hereby  rescinded. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premises  Nos.  71  and  73  Pitt 
street,  Manhattan,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  4,  for  two  years  from  May  I,  1899,  with 
the  privilege  of  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  on  the  same  terms  as  were  provided  in  the  former 
lease  and  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1,200. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  the  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Education  held  on  March  28,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 


April  20,  1900.] 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

April  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  at  a  meeting  held  March  28,  1900,  adopted  a  resolution 
rescinding  a  resolution  passed  by  the  Board  on  March  14,  1900,  relative  to  the  renewal  of  the 
lease  of  the  premises  Nos.  71  and  73  Pitt  street,  Manhattan,  and  in  its  place  passed  the  following 
resolution  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
"  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premises  Nos.  71  and  73 
"  Pitt  street,  Manhattan,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  4,  for  two  years  from  May  1,  1899, 
"  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  on  the  same  terms  as  were  provided  in  the 
"  former  lease  and  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  two  hundred  dollars.  " 

The  premises  consist  of  two  2-story,  attic  and  basement  brick  buildings,  each  17  feet  10  inches 
by  33  feet,  on  a  plot  of  ground  35  feet  8  inches  by  75  feet,  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Pitt  street, 
53  feet  6  inches  south  of  Rivington  street  and  connecting  in  the  rear  with  Public  School  4. 

These  premises  were  first  leased  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  May  I,  1896,  for  a  term  of 
two  (2)  years,  which  lease  was  renewed  on  January  31,  1898,  for  a  further  term  of  one  (1)  year, 
expiring  May  1,  1899,  smce  which  time  the  Board  of  Education  has  continued  to  use  the  prem- 
ises, and  it  is  eventually  proposed  to  acquire  the  same  by  condemnation  proceedings.  The 
buildings  are  old,  and  from  the  outside  present  a  poor  appearance.  They  afford  accommoda- 
tions for  four  (4)  classes,  one  on  each  floor  of  the  two  buildings,  and  are  heated  by  stoves. 

The  premises  are  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $8,000,  and  I  consider  the  rental 
proposed,  $1,200  per  annum,  other  conditions  the  same. as  in  the  existing  lease,  to  be  reasonable 
and  just. 

The  lease  should  be  drawn  to  date  from  May  1,  1899,  for  a  term  of  two  (2)  years,  with,  the 
privilege  of  a  renewal  for  one  year  on  the  same  terms.    Lessor,  Julia  A.  Heron. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Julia  A.  Heron,  of  premises  Nos.  71  and  73  Pitt  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  use 
as  an  annex  to  Public  School  No.  4,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  1,  1899,  with  the  privilege 
of  a  renewal  for  an  additional  year  at  an  annual  rental  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  ($1,200),  pay- 
able quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  former  lease  ; 
and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


[April  20,  1900. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  additional  report  relative  to  the  proposed 
lease  of  premises  corner  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City,  for  the  Board  of 
Education  : 

April  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  action  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking:  Fund  on  March  21,  1900,  in  referring 
back  to  the  Comptroller,  for  a  further  report,  the  request  of  the  Board  of  Education  for  the  lease  of 
premises  corner  of  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens,  and 
my  report  thereon  has  been  the  subject  of  investigation,  and  I  beg  to  present  the  following  facts  in 
connection  therewith  : 

From  Mr.  Joseph  Cassidy,  a  representative  of  the  owner,  I  learn  that  the  proposition  made  to 
the  Board  of  Education  wTas  for  a  term  of  three  years  at  $900  per  annum  from  date  of  occupation, 
with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  at  a  price  to  be  mutually  agreed  upon,  and  not  for  a  term  of  one  year 
and  privilege  of  renewal  as  stated  in  the  resolution. 

From  Frank  A.  Collins,  Deputy  Superintendent  of  School  Buildings,  Borough  of  Queens,  I 
have  received  a  memorandum  of  the  repairs  to  be  made  by  the  owner,  as  follows  : 

"  Patch  and  repair  platforms. 

"  Glaze  in  all  broken  glass. 
»"  Padlock  fastening  on  cellar  doors. 

"  Locks  and  keys  to  all  outside  doors. 
Remove  bar  fixture  and  plumbing  in  kitchen  (tubs  and  sink)  and  tightly  cap  all  openings. 

"  Bath-room  fixtures  to  remain. 

"  Connect  bath-room  fixtures  and  put  in  order. 

"  Make  roof  tight. 

"  Repair  and  close  up  all  existing  fences  on  property  lines. 

"  Adjust  all  outside  doors  so  as  to  hang  and  swing  properly. 

';  Owner  to  take  charge  of  barn  and  put  on  his  own  lock  and  keys. 

"  The  owner  will  make  all  necessary  repairs  to  exterior  of  the  building,  shutters,  lights  of 
glass,  etc.,  etc. 

"  The  owner  will  keep  roofs,  sheds,  leaders,  etc.,  in  repair." 
— and  also  an  estimate  of  the  cost  to  the  Board  of  Education  approximately  in  the  sum  of  $1,000 
to  properly  fit  the  premises  for  school  purposes,  exclusive  of  school  furniture,  in  accordance  with 
specifications  and  plans  (blue  prints)  attached  to  this  report. 

The  plans  and  specifications  show  that  the  first  story  of  the  two  buildings,  with  the  exception 
of  the  front  hall  and  a  room  to  be  partitioned  off  as  a  coat-room,  will  require  an  entire  new 
flooring. 

By  the  removal  of  one  partition  and  the  erection  of  another  two  class-rooms  will  be  afforded. 

On  the  second  story  it  would  be  necessary  to  remove  five  board  partitions  in  order  to  make 
one  class-room.  The  remaining  portion  of  the  second  story — five  rooms  in  the  older  part  of  the 
building — cannot  be  used  for  class-room  purposes,  the  ceilings  being  too  low  and  the  windows 
insufficient  in  size  for  proper  light. 

Class-rooms  2  and  3  will  have  to  be  repapered  and  all  the  interior  woodwork  painted  through- 
out two  coats. 

Six  stoves  will  be  necessary  to  heat  the  three  class-rooms,  and  window-shades  at  all  the 
windows.  One  wardrobe  is  to  be  constructed  in  the  hall,  and  coat-hooks  and  shelves  as  shown  on 
plan. 


April  20.  1900.] 


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In  the  yard  100  feet  of  6  teet  4  inch  fence  will  be  required  to  close  the  property  from  the 
street  on  the  two  sides,  and  60  feet  additional  to  separate  the  boys'  and  girls'  play-grounds.  The 
two  water-closets  and  vaults  to  be  repaired  and  painted. 

Mr.  Joseph  Cassidy  declines  to  state  the  value  of  the  property,  on  the  grounds  that  there 
have  been  no  sales  of  real  estate  in  the  immediate  vicinity  recently  upon  which  to  base  values. 
He  states,  however,  that  his  father,  Mr.  John  Cassidy,  paid  $5,200  for  the  premises  about  eighteen 
years  ago,  and  has  replaced  part  of  the  structure  then  scanding  on  the  premises  by  a  two-story 
and  cellar  frame  building  22  feet  by  34  feet  ;  that  for  a  number  of  years'  he  received  $4  >  per 
month  for  the  original  premises  as  a  hotel,  and  after  the  construction  of  the  new  part  received  $75 
per  month  for  the  same  purposes. 

In  this  connection  I  beg  to  state  that  this  particular  locality  may  have  been  exceptional  for 
hotel  purposes,  and  again  the  expense  of  complying  with  the  law  regarding  hotels  may  have 
warranted  such  a  rental.  Neither  of  the  streets  upon  which  the  premises  face  are  improved,  no 
sidewalks,  curbs  or  sewers. 

The  premises  are  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $4,000,  having  been  reduced  from 
$4,200,  the  amount  upon  which  the  owner  paid  taxes  in  1899,  which,  on  a  tax  rate  of  3.27, 
amounted  to  about  $137.52. 

As  no  mention  was  made  in  the  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  any  repairs  to  be  made 
by  owner  before  occupation  or  during  the  term  of  the  lease,  I  was  unaware  at  the  time  of  my 
former  report  of  any  such  agreements. 

It  would  appear  to  me  that  the  laying  of  a  new  floor,  the  repairing  of  the  water-closets  and 
the  exterior  painting  as  called  for  in  the  specifications,  should,  in  addition  to  the  repairs  stated 
above,  be  done  by  the  owner  as  being  permanent  and  necessary  repairs,  and  if  so  done,  I  should 
then  consider  a  rental  of  $50  per  month  to  be  fair  and  reasonable. 

Should  the  owner  consent  to  make  all  repairs,  alterations  and  furnish  materials,  as  proposed  in 
the  specifications  attached,  thus  placing  the  building  in  condition  for  school  occupancy,  I  would 
then  consider  a  rental  of  $75  to  be  justifiable,  the  term  of  the  lease  to  be  three  (3)  years,  with  the 
privilege  of  renewal  on  the  same  terms.  As  the  initial  proceeding  by  the  Committee  on  School- 
houses  and  Sites  of  the  Borough  Board  (Queens,  Minutes,  page  612),  approving  a  site  in  this 
immediate  vicinity  was  only  taken  on  February  6,  1900,  it  would  seem  that  before  the  site  could  be 
acquired  and  the  building  completed,  a  three  year  term,  or  at  least  a  two  year  term,  with  the 
privilege  of  renewal  on  same  conditions,  would  be  required  for  the  temporary  quarters. 

In  my  opinion,  this  matter  should  be  referred  back  to  the  Board  of  Education,  in  order  that 
they  may  reach  an  agreement  with  the  owner  regarding  the  term  of  the  lease,  as  well  as  the  renial 
and  conditions  as  outlined  above. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Which  was  referred  to  the  Board  of  Education. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  on  Rockaway  Beach  Boulevard,  near  Pleasant  avenue,  Rockaway 
Beach: 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Queens  on  March  20,  1900,  requesting  the  Board  of  Education  to  renew 


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[April  20.  1900. 


the  lease  of  the  building  situated  on  the  north  side  of  Rockaway  Reach  Boulevard,  near  Pleasant 
avenue,  Rockaway  Beach,  Borough  of  Queens,  used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  41,  from  month 
to  month  until  the  new  building  is  ready  for  occupancy,  respectfully  reports  that  the  matter  has 
been  investigated,  and  it  is  found  that  the  building  in  question  accommodates  about  50  pupils 
afid  has  been  used  as  a  kindergarten  since  consolidation.  It  is  thought  that  it  will  be  required 
for  about  six  months  longer,  and,  as  the  rental  of  $9  per  month  is  considered  reasonable,  it  is 
recommended  that  the  request  of  the  School  Board  be  granted. 
The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  building  on  the  north  side  of 
Rockaway  Beach  Boulevard,  near  Pleasant  avenue,  Rockaway  Beach,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  six 
months  from  March  I,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  $9  per  month.    Lessor,  Charles  Crabbe. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held 
on  April  11,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  from  Charles  Crabbe,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Education, 
of  the  building  on  the  north  side  of  Rockaway  Beach  Boulevard,  near  Pleasant  avenue,  Rockaway 
Beach,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  six  months  from  March  I,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  nine 
dollars  ($9)  per  month,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing 
lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to 
the  payment  of  one  month's  rent  to  the  Garretsons  Bowling  Club  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  Borough  of  Richmond  on  April  5,  1900,  stating  that  it  was  necessary  to 
continue  the  use  of  the  premises  of  the  Garretsons  Bowling  -Club,  at  Garretsons,  for  school 
purposes,  for  one  month  longer  than  the  term  of  the  lease,  to  wit,  until  December  15,  1899,  on 
account  of  the  alterations,  etc.,  to  Public  School  II,  Borough  of  Richmond,  not  being  fully 
completed  until  that  date,  and  asking  that  this  action  be  approved  by  the  Board  of  Education, 
respectfully  recommends,  in  view  of  the  circumstances,  that  the  request  be  granted. 

The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  action  of  the  School  Board  for  the  Borough  of  Richmond  in  occupying 
the  premises  of  the  Garretsons  Bowling  Club,  at  Garretsons,  for  one  month  longer  than  the  term 
of  the  lease,  namely,  until  December  15,  1899,  be  approved  ;  also  that  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  herby  requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  the  said  premises  from  November  15  to  December  15,  1899,  at  a  rental  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  per  month. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held  on 
April  II,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 


April  20,  1900.] 


192 


In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  to  the  Garretsons  Bowling 
Club  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  for  the  use  and  occupation  by  the  Board  of  Education 
of  premises  directly  opposite  Public  School  11,  in  the  Borough  of  Richmond,  for  the  period 
from  November  15  to  December  15,  1899. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  Charles  C.  Overton,  withdrawing  his  bid 
for  the  property  known  as  the  Grand  Union  Hotel  property,  Coney  Island  : 

Brooklyn,  New  York,  April  5,  1900. 

To  the  Mayor  and  Comptroller  of  The  City  of 'New  York  : 

Gentlemen — Please  take  notice  that  I  withdraw  a  certain  bid  of  eighteen  thousand  ($18,000) 
dollars  made  by  me  last  month  on  property  known  as  "The  Grand  Union  Hotel  Property," 
Coney  Island.  When  I  made  the  bid  I  assumed  that  I  could  use  the  buildings  for  a  hotel 
property,  but  I  find  upon  investigation  that  the  new  building  laws  are  so  onerous  and  stringent 
that  to  make  the  alterations  required  by  them  would  be  equal  to  building  a  new  building,  and 
that  the  said  building  would  not  be  worth  repairing.  I  therefore  take  the  liberty  of  withdrawing 
my  said  bid. 

Yours  very  respectfully, 

CHAS.  C.  OVERTON. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  the  refunding 
of  Croton  water  rents  paid  in  error  : 

April  ii,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Applications  have  been  made,  as  per  statement  herewith,  for  the  refund  of  Croton 
water  rents  paid  in  error.  The  applications  are  severally  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of 
Water  Supply,  the  Receiver  of  Taxes  or  the  Clerk  of  Arrears,  and  the  amount  so  paid,  $534.38, 
has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of 
Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


Water  Registrar. 

WalterS.  Rockey   $10  00 

Edward  A.  New   75  00 

Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company   5  20 

E.  Ritzema  De  Grove,  as  attorney  for  Ernest  M.  Greenfield,  trustee,  etc. .  .  58  80 

Ellen  Quinlan   3  50 

William  Yule  >. .  10  00 

Wright  D.  Goss   12  00 

Julius  Bachrach   14  65 

Frances  Sprague  Brown  >   ^55 


193  [April  20,  1900. 

John  C.  Barth   $60  co 

L.N.Littauer   15  00 

  $280  70 

^  Receiver  of  Taxes. 

Margaret  McKeon.  ...    $69  60 

Lexon,  Mackellar  &  Wells   10  35 

  79  95 

Clerk  of  Arrears. 

Estate  of  Thomas  McMullen,  deceased   $111  95 

John  Gallagher   8  10 

Miss  L.  M.  Baker   885 

J.  M.  Hanley   10  70 

George  Shepherd   11  33 

John  Monaghan   22  80 

  173  73 


$534  38 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  thirty-four 
dollars  and  thirty-eight  cents,  for  deposit  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  "  Croton  Water 
Rents — Refunding  Account,"  for  refunding  erroneous  payments  of  Croton  water  rents,  as  per 
statement  submitted  herewith. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  refunding  of 
over-payments  for  street  vault  permits  : 

April  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Colee.  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  application  for  the  refund  of  amounts  overpaid  for  street  vault  permits 
have  been  filed  in  this  office,  viz.  : 

Alois  Fink,  Nos.  438  and  440  East  Seventy- second  street   $27  45 

Estate  of  John  Carter  Brown,  Xo.  5  West  Thirty-second  street   130  40 

$157  85 


Each  application  is  accompanied  with  the  certificate  of  a  City  Surveyor,  is  certified  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Street  Openings,  Paving  and  Repairing,  and  approved  by  the  Commissioner  or 
Deputy  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

The  amount  paid  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


April  20,  1900.] 


194 


Resolved,  That  warrants  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of — 

Alois  Fink,  for  the  sum  of   $27  45 

Estate  of  John  Carter  Brown,  for  the  sum  of   130  40 

— being  amount  overpaid  in  error  by  said  parties  respectively  for  Street  Vault  permits,  as  per 
statement  submitted  herewith. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable 
to  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

April  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  in  the  month  of  March,  1900,  viz.  : 

March  1.  John  H.Anderson   $25  00 

"     6.  Shiek  Nadje  Tahar   50  00 

Total  ,   $75  00 

The  returns  of  the  Court  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122, 
Laws  of  1876,  said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  society. 

The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children,  for  the  sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  ($75),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to 
children  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division),  in  the  month  of 
March,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  for  viola- 
tions of  the  Agricultural  Law  : 

April  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  Violations  of  Agricultural  Law  (chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893) 
were  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Courts  of  General  Sessions  and  Special  Sessions,  in  the  month 
of  March,  1900,  viz.  : 

Court  of  General  Sessions. 
Mar.  19.  Clinton  S.  Wright  )   $25  00 


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[April  20,  1900. 


Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  Manhattan. 

Mar.  2.  John  Holsten   $50  00 

"    2.  John  Indort   50  00 

2.  Charles  H.  Holsten     150  00 

"    2.  John  J.  Hackett   25  00 

"  16.  Charles  Cornwell   75  00 

"  16.  Thomas  Brown   75  00 

"  23.  John  C.  Raven  (paid  to  Warden)     150  00 

"  27.  August  Rupprich  ,   25  00 

"  27.  William  Byrne   50  00 

"  27.  James  Smith   50  00 

"  27.  Charles  Kohnkens   50  00 

  $750  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Brooklyn. 

Mar.  2.  Matilda  Lungren                                        . . .  0   $25  00 

"    7.  Herman  Von  Ahn   50  00 

"    9.  James  Hutchins   25  00 

"  28.  Ernest  F.  Rositzke   25  00 

V  30.  Dietrich  Bultman   25  00 

  150  00 

Total   $925  00 


The  total  amount  of  the  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  section  9  of  chapter  338  of  the  Laws  of  1893,  one-half  of  the  above  fines  is 
payable  to  the  State,  the  residue  is  payable  to  the  Pension  Funds  of  the  Police  and  Fire 
Departments. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  and  twenty-five 
dollars  ($925;,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Law  imposed  and  collected 
by  the  Courts  of  Special  Sessions  and  General  Sessions,  in  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and 
Brooklyn,  in  the  month  of  March,  1900,  for  deposit  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  State 
Agricultural  Law  Fines,  for  distribution  pursuant  to  section  9  of  chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable 
to  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

April  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  i 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  animals  were  Jimposed  and  collected  by  Courts  of 
Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  month  of  March,  1900,  viz.: 


April  20,  1900.] 


196 


Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Fi?st  Division,  Manhattan. 


Feb.  28.  William  Wheeler   $25  00 

Mar.    7.  Antonio  Cassone   15  00 

7.  Thomas  Dury   25  00 

"    14.  Henry  Schrier   25  00 

"    14.  George  Muller   25  00 

'*    14.  Agnello  Sposi   25  00 

"    14.  John  Crosby   15  00 

'*    28.  Patrick  Sullivan   25  00 

  $180  00 

Court  oj  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Brooklyn. 
Mar.  16.  John  Wilson   5  00 


Total   $185  00 


The  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  and  the  amount  of  fines  recovered  is  payable  to  the  said  society  pursuant  to  section  6, 
chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

The  total  amount  above  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals 
for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to  animals 
imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  and  Second  Divisions),  during  the 
month  of  March,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws 
of  1888. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  t<? 
the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  : 

April  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — On  March  26,  1900,  Maxine  A.  Auerback  was  convicted  and  iSned  $50  for  illegally 
practicing  medicine.  The  case  was  prosecuted  by  the  New  York  County  Medical  Society  and  the 
fine  paid  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the 
Interest  on  the  City  Debt.  The  said  society  is  entitled  to  the  amount  of  said  fine  pursuant  to 
sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  the  sum 
of  fifty  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fine  for  violation  of  medical  law  imposed  upon  and  collected 


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[April  20,  1900. 


from  Maxine  A.  Auerbach  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  in  the  month  of  March, 
1900,  and  payable  to  said  society  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  66  [,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable 
to  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  : 

April  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  March  26,  1900,  Edward  Hunter  was 
convicted  and  fined  $50  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry.  The  amount  of  said  fine  was  deposited 
in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the 
City  Debt. 

The  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  by  their  counsel  claim  the  amount  of  said  fine 
under  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  I893. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  for  the  sum 
of  fifty  dollars  ($50),  being  amount  of  fines  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry  imposed  upon  and 
collected  from  Edward  Hunter  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  March  26, 
1900,  and  payable  to  said  society  pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Henry  C.Johnson,  Jr.,  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  a  plot  of  ground  on  Willow  street,  Long  Island  City,  occupied  by  the  Department 
of  Water  Supply : 

Long  Island  City,  April  13,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  City  0 f  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — On  the  13th  of  April,  1899,  I  leased  to  New  York  City  for  the  use  of  the 
Water  Department  a  plot  of  ground  in  the  Fifth  Ward  of  Long  Island  City,  for  the  period  of  one 
year  from  the  1st  day  of  March,  1899,  at  a  rental  of  $300  per  year,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal 
of  the  lease  for  a  period  of  two  years  from  the  expiration  of  the  said  lease  at  an  annual  rental  of 
$325- 

The  City  of  New  York  by  its  Department  of  Water  Supply  is  still  in  possession,  and  occupies 
the  leased  premises  and  presumptively  has  availed  itself  of  the  option  of  two  years'  additional 
occupancy  at  the  rental  of  $325  per  year  ;  I  am  in  consequence  advised  by  the  Deputy  Comptroller 
to  notify  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  to  request  that  they  authorize  or  direct  the 
preparation  of  a  lease  for  the  period  named,  which  I  will  execute  jointly  with  the  proper  represent- 
atives of  the  City,  so  soon  as  the  same  may  be  ready  for  such  execution. 

Yours  truly, 

HENRY  C.  JOHNSON,  Jr. 


April  20,  1900.] 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  iease  to  the  City  from  Henry  C.Johnson,  Jr.,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of 
Water  Supply,  of  the  plot  of  ground  ninety-six  by  one  hundred  and  sixty-three  feet  in  dimensions, 
situated  on  the  westerly  side  of  Willow  street,  northerly  from  Franklin  street,  Long  Island  City, 
Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  March  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  dollars  ($325)  per  annum,  payable  monthly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms 
and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deem- 
ing the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such 
lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution 
relative  to  a  lease  of  offices  in  the  Suburban  Building,  No.  534  Willis  avenue,  Borough  of  The 
Bronx,  for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  : 

April  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
April  13,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
"  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  for  a  lease  from  Charles  Henry 
"  Zeltner  of  the  two  front  offices  on  the  first  floor  of  the  premises  known  as  The  Surburban 
"  Building,  No.  534  Willis  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from 
"  May  1 ,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $480,  payable  monthly,  for  the  use  of  this  Department  as 
"  an  office  of  the  Deputy  Commissioner  ;  the  lessor  to  make  such  alterations  as  to  fit  the  premises 
"  for  the  above-mentioned  purposes  and  to  pay  for  the  Croton  water  used  during  the  term  of  the 
"  lease,  the  City  to  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair. 

"  The  dimensions  of  the  premises,  as  will  be  perceived  from  the  diagram  transmitted  here- 
"  with,  are,  for  one-half  of  the  width,  about  48  feet  in  depth  by  12  feet  in  width  ;  for  the  other 
"  half,  about  22  feet  in  depth  by  about  12  feet  in  width." 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  consist  of  the  offices  situated 
on  the  first  floor  above  the  street  of  the  building,  as  above. 

The  building  is  heated  by  steam  and  lighted  by  gas.  The  owner,  Mr.  Charles  Henry 
Zeltner,  of  Third  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  street,  agrees  to  furnish  heat  and 
service  of  janitor  for  the  premises,  but  no  gas,  and  will  make  such  alterations  as  may  be  required 
to  fit  the  offices  for  the  use  of  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning. 

The  floor  space  covers  about  600  square  feet,  and  the  rental  proposed,  namely,  $480  per 
annum,  would  be  at  the  rate  of  80  cents  per  square  foot,  which  I  consider  excessive. 

In  my  opinion,  a  rental  of  $35  per  month  for  a  term  of  two  (2)  years  from  May  1,  1900,  the 
owner  to  make  alterations  in  partitions,  as  required,  to  furnish  steam  heat  and  service  of  janitor, 
and  keep  the  premises  in  repair,  would  be  just  and  reasonable. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  'McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  Charles  Henry 
Zeltner,  of  the  two  front  offices  on  the  first  floor  of  the  premises  known  as  the  Suburban  Building, 


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No.  534  Willis  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  May  I,  1900, 
at  a  rental  of  thirty-five  dollars  ($35)  per  month,  the  owner  to  make  alterations  in  partitions  as 
required,  to  furnish  steam  heat  and  service  of  janitor,  and  to  keep  the  premises  in  repair — the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent,  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Justices  of  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions 
relative  to  space  in  the  Criminal  Court  Building  : 

New  York,  February  28,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — The  Clerk's  office  of  this  Court  is  on  the  first  mezzanine  floor  of  this  building, 
and  has  been  since  the  organization  of  the  Court.  The  two  small  rooms  in  which  fourteen  clerks 
are  employed  are  not  large  enough  for  the  proper  transaction  of  the  business  of  the  Court.  An 
outside  room  is  so  dark  that  it  is  of  no  use  except  as  an  entrance  and  for  keeping  file  cases.  It  is 
necessary  to  keep  a  light  in  this  room  all  day.  In  the  two  small  offices  the  light  and  ventilation 
are  very  poor,  and  except  on  very  bright  days  it  is  necessary  to  use  the  electric-lights  because  the 
windows  are  low.  The  Clerk  and  Deputy  Clerk  have  absolutely  no  privacy,  and  are  so  cramped 
that  the  passage  between  their  chairs  when  sitting  at  their  desks  is  insufficient  to  allow  other 
clerks  to  pass  to  their  desks. 

We  have  been  obliged  to  keep  these  offices  because  there  have  been  no  others  obtainable 
until  now.  There  are  a  number  of  vacant  rooms  on  the  upr)er  floor  of  this  building  which  would 
suit  our.needs  and  make  good  offices.  These  vacant  rooms  were  formerly  occupied  by  the  Board 
of  Health. 

We  respectfully  ask  that  several  offices  now  vacant  be  set  aside  for  the  use  of  the  Clerks' 
offices  of  this  Court.  An  inspection  of  our  present  offices  will  show  the  pressing  need  of  larger 
and  lighter  rooms. 

Yours  respectfully, 

JOHN  B.  McKEAN,  )  Justices  of  the  Court  of  Special 
WM.  C.  HOLBROOK,  [  Sessions  of  the  First  Division 
E.  A.  JACOB,  )     of  The  City  of  New  York. 

Which  was  referred  to  the  Comptroller. 


Adjourned. 

REEVES  E.  SELMES,  Temporary  Secretary. 


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COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE   SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's  Office  at 
12  o'clock  M.  on  Friday ,  May  18,  1 900. 

Present— Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller;  Patrick  Keenan, 
Chamberlain  ;  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman, 
Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 

The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  April  20,  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Messrs.  Eustis,  Foster  &  Coleman,  making 
application  on  behalf  of  Margaret  S.  Ferrier  for  a  resale  of  gore  of  land  on  east  side  of  Third 
avenue,  north  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx.  (See  pages  42 
and  134,  Minutes  of  1898,  and  pages  404  and  513,  Minutes  of  1899.)  : 

February  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  of  The  City  of  New  York,  No.  280  Broadway,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  Sir  —In  the  matter  of  the  sale  of  the  gores  belonging  to  the  City,  lying  on  the  east  side 
of  Third  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth 
streets,  which  were  advertised  for  sale  on  the  13th  instant,  we  beg  to  call  your  attention  to  the 
fact  that  the  reason  there  was  no  sale  on  that  day  was  that,  in  the  judgment  of  our  client,  the 
owner  of  the  adjoining  property,  the  upset  price  fixed  by  the  Commissioners  was  at  least  three 
times  the  value  of  the  property. 

We  inclose  a  little  pencil  sketch  showing  these  gores,  and  how  they  form  the  rear  end  of  the 
property  taken  by  the  City  for  the  widening  of  Third  avenue  at  this  point.  The  engineer  in 
figuring  up  and  making  the  price  for  these  gores  says  that  it  was  the  same  price  as  it  cost  the  City 
at  the  time  the  City  took  this  property. 

In  connection  with  the  balance  of  the  lots,  the  other  portion  of  the  property,  or  the  front,  was 
business  property  and  had  buildings,  and  it  had  a  level  street  in  front  where  all  the  travel  across 
the  river  passed  directly  in  front  of  the  stores  ;  that  the  change  in  making  the  new  approach  to 
the  bridge  at  this  point  leaves  a  high  wall  in  front  of  the  property  between  One  Hundred  and 


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Thirty-fourth  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth  streets  so  that  none  of  the  travel  across  the  river 
has  any  occasion  to  pass  along  this  property. 

As  our  client,  Margaret  S.  Ferrier,  the  owner  of  the  adjoining  property,  applied  in  good 
faith  for  the  sale  of  this  property,  desiring  to  purchase  it,  we  beg  to  say  in  her  behalf  that  she  still 
desires  to  do  so  if  it  can  be  purchased  at  its  fair  value,  while  the  property  is  of  no  value  to  the 
City  in  the  condition  in  which  it  lies,  and  of  almost  no  value  to  any  one  else  excepting  Mrs. 
Ferrier,  who  is  willing  to  give  more  than  she  thinks  the  property  is  worth,  and  directs  us  to  say 
that  if  the  City  is  willing  to  sell  this  property  for  $1,000  she  will  undertake  to  purchase  it  at  that 
price,  while  she  does  not  consider  it  worth  in  the  market  more  than  one-half  that  sum. 

It  is  a  small  sliver,  being  only  ten  feet  wide  at  its  widest  point  and  running  down  to  a  lit  tie 
over  one  foot  at  the  rear. 

Believing  it  will  be  for  the  best  interest  of  the  City  to  have  this  money  rather  than  this  useless 
piece  of  property,  we  would  respectfully  urge  that  your  Honor  would  advise  the  Commissioners 
to  order  a  resale  at  the  upset  price  of  $1,000. 

Your  respectfully, 

EUSTIS,  FOSTER  &  COLEMAN. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  : 

April  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR — Messrs.  Eustis,  Foster  &  Coleman,  as  attorneys  for  Margaret  S.  Ferrier,  in  a  communi- 
cation under  date  of  February  17,  1900,  request  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
order  a  resale  of  certain  City  property,  the  same  being  a  gore  lot  situated  on  the  easterly  side  of 
Third  avenue,  north  of  East  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street,  and  which  property  was 
offered  for  sale  at  public  auction  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  February  13, 
1900,  at  an  upset  price  of  $2,300.    Result,  no  sale. 

The  attorneys  state  that  the  reason  that  their  client  was  not  a  bidder  was  that  the  value  of 
the  premises  as  fixed  was,  in  the  opinion  of  their  client,  at  least  three  times  the  value  of  the 
property.  They  now  offer  to  become  a  purchaser,  if  the  property  is  offered  again,  at  an  upset 
price  not  exceeding  $1,000. 

While  the  value  of  this  gore  lot,  which  controls  the  frontage  on  Third  avenue,  is  certainly 
greater  than  any  interior  lot,  the  price  fixeo,  namely  $2,300,  was  only  at  the  rate  per  square  foot 
which  the  C'.ty  paid  for  acquiring  the  total  lot,  and  I  do  not  consider  that  any  less  sum  than 
$2,300  should  be  fixed  for  a  resale. 

For  the  information  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  I  beg  to  submit  a  statement 
regarding  this  property  as  acquired  by  the  City  under  the  proceedings  for  widening  Third  avenue, 
in  order  to  provide  for  an  approach  to  the  new  Third  Avenue  Bridge. 

Under  chapter  413  of  the  Laws  of  1892  as  amended  by  chapter  716  of  the  Laws  of  1896, 
title  to  this  property  was  vested  in  The  City  of  New  York  on  May  19,  1896. 

The  records  of  the  Register's  office  show  that  by  deed  dated  June  17,  1898,  and  for  the  con- 
sideration of  $1,  James  Ferrier  conveyed  to  Margaret  S.  Ferrier  certain  property,  the  description 
of  which  covers  the  entire  gore  lot,  together  with  the  other  property,  the  said  gore  being  then  the 
property  of  the  City  of  New  York,  and  the  same  gore  for  which  the  said  Margaret  S.  Ferrier  now 
applies  to  have  sold. 

Again  the  records  show  that  on  March  21,  1899,  a  mortgage  between  Margaret  S.  Ferrier  and 
the  New  York  Skin  and  Cancer  Hospital  was  recorded,  in  which  the  said  Margaret  S.  Ferrier  did 
mortgage  the  sum  of  $8,000,  the  property  as  described  in  the  before-mentioned  deed,  and  cover- 
ing the  same  gore  lot. 


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On  the  same  day,  the  records  further  show  a  second  mortgage  on  the  same  property  between 
Margaret  S.  Ferrier  and  James  G.  Patton,  in  the  sum  of  $1,200. 

A  building  has  been  constructed  upon  the  land  owned  by  the  City  and  rentals  collected  by 
the^&gents  of  the  applicant  for  the  use  and  occupation  of  the  same. 

The  Bureau  of  City  Revenue  has  made  demand  upon  the  owner  for  rental  without  success, 
and  the  Comptroller,  under  dates  of  February  21  and  March  5,  1900,  applied  to  the  Counsel  of  the 
Corporation  to  take  such  steps  as  might  be  necessary  to  place  the  City  in  immediate  possession  of 
the  premises.    At  this  w  riting  the  City  has  not  yet  secured  possession. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.E.McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance 
relative  to  the  bid  of  William  R.  King  for  an  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  roof  of  the 
Twelfth  Regiment  Armory,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

May  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Hon.  Thomas  L.  Feitner,  Secretary  of  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners,  in  com- 
munication of  May  7,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  informs  them  that  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Armory  Board  held  May  7,  1900,  the  following  was  adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  bid  of  William  R.  King,  of  No.  417  East  Twenty-third  street,  for  an 
"  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  roof  of  the  Twelfth  Regiment  Armory,  amounting  to  the  sum 
"  of  six  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($6,950)  be  accepted  as  being  the  lowest  bid  for 
"  said  work,  and  that  the  same  be  submitted  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  for  their 
"  concurrence,  and  to  the  Comptroller,  for  his  approval  of  the  sureties  thereon,  and  when  so 
"  approved  the  Chairman  of  this  Board  be  authorized  to  execute  the  contract  on  behalf  of  this 
"  Board." 

The  work  was  duly  advertised  in  the  City  Record,  and  bids  called  for,  in  answer  to  which 
three  bids  were  received,  ranging  from  $6,950  to  $8,350. 

In  communication  of  May  8,  1900,  the  bid  of  William  R.  King,  the  lowest  bidder,  is  trans- 
mitted to  the  Commissioners. 

In  conformity  with  chapter  212,  Laws  of  1898,  section  134,  there  appears  no  reason  why  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  should  not  concur,  and  the  necessary  authority  be  given  for 
the  execution  of  the  contract. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  the  resolution  of 
the  Board  of  Armoiy  Commissioners,  adopted  May  7,  1900,  accepting  the  bid  of  William  R.  King 
for  an  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  roof  of  the  Twelfth  Regiment  Armory  for  six  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($6,950). 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


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204 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  to  authorize  payment  of  bills  of  Martin  13. 
Brown  Company  for  binding  minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  be  drawn  for  the  sum  of  twenty-eight  dollars  ($28)  in  favor  of 
Martin  B.  Brown  Company  for  binding  fourteen  copies  of  the  minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  year  1898,  payable  from  the  appropriation  entitled 
"  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund — Expenses  of  1898." 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  be  drawn  for  the  sum  of  ninety-four  dollars  ($94)  in  favor  of 
Martin  15.  Brown  Company  for  binding  forty-seven  copies  of  the  minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  year  1899,  payable  from  the  appropriation  entitled, 
"  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund — Expenses  of  1899." 

Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  authorize  payment  of  bill  of  Martin  B. 
Brown  Company  for  punting  forms  of  contract,  estimates  and  envelopes  in  connection  with  the 
furnishing  and  equipping  of  the  Gouverneur  Hospital  Building  ; 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Mann  B.  Brown  Company  for  the  sum  of 
three  hundred  and  fourteen  dollars  and  seventy-nine  cents  ($314.79)  for  printing  two  hundred  and 
fifty  copies  of  form  of  contract,  two  hundred  and  fifty  estimates  and  two  hundred  and  fifty 
envelopes,  in  connection  with  the  furnishing  and  equipping  of  the  Gouverneur  Hospital  Building, 
on  Gouverneur  Slip,  between  Front  and  Water  streets,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  payable  from 
the  proceeds  of  bonds  issued  pursuant  to  chapter  703  of  the  Laws  of  1894. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Municipal  Civil  Service  Commission, 
relative  to  a  lease  of  rooms  in  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company's  building  : 

New  York,  April  28,  1900. 

EDGAR  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Sinking  Fund  Commission  : 

Dear  Sir — Being  informed  by  the  Finance  Department  that  the  Municipal  Civil  Service 
Commission  would  be  required,  to  remove  from  its  present  offices  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the  new 
Criminal  Court  Building,  leaving  the  Labor  Bureau  on  the  ground  floor  of  said  building,  I  desire 
to  state  that  we  have  inspected  the  premises  suggested  in  the  Syndicate  Building  at  No.  21  Park 
row,  and  find  them  not  adapted  to  our  use.  We  have  also  had  our  attention  called  to  offices  on 
the  fifth  floor  of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company's  building  at  No.  346  Broadway  and 
believing  that  those  offices  will  meet  our  requirements  it  is  respectfully  requested  that  a  lease  of 
the  said  rooms  be  made  for  a  term  of  at  least  five  years. 

Mr.  Nichols,  of  the  engineering  staff  of  the  Finance  Department',  knows  the  location  and 
number  of  the  rooms  referred  to. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

CHAS.  H.  KNOX,  President  of  the  Municipal  Civil  Service  Commission. 


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I  May  id,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

April  27,  1900. 

^/ou.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — Pursuant  to  your  instructions,  I  have  made  inquiry  to  ascertain  what  space  is  available 
in  the  Park  Row  Building  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission.  This  Com- 
mission now  occupies  floor  space  in  the  New  Criminal  Court  Building  amounting  to  6,236  square 
feet,  of  which  5,438  was  regularly  assigned,  and  the  remainder,  798  square  feet,  has  been  used 
temporarily  since  the  removal  of  the  Health  Board. 

President  Knox,  of  the  Commission,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  June  6,  1899,  formally 
applied  for  the  rooms  containing  the  798  square  feet  as  above,  and  also  for  an  additional  room 
with  an  area  of  2,400  square  feet  to  be  used  as  a  second  examination  room.  The  requirements  of 
the  Commission  for  examination  and  administrative  purposes,  exclusive  of  space  for  physical 
examinations,  would  appear  to  me  about  8,600  square  feet. 

The  rooms  devoted  to  the  physical  examinations  are  located  in  the  basement  of  the  New 
Criminal  Court  Building,  and  cover  2,784  square  feet. 

The  office  space  on  the  floors  of  the  Park  Row  Building  amounts  to  about  6,900  square  feet, 
which  can  be  increased  by  about  1,000  square  feet  by  the  removal  of  partitions,  thus  throwing  the 
corridor  space  into  the  rooms. 

I  am  informed  by  Douglas  Robinson  &  Co.,  the  agents  of  the  building,  that  there  is  no  entire 
floor  available  at  the  present  time,  but  that  the  nearest  approach  to  an  entire  floor  is  the  nine- 
teenth, upon  which  the  Bureau  of  Municipal  Statistics  is  located,  occupying  Rooms  Nos.  1907  to 
1912  inclusive,  containing  1,142  square  feet,  and  three  other  tenants  occupying  small  offices.  Mr. 
Robinson  states  that  it  might  be  arranged  to  provide  other  quarters  for  the  three  tenants,  thus 
leaving  an  area  of  about  6,300  square  feet,  to  include  one  examination  room,  for  the  Civil  Service 
Commission  on  this  floor,  and  on  the  floor  above  a  second  examination  ro^m  could  be  secured  by 
the  removal  of  the  partitions  separating  Rooms  Nos.  2032  to  2039  inclusive,  and  having  an  area  of 
about  1,900  square  feet,  making  a  total  of  about  8,200  square  feet. 

Under  the  original  agreement  for  space  in  this  building  which  called  for  47,915  square  feet  at 
fixed  prices,  the  City  now  occupies  46,388  square  feet,  leaving  1,527  square  feet  still  to  be  rented 
at  the  original  price. 

The  owners  decline  to  rent  the  additional  space  required  at  the  same  terms  as  now  paid, 
which  varies  from  $11,719.88  to  $13,439.71  for  an  entire  floor,  and  depending  upon  the  amount  of 
corridor  space  used,  but  offers  a  flat  rate  of  $14,000  per  floor,  which  they  state  is  from  $860  to 
$1,200  per  annum  less  than  they  are  receiving  from  the  general  public. 

Under  these  conditions  the  cost  to  the  City  for  the  rooms  required  would  be  about  $14,600, 
which  is  at  the  rate  of  $1.77  per  square  foot  per  annum,  which  I  consider  full  but  not  excessive. 

There  is  also  unoccupied  in  the  building  all  of  the  second  floor,  with  the  exception  of  the 
Park  row  front,  containing  about  5,824  square  feet  in  four  rooms,  which  is  offered  at  $9,000  per 
annum. 

I  do  not  consider  that  there  is  sufficient  natural  light  in  these  rooms  to  make  it  desirable  for 
the  Civil  Service  Commission. 

The  offices  on  the  nineteenth  and  twentieth  floors,  while  admirable  for  administration  offices, 
cannot  be  made  into  ideal  examination  rooms,  for  even  when  the  partitions  are  removed,  a  room 
of  irregular  share  is  formed  and  pillars  must  remain,  which  contain  the  pipes  and  flues  of  the 
building. 

Some  months  ago  I  reported  on  the  cost  of  a  building  to  replace  the  old  building  at  Third 
avenue  and  Eleventh  street,  and  to  be  used  for  the  Health  Department,  but  as  the  Health  Depart- 
ment found  quarters  elsewhere,  the  matter  was  dropped. 


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It  occurs  tome  now  that  the  present  structure  could  be  remodeled,  an  additional  story  added, 
when  sufficient  space  could  be  obtained  to  comfortably  and  conveniently  house  this  Commission. 

I  think  the  matter  would  bear  investigation,  if  there  is  sufficient  time  before  the  Commission 
are  compelled  to  leave  their  present  quarters,  in  which  to  make  the  necessary  alterations. 

I  have  consulted  with  President  Knox  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission  in  regard  to  the  Park 
row  building,  and  Mr.  Phillips  and  Mr.  Spencer  of  the  Commission  were  deputized  by  the 
President  to  make  personal  examination  and  report  to  him.  Mr.  Knox  has  since  advised  me 
through  Mr.  Phillips  that  he  does  not  consider  the  Park  'row  building  available  for  the  purpose 
of  his  Commission,  for  the  following  reasons  : 

1st.  That  the  pillars  which  must  necessarily  remain  when  the  partitions  are  removed,  form 
sufficient  obstructions  to  prevent  a  proper  examination  be  conducted  in  these  rooms. 

2d.  That  the  administrative  offices  are  so  disconnected  that  the  business  of  the  office  would  be 
severely  hampered. 

3<1.  That  as  the  Labor  Bureau  and  physical  examining  rooms  will  still  remain  in  the  New 
Criminal  Court  Building,  it  would  be  more  desirable  to  have  the  main  office  of  the  Commission 
as  close  at  hand  as  is  possible,  as  frequent  communication  is  necessary  between  the  two  offices. 

In  looking  around  for  other  available  quarters,  an  offer  has  been  made  of  the  front  half  of  the 
fifth  floor  of  the  New  York  Life  Building,  No.  346  Broadway,  contingent  upon  an  answer  by 
Monday,  April  30. 

This  floor  contains  in  Rooms  524  to  541  a  total  of  7,573  square  feet, with  corridor  space  amounting 
to  about  1,100,  total  8,673  square  feet,  and  is  offered  for  a  term  of  five  (5)  years  at  an  annual 
rental  of  $12,000,  which  is  at  the  rate  of  $1.58  per  square  foot,  exclusive  of  corridor  space,  and  at 
$1.40  per  square  foot  if  the  corridor  space  is  taken  into  consideration. 

By  the  removal  of  partitions  on  the  Broadway  front,  an  examination  room  containing  about 
1,852  square  feet  could  be  obtained,  with  four  obstructing  pillars. 

1  have  obtained  the  informal  views  of  Mr.Phillips  and  Mr.  Spencer  on  this  building,  and  it 
would  appear  to  them  that  it  would  be  much  more  satisfactory  than  the  Park  row  building. 

They  will  submit  this  matter  to  the  Civil  Service  Commissioners  this  afternoon,  and  I  have 
requested  them  to  communicate  with  the  Department  of  Finance  in  writing. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Council  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  of  Rooms  Nos.  524  to  541,  inclusive,  in  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Building,  No.  346 
Broadw  ay,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Municipal  Civil  Service  Commission,  for  a 
term  of  three  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  two  addi- 
tional years,  at  an  annual  rental  of  twelve  thousand  dollars  ($12,000),  payable  quarterly  ;  and 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interest  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel, 
as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


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[May  i 8,  [900. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  relative 
to  a  lease  of  rooms  at  No.  85  Borden  avenue,  Long  Island  City  : 

New  York,  April  21,  1900. 

the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sirs— On  March  14th  ultimo,  a  resolution  was  adopted  by  this  Board  requesting  your  Honor- 
able Body  to  lease  additional  space  in  the  Savings  Bank  Building,  Long  Island  City,  for  the  use 
of  the  Topographical  Bureau  of  this  Board,  which  resolution  was  forwarded  to  you  for  considera- 
tion under  date  of  March  16. 

It  is  now  learned  that  the  premises  referred  to  in  said  resolution  have  been  rented  by  a  tele- 
phone company,  and  at  the  meeting  of  this  Board  held  on  the  18th  instant  the  resolution  of  March 
14  was  rescinded,  and  the  following  resolution  was  adopted,  which  is  respectfully  submitted  for 
your  favorable  consideration  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  requested  to  lease  from  May 
1,  19CO  (for  one  [1]  year,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal)  at  the  monthly  rental  of  thirty  dollars 
per  month,  the  third  floor  of  extension  to  office  building  known  as  No.  85  Borden  avenue,  Long 
Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens,  the  same  being  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  Topographical  Bureau 
in  that  borough." 

In  inclose  herewith  copy  of  communication  from  the  Topographical  Engineer,  and  copy  of 
communication  from  the  New  York  Land  and  Warehouse  Company. 

Respectfully, 

MAURICE  F.  HOLAHAN,  President. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

April  30,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  held  April  18,  1900,  the  following 
resolution  was  passed,  to  wit  : 

"  Resoived,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  requested  to  lease  from  May  1, 
"  1900  (for  one  [1]  year,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal),  at  the  monthly  rental  of  thirty  dollars 
"per  month,  the  third  floor  of  extension  to  office  building  known  as  No.  85  Borden  avenue, 
"  Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens,  the  same  being  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  Topographi- 
cal Bureau  in  that  borough." 

Lessor,  the  New  York  Land  and  Warehouse  Company,  to  supply  heat. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  as  above,  and  find  that  the  third 
floor  of  the  building  contains  about  727  square  feet  of  floor  space,  and  at  the  rental  asked,  namely, 
$30  per  month,  would  be  at  the  rate  of  $0.49*4  per  square  foot. 

The  building  is  heated  by  steam,  piped  for  gas  and  wired  for  electricity. 

I  consider  the  rental  high,  but  in  view  of  the  difficulty  of  securing  suitable  quarters  in  Long 
Island  City,  I  think  it  may  be  approved  with  the  condition  that  the  lessors  furnish  the  services  of 
a  janitor  for  the  cleaning  of  the  room,  which  they  have  agreed  to  do. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  from  the  New  York  Land  and  Warehouse  Company,  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Public 


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Improvements,  of  the  third  floor  of  extension  to  office  building  known  as  No.  85  Borden  avenue. 
Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  date  of  occupation,  with  the 
privilege  of  a  renewal,  at  a  rental  of  thirty  dollars  per  month,  the  lessor  to  furnish  steam  heat 
and  the  services  of  the  janitor  for  the  cleaning  of  the  room  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City 
that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same 
when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of 
the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highways  relative  to  a 
lease  of  premises  on  East  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fifth  street,  and  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of 
premises  on  the  northeast  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and  College  avenue, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

New  York,  April  23,  1900. 

Hon  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  and  Chairman,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  fund  ; 

Dear  Sir — I  respectfully  ask  the  Commissioners  oi  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  the  premises  at  the  northeast  corner  of  East  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street 
and  College  avenue,  and  seven  lots  on  the  north  side  of  College  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  The 
Bronx,  now  used  as  a  yard  and  stable  by  the  Department  of  Highways.  The  Mott  Haven  Com- 
pany are  the  owners.  The  present  lease  is  for  one  year  from  May  I,  1899,  and  should  be  renewed 
from  May  I,  1900.  The  rent  is  $900  per  annum,  payable  quarterly  from  the  "City  Rental 
Fund."  The  conditions  of  the  lease  require  that  the  owners  shall  keep  the  premises  in  good 
repair  ;  that  the  City  shall  pay  the  Croton  water  rents  and  remove  all  improvements  made  by  it 
except  lath  and  plaster  partitions,  doors  and  flooring.    The  lease  contains  the  usual  fire  clair -°. 

This  Department  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx  must  immediately  vacate  its  present  stables 
in  Crotona  Park  ;  also  the  stables  in  One  Hundred  and  Forty  third  street  in  the  near  future,  and 
other  stable  accomodation  is  required. 

I  inclose  a  sketch  of  a  two-story  frame  barn,  with  surrounding  ground,  on  East  One  Hundred 
and  Seventy-fifth  street,  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place.  This  barn  and  surrounding 
ground  are  suitable  for  use  by  this  Department,  and  I  recommend  that  said  property  be  leased  by 
the  City.  The  owner  is  Mr.  J.  P.  aphmerige! ,  No.  139  East  Sixteenth  street.  He  is  willing  to 
lease  the  entire  premises  shown  on  the  sketch  for  $35  per  month,  the  lease  to  run  for  one  year 
from  May  I,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal,  or  for  rive  years  from  the  same  date.  The  barn 
is  in  good  condition,  and  contains  four  stalls  ready  for  occupancy.  I  consider  the  rent  named  fair 
and  reasonable. 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolutions  : 

April  30,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— Hon.  James  P.  Keating,  Commissioner  of  Highways,  in  a  communication  under  date 
of  April  23,  1900,  requests  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  a  lease  of  the 
premises,  100  feet  by  185  feet,  situated  on  the  south  side  of  East  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fifth 


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street  (Prospect  place),  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place  (now  Clay  avenue),  in  the 
Borough  of  The  Bronx,  which  contains  a  two-story  frame  barn  in  good  condition  and  having  four 
(4)  stalls  ready  for  occupancy.  Terms,  one  (1)  year  from  May  I,  1900,  at  $35  per  month  with 
the  privilege  of  four  (4)  annual  renewals  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions.  Owner,  J.  P« 
Schmenger,  No.  139  East  Sixteenth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan. 
\  I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  are  as  described  above, 
and  I  consider  the  rental  asked,  namely  $35  per  month,  the  owner  to  keep  the  exterior  of  the 
building  in  repair,  and  to  place  the  sewer  and  water  connections  in  perfect  order,  to  be  just  and 
reasonable.     The  premises  are  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $7,000. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  from  J.  P.  Schmenger,  of  the  premises  situated  on  the  south  side  of  East  One  Hundred  and 
Seventy-.Kfth  street  (Prospect  place),  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place  (now  Clay 
avenue),  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Highways,  for  a  term  of 
one  year,  from  May  I,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  thirty-five  dollars  ($35)  per  month,  with  the  privilege 
of  four  annual  renewals  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  the  owner  to  keep  the  exterior  of  the 
building  in  repair  and  to  place  the  sewer  and  water  connections  in  perfect  order  ;  and  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund,  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for 
the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorised  and 
directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as 
provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  the  Mott  Haven  Company,  of  premises  on  the  noitheast  corner  of 
East  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and  College  avenue,  and  seven  lots  on  the  north  side  of 
College  avenue,  now  used  as  a  yard  and  stable  by  the  Department  of  Highways,  in  the  Borough 
of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  [900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  nine  hundred 
dollars  ($900),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease— the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be 
for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolutions  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  at  No.  320  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  May  2,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  "section  541  of  the  Greater 
New  York  Charter,  for  a  lease  from  Mary  A.  Walsh  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  320  Myrtle 
avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  $420,  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  water  rates  and  to  put  and 
keep  the  premises  in  good  repair. 


May  i  8,  1900.] 


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This  proposed  lease  is  to  take  the  place  of  that  from  H.  W.  Rozell,  as  agent,  of  No.  360 
Myrtle  avenue,  which  Mr.  Rozell  refused  to  lease  at  the  rent  allowed  by  the  Board. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

May  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  by  communication  dated  May  2, 
1900,  requests  the  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  for  their  approval  of  a  lease  from  Mary 
A.Walsh  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  320  Myrtle  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a 
term  of  three  (3)  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $420,  payable  quarterly,  the 
lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  water  rates,  and  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair,  would 
report  : 

The  premises  are  well  adapted  for  the  purpose,  a  sectional  station,  but  the  rental  asked  I 
consider  excessive;  in  my  judgment  $360  per  annum  would  be  a  fair  rent. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  lease  to  the  City,  from  Mary  A.  Walsh,  of 
the  store  of  premises  No.  320  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from 
May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360),  payable  quarterly,  the 
lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  water  rates  and  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair — th^  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for 
the  interests  of  the  City  that  £uch  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  334  Lexington  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  May  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  request  that  your  Board  amend  its  resolution  of  February  23,  1900,  approving  of 
renewals  of  certain  leases  of  this  Department,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  so  as  to  substitute  the 
name  of  Daniel  Regan  instead  of  Martin  J.  Walsh,  as  lessor,  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  334 
Lexington  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  Mr.  Regan  it  appears  having  come  into  posses- 
sion of  the  fee  of  the  land  before  May  1,  1900,  and  being  the  person  who  has  agreed  to  make  the 
proposed  renewal. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 


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[May  18,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  February  23,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  334  Lexington  avenue, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended 
\>y  substituting  the  name  of  "  Daniel  Regan  "  in  the  place  of  "  Martin  J.  Walsh  n  as  lessor. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  at  No.  1943  Amsterdam  avenue,  occupied  by  the  Department 
of  Street  Cleaning  : 

May  7,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
May  4,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  "  for 
"  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Josephine  M.  O'Neill,  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  1943  Amsterdam 
"  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  as  a  section  station  of  this  Department  for  a  term  of  2  years 
"  and  u  months  from  June  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $600,  payable  monthly,  otherwise  on 
's  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  the  existing  lease." 

He  further  states  : 

"  This  is  one  of  the  best  and  most  convenient  section  stations  of  this  Department,  and  the 
"  rent  asked,  considering  the  location  and  the  increased  taxation,  is  not  more  than  a  reasonable 
"  rent." 

When  the  original  lease  was  made  of  this  property,  June  I,  1896,  the  premises  were  assessed 
on  the  tax  books  at  $5,500.  The  assessed  valuation  of  the  same  for  the  year  1900  is  $8,000,  and 
I  consider  that  the  advanced  rental  asked,  namely  $60  per  annum,  is  reasonable  and  just,  and  that 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  may  properly  approve  the  lease  at  an  annual  rental 
of  $600. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from 
Mrs.  Josephine  M.  O'Neil,  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  1943  Amsterdam  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  of  The  City  of  New  York,  for  a  term  of  two  years  and  eleven  months,  from  June  I, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred  dollars  ($600),  payable  monthly,  otherwise  upon  the 
same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of 
the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


May  18,  1900.] 


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The  Comptroller  .presented  the  following  report  relative  to  an  amendment  to  resolution 
authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for 
the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

April  27,  1900. 

Hon.  BirdS.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
April  25,  1900,  requests  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  amend  their  resolution  of  April  20, 
1900,  relative  to  a  proposed  lease  from  George  Lutz,  of  premises  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  so.  as  to  make  the  annual  rental  of  the  same  $600,  which  the  Commissioner 
further  states,  considering  the  size  and  suitability  of  the  place,  is  not  more  than  a  reasonable  rent. 

The  amount  authorized  by  the  Board  was  $480  per  annum,  which,  in  my  report  under  date  of 
March  23,  1900,  1  considered  full  rental  value,  and  I  have  no  reason  to  change  the  opinion  therein 
expressed. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  request  of  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  for  an  amendment  to  the 
resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  April  20,  1900,  authorizing 
a  lease  of  premises  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  denied. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  120  East  Thirty-second  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  April  27,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  request  that  your  Board  amend  its  resolution  of  April  20,  1900,  approving  of  the 
renewal  of  a  lease  of  the  first  and  second  floors  of  the  premises  known  as  No.  120  East  Thirty-second 
street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  etc.,  so  as  to  substitute  for  Susan  W.  Bryan,  as  lessor,  William 
W.  Bryan,  as  executor. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  meet- 
ing held  April  20,  1900,  authorizing  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  of  the  first  and  second  floors 
of  premises  known  as  No.  120  East  Thirty-second  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  Depart- 
ment of  Street  Cleaning,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  substituting  for  "  Susan  W, 
Bryan,"  as  lessor,  "  William  W.  Bryan,  as  executor." 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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[May  i  8,  1900. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises,  No.  167  Chrystie  street,  Borough 
of  Manhattan  : 

^  New  York,  April  21,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chub-man,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — Referring  to  the  two  resolutions  adopted  by  your  Board  the  6th  day  of  December,  1899, 
and  on  the  28th  day  of  December,  1899,  respectively,  giving  consent  to  and  approval  of  a  lease 
from  Henry  C.  Miner  of  the  premises  No.  167  Chrystie  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan  for 
the  use  of  this  Department,  I  have  to  say  that  in  the  meantime  Mr.  Henry  C.  Miner  has  died  and 
the  representative  of  his  estate  requests — and  properly,  as  I  think — that  the  lease  should  contain  a 
provision  that  when  the  repairs  and  improvements  required  to  be  made  by  the  lessor  have  been 
completed,  that  thereafter  the*  City  should  make  the  necessary  inside  repairs. 

The  above-mentioned  premises  have  been  occupied  by  this  Department  since  the  20th  day  of 
December,  1899,  as  a  section  station  for  the  eighth  sub-section. 

I  request,  therefore,  that  your  Board  amend  its  resolution  so  as  to  make  the  lessor  be  the 
"  Estate  of  Henry  C.  Miner,"  so  as  to  make  the  term  of  the  lease  begin  December  20,  1899,  aiK* 
so  as  to  provide  that  when  all  repairs  and  improvements  provided  to  be  made  by  the  lessor  have 
been  made,  the  City  shall  make  the  necessary  inside  repairs. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  December  6,  1899,  authorizing  the  lease  of  premises  No.  167  Chrystie  street,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  as  amended  December  28,  1899, 
and  further  amended  February  23,  1900,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  further  amended  by  changing 
the  name  of  the  lessor  so  as  to  read,  "  The  Estate  of  Henry  C.  Miner,"  and  the  term  of  the  lease 
to  commence  "  December  20,  1899." 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  .Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  the  completion  of  stable  at  No.  219  West  Seventy- seventh  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

New  York,  April  27,  1900. 
Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  Department  of  Finance,  City  : 

Sir — Under  date  of  February  27,  1900,  a  lease  was  executed  from  William  Carlin  of  the  lot 
No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  with  a  stable  three  stories  in 
height  with  a  basement  thereto  to  be  erected  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  furnished 
to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund.  The  term  of  the  said  lease  was  to  run  from 
the  completion  and  acceptance  of  said  stable  until  the  1st  day  of  May,  1904. 

It  is  intended  to  be  an  annex  to  the  stable  of  this  Department  next  door. 

I  have  just  received  a  communication  from  Mr.  Carlin  to  the  effecct  that  the  new  stable  is 
ready  for  occupancy,  and  as  I  desire  to  take  possession  by  May  I,  1900,  I  request  that  you  direct 
such  inspection  of  the  premises  as  will  satisfy  you  that  they  have  been  completed  in  accordance 
with  the  plans  and  specifications  as  required. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 


May  18,  1900.] 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  : 

April  30,  1900. 

lion.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
April  27,  1900,  advises  the  Comptroller  that  the  stable  at  No.  219  West  Seventy-seventh  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  a  lease  of  which  was  authorized  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  on  February  I,  1900,  is  completed  and  ready  for  occupation. 

1  have  made  an  examination  of  the  premises,  and  find  that  they  are  in  accordance  with  the 
plans  and  specifications  submitted  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  upon  which  the 
lease  was  based,  and  I  see  no  reason  why  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  may  not  take- 
occupation  of  the  same  May  1. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Judges  of  the  Appellate  Division  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  relative  to  an  extension  of  the  contract  with  Charles  T.  Wills,  for  heating  and 
keeping  the  Court-house  in  order  until  July  I,  1900. 

New  York,  April  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  : 

My  Dear  Sir — At  the  request  of  the  Justices  of  the  Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court 
a  contract  was  made  with  the  contractor  for  the  building  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  by  which  such  contractor  agreed  to  care  for  the  building  until  the  first  of  May.  Under  the 
contract  between  Mr.  Wills,  the  contractor,  and  the  City  the  contractor's  time  to  complete  the 
statuary  upon  the  building  will  not  expire  until  the  21st  of  June.  As  I  understand  it,  the  statues 
were  all  ready  in  the  winter,  but  it  was  deemed  better  to  wait  until  the  cool  weather  was  over 
before  placing  them  into  position,  as  the  danger  of  placing  them  upon  the  building  would  be  much 
greater  in  winter  than  in  summer.  The  justices  thought  that  it  was  much  better  for  the  City  not 
to  take  formal  possession  of  the  building  until  all  of  the  work  was  finally  completed,  which  would 
not  be  until  these  statues  were  finally  in  position.  In  consequence  of  the  late  spring  and  some 
delays  the  work  will  hardly  be  completed  before  the  first  of  May.  There  has  also  developed  in 
the  sub-cellar  of  the  building  a  difficulty  in  relation  to  water  coming  through  the  side  wall,  the 
cause  of  which  has  not  yet  been  determined.  The  contractor  has  been  called  upon  to  remedy  this 
defect  and  he  has  engaged  to  do  so,  but  we  do  not  think  it  wise  to  accept  the  building  completed 
until  this  cellar  has  been  made  entirely  water  tight.  This  condition  has  only  developed  within 
the  last  few  weeks  and  there  is  hardly  time  to  remedy  it  before  the  first  of  May.  For  these 
reasons  the  Justices  of  the  Appellate  Division  suggest  that  the  contract  between  the  City  and  the 
contractor  for  the  care  of  the  building  be  extended  two  months  longer — from  the  first  of  May  to 
the  first  of  July — before  which  time  the  building  will  be  completed  and  can  be  turned  over  to  the 
City,  when  the  care  and  custody  of  the  building  will  come  under  the  control  of  the  Justices  of  the 
Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  pursuance  of  chapter  490  of  the  Laws  of  1900.  I  make 
this  communication  to  you  at  the  request  of  my  associates,  believing  a£  we  do  that  it  is  for  the 
public  interest  that  this  arrangement  be  made.  The  expense  to  the  City  will  be  certainly  not 
greater — probably  less — than  under  the  other  conditions. 

Very  truly  yours, 

GEO.  L.  1NGRAHAM. 


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[May  18,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  authorize  the  Mayor  to 
^enter  into  an  extension  of  the  contract  on  their  behalf  with  Charles  T.  Wills,  Contractor,  for 
heating  and  keeping  in  proper  order  the  new  building  of  the  Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  but  exclusive  of  the  cost  of  lighting,  for  a  period  from  May  1,  1900,  to  July  I,  1900,  for 
the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  and  thirty-four  dollars  ($1,234)  per  month,  as  requested  by  the 
Judges  of  the  Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  their  communication  dated  April 
24,  1900. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  relative  to  an  application  of  the  National  Enameling  and  Stamping  Company  for  a  lease 
of  lot  on  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

May  1,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— The  National  Enameling  and  Stamping  Company,  by  F.  Haberman  the  Vice-President, 
in  a  communication  under  date  of  March  27,  1900,  state  that  they  desire  to  lease  for  a  term  of  five 
(5)  years  the  premises  (vacant  lot)  corner  of  Metropolitan  and  Bedford  avenues,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  and  to  use  the  same  for  storage  purposes. 

The  property  consists  of  a  plot  of  land  about  120  feet  on  Metropolitan  avenue  by  88  feet  on 
Bedford  avenue,  and  immediately  adjoins  the  factory  of  the  applicants,  and  was  formerly  the  site 
of  the  old  Forty-seventh  Regiment  Armory,  the  building  having  been  removed  some  time  since 
and  the  plot  is  now  vacant. 

I  have  conferred  with  Mr.  Haberman  upon  the  subject,  and  on  behalf  of  the  Company  he 
offers  the  sum  of  $500  per  annum  for  a  lease  of  five  (5)  years,  and  states  that  the  Company  de- 
sires to  improve  the  premises  by  the  erection  of  a  one-story  structure  to  be  used  for  storage  and 
shipping  purposes. 

The  City  is  now  leasing  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Highways  a  yard  in  this  vicinity, 
but  in  not  as  desirable  a  location  as  this,  and  paying  therefor  the  sum  of  $750  per  annum. 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  it  would  not  be  good  policy  to  tie  this  property  up  under  a  lease  for 
a  term  of  5  years  unless  a  just  and  not  a  nominal  rental  could  be  obtained,  which  in  my  opinion 
would  be  $1,200  per  annum. 

It  will  be  necessary  for  the  lease  to  be  sold  at  auction  under  the  direction  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  after  an  appraisal  of  the  rental  value  and  due  advertisement  of  the 
sale. 

I  would  therefore  propose  a  rental  value  of  $1,200  per  annum  as  the  upset  price  at  such  sale. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Ordered  filed. 


The  following  reports  and  resolutions  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to 
a  renewal  of  certain  leases  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  on  April  4,  1900,  recommending  the 


May  i  8,  1900.] 


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renewal  of  lease  of  premises  at  Ninety-ninth  street  and  Second  avenue,  which  expires  on  October 
1,  1900,  annual  rental  $4,200,  for  a  term  of  four  months  at  the  same  pro  rata  rental,  respectfully 
reports  that  the  premises  in  question  are  occupied  by  Public  School  10.)  and  will  be  required  until 
new  Public  School  109,  Ninety-ninth  and  One  Hundredth  streets,  between  Second  and  Third 
avenues,  is  completed. 

It  is  therefore  recommended  that  the  request  of  the  School  Board  be  approved,  and  the 
following  resolution  is  offered  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  at  Ninety-ninth  street 
and  Second  avenue,  tor  four  months,  from  October  1,  1900,  date  of  expiration,  at  a  rate  of  lour 
thousand  two  hundred  dollars  per  year,  the  other  terms  to  be  the  same  as  the  present  lease. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  on  April  25,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School  Board 
for  the  Borough  of  Queens  on  March  6,  1900,  requesting  the  Board  of  Education  to  renew  the 
lease  of  the  building  situated  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Grove  and  Chestnut  streets,  Winfield, 
L.  I.,  used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  12,  for  one  year  from  expiration,  and,  if  necessary,  from 
month  to  month  thereafter  until  the  new  building  is  ready  for  occupancy,  respectfully  reports  thai 
it  is  found,  on  investigation,  that  the  room  in  the  building  in  question  used  for  school  purposes 
seats  about  forty  pupils,  and  is  required  for  another  year.  The  rental,  $10  per  month,  is  con- 
sidered reasonable,  and  the  owner,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Rambold,  is  willing  to  renew  the  lease  on  the  same 
terms  now  in  force. 

The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  room  in  house  on  the  northwest 
corner  of  Grove  and  Chestnut  streets,  Winfield,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  one  year  from  October  1, 
1900,  at  a  rental  of  $10  per  month  ;  the  other  terms  to  be  the  same  a»  the  present  lease. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  April  25,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  the  Board  oj  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  on  March  6,  1900,  asking  that  the  leases  of  several  buildings 
occupied  for  school  purposes  in  various  parts  of  the  borough  be  renewed,  respectfully  reports  that 
the  matter  has  been  investigated,  and  it  is  found  that  all  these  leases  expire  on  July  I,  1900  ;  that 
the  buildings  mentioned  are  required  for  a  longer  period  and  can  be  re-leased  on  the  same  terms, 
which  are  considered  reasonable. 

The  following  resolution  is  therefore  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  each  of  the  following  leases  of  premises  occupied 
for  school  purposes  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  for  one  year  : 


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Location. 

To 

'Terminate. 

Annual 
Rfntal. 

Lessor. 

Court  and  Livingston  streets 

July  1 ,  1 90 1 

$4,000  03 

Felix  Campbell. 

William  R.  Aitkcn. 

Belmont  and  Shcphercl  ivcuues 

„     ^  „ 

Charles  H.  Magee. 

"     l,  " 

600  00 

Chinch  of  the  Ascension. 

tt     ^  11 

225  00 

John  F.  James  &  Son. 

405  00 

800  00 

«     j(  «' 

600  00 

Peter  Blake. 

$15  per  month. 

Brooklyn  Benevolent  Society. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  April  25,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  thereuith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  Jacob 
Ruppert  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($350)  per  month  for  a  period  of  four  months 
commencing  October  I,  1900,  for  the  use  and  occupation  by  the  Board  of  Education,  of  premises 
on  the  southwest  corner  of  Second  avenue  and  Ninety-ninth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
occupied  by  Public  School  109. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  leases  to  the 
City  of  the  following  premises  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Education  : 

1.  Room  in  house  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Grove  and  Chestnut  streets,  Winfield,  Borough 
of  Queens,  used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  No.  11,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  October  I, 
1900,  at  a  rental  of  ten  dollars  ($10)  per  month,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as 
contained  in  the  existing  lease.    Mrs.  A.  N.  Rambold,  lessor. 

2.  Premises  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Court  and  Livingston  streets,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
consisting  of  a  cellar,  basement,  first,  second,  third  and  fourth  stones,  being  all  of  the  building 
except  the  street  floor,  which  is  used  for  stores,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  July  1,  1900,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  four  thousand  dollars  ($4,000),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms 
and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease.    Felix  Campbell,  lessor. 

3.  No.  84  Prospect  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  July  1,  1900,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  thirty  dollars  ($330),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon 
the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease.    William  B.  Aitken,  lessor. 

4.  The  store  floor  and  front  portion  of  the  cellar  of  premises  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Shep- 
herd and  Belmont  avenues,  Boiough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  July  I,  1900,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms 
and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease.    Charles  IL  Magee,  lessor. 


May  i8,  1900.] 


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5.  Nos.  120  and  122  Java  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  July  f, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred  dollars  ($600),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the 
same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease.    Church  of  the  Ascension,  lessors. 

6.  Room  No.  I  on  the  secomd  floor,  all  the  rooms  on  the  third  floor  and  one  room  on  the 
fourth  iloorof  premises  No.  66  Court  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  July  I, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  fourteen  hundred  and  thirty  dollars  ($1430),  payable  quarterly,  other- 
wise upon  the  same  terms  and  conidtions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease.  John  F.  James  & 
Son,  lessors. 

7.  Building  and  grounds  No.  569  Driggs  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year 
from  July  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred  dollars  ($600),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise 
upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease.    Peter  Blake,  lessor. 

8.  Lot  on  the  southerly  side  of  Amity  street  adjoining  Public  School  29,  for  a  term  of  one 
year  from  July  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  dollars  ($180),  payable 
monthly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease.  The 
Brooklyn  Benevolent  Society,  lessors. 

— and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 
Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution,  to  authorize  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  store 
on  coiner  Richmond  terrace  and  York  street,  Borough  of  Richmond,  occupied  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Finance  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Mrs.  S.  T.  Brower,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Finance, 
of  the  store  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Richmond  terrace  and  York  street,  Borough  of  Richmond, 
for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1, coo) 
payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing 
lease  — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  lease  of  Room  No.  183  in  the  Stewart  Building,  for  the  Department  of  Finance  : 

May  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — There  is  required  for  the  use  of  the  Auditing  Bureau,  Division  of  Claims,  Room  No. 
183,  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the  Stewart  Building. 

I  have  seen  the  Superintendent  of  the  Building,  Mr.  Harris,  and  he  offers  the  room  at  the 
rate  of  $1,500,  the  room  to  be  leased  by  the  month. 


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[May  i  8,  1900. 


The  area  of  this  room  is  978  square  feet,  and  the  rate  of  rent  is  $1.52  per  square  foot  per 
annum,  the  same  as  given  for  the  adjacent  rooms,  and  which  I  consider  reasonable  and  just. 

The  room  is  to  be  leased  by  the  month  ;  the  lessor  provides  heat,  light  and  janitor's  service. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  of  Room  No.  183  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the  Stewart  Building,  No.  280  Broadway,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  from  month  to  month,  at  a  rental  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  ($125)  per  month,  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  bs  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that 
such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when 
prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Water  Supply  relative  to 
the  rental  of  rooms  in  building  corner  Fulton  street  and  Sheffield  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Brooklyn,  April  16,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  City  of  New  York  : 

Dear  Sir — The  rent  of  the  office  formerly  occupied  by  the  Long  Island  Water  Supply  Com- 
pany, at  the  northeast  corner  of  Fulton  street  and  Sheffield  avenue,  Twenty-sixth  Ward,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  has  been  paid  by  the  Long  Island  Water  Supply  Company  up  to  and  including  April  30, 
1900.  The  Department  of  Water  Supply  are  now  in  possession  of  said  office,  and  it  would  be  a 
great  convenience  to  the  Department,  and  I  might  say  a  real  necessity  for  the  City,  to  retain  that 
office  for  at  least  six  months,  and  it  would  be  still  more  convenient  if  we  could  retain  it  for  a  year. 
The  rental  is  $40  pei  month.    The  bearer  is  the  representative  of  the  owner  of  the  property. 

I  suggest  that  arrangements  be  made  with  him  for  the  leasing  of  the  property  for  six  months, 
or  one  year,  as  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  may  determine. 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  MOFFETT, 
Deputy  Commissioner  of  Water  Supply  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

April  26,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Mr.  James  Moffett,  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Water  Supply  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
in  a  communication  under  date  of  April  16,  1900,  requests  that  the  building  on  the  northeast 
corner  of  Fulton  street  and  Sheffield  avenue,  Twenty  sixth  Ward,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
formerly  occupied  by  the  Long  Island  Water  Supply  Company,  be  leased  by  the  City  for  the  use 
of  the  Department  of  Water  Supply. 

I  have  conferred  with  Mr.  Moffett  in  regard  to  the  matter,  and  he  states  that  it  would  be 
highly  desirable  for  the  City,  as  the  successor  to  the  Long  Island  Water  Supply  Company,  to 


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continue  to  occupy  these' premises  for  a  period  of  three  (3)  months,  in  order  that  the  water  rents 
becoming  due  on  May  I  may  be  paid  at  this  office,  as  heretofore,  thus  relieving  the  main  office  in 
the  Municipal  Building,  which  at  this  time  of  the  year  is  severely  taxed  to  accommodate  those 
paying  water  rents. 

Again,  as  the  City  has  only  just  come  into  possession  of  the  property  of  this  water  company 
and  the  people  of  these  wards  have  been  accustomed  to  pay  their  taxes  at  this  office,  it  will 
probably  save  vast  confusion  to  receive  the  rents  up  to  August  1  at  the  same  place. 

The  Commissioner  further  states  that  he  has  no  desire  to  establish  a  permanent  branch  office, 
but  desires  it  tor  a  term  of  three  (3)  months  for  the  reasons  as  given  above. 

I  have  consulted  with  Mr.  James  Fowler,  a  representative  of  Mr.  John  H.  Ireland,  the  owner, 
and  he  agrees  to  rent  the  offices  on  the  first  floor  of  the  corner  building,  about  20  feet  by  60  feet 
in  si/e,  with  the  use  of  the  yard  and  stable  in  the  rear,  for  a  term  of  three  (3)  months  from  May 
I,  1900,  at  $40  per  month,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  from  month  to  month,  on  the  same 
terms  if  required  by  the  City. 

This  is  full  rental  for  the  premises,  but  in  view  of  the  short  space  of  time  for  which  they  are 
to  be  used,  I  do  not  consider  it  excessive. 

The  lease  should  be  drawn  with  James  Fowler,  as  agent  for  John  H.  Ireland. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  Mr.  John 
H.  Ireland  the  sum  of  forty  dollars  ($40)  per  month  for  a  period  of  three  months  from  May  1, 
1900,  for  the  use  and  occupation  by  the  Department  of  Water  Supply  of  the  offices  on  the  first 
floor  and  the  use  of  the  yard  and  stable  in  the  rear  of  building  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Fulton 
street  and  Sheffield  avenue,  Twenty-sixth  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  formerly  occupied  by  the 
Long  Island  Water  Supply  Company. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Robert  Gair,  relative  to  pipe-line  privilege 
granted  to  him  : 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  April  27,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  New  York  O'fy,  N.  Y.  : 

My  DEAR  Mr.  Coler — After  my  interview  with  you  yesterday  I  saw  Mr.  McLean  as 
requested  and  discussed  the  subject  thoroughly  with  him,  with  the  result  that  no  precedent 
could  be  found  for  imposing  a  tax  on  me  for  aiding  the  City  to  take  care  of  and  prevent  fire. 
This  pipe  is  not  for  my  private  use  and  I  trust  the  necessity  for  putting  it  into  service  (which 
would  only  be  in  case  of  fire)  will  never  arise,  but  as  a  citizen  and  a  taxpayer  I  am  endeavoring 
by  this  means  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Fire  Department.  Mr.  McLean  fully  understands 
my  position  and  this  letter  is  forwarded  to  you  at  his  suggestion  with  the  request  that  I  be  granted 
permission  to  connect  my  two  factories  with  a  4-inch  pipe  for  fire  purposes  only,  without  any 
charge  other  than  that  the  work  be  done  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  Commissioner 
of  I  fighways. 


221  [May  18,  1900. 

The  length  of  the  pipe  is  only  thirty  feet,  and  the  entire  work  can  be  completed  in  less  than 
a  day,  but  as  I  am  anxious  to  get  the  job  finished  at  jonce,  I  will  thank  you  to  act  on  my  applica- 
tion with  the  least  possible  delay. 

.  Yours  truly, 

ROBERT  GAIR. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

May  3,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  COLER,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — In  communication  dated  April  27,  1900,  Mr.  Robert  Gair  says  that  he  does  not.  wish 
to  use  the  full  privilege  granted  him  by  the  Municipal  Assembly  January  30,  but  now  only 
proposes  to  lay  a  4-inch  pipe  across  Washington  street. 

By  resolution  of  the  Municipal  Assembly,  dated  January  30,  1900,  approved  by  the  Mayor 
February  13,  1900,  permission  was  given  said  Robert  Gair  to  lay  a  12-inch  cast-iron  suction  pipe 
in  Washington  street,  from  Plymouth  street  to  the  foot  of  said  Washington  street,  a  distance  of 
about  200  feet  ;  also,  a  6-inch  pipe  across  Washington  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  At  meeting 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  held  March  21,  1900,  the  compensation  was  fixed  at  $333.75  per  annum  for 
the  p  ivilege,  and  $ico  fee  for  opening  the  street.  This  charge  is  for  the  full  privilege  granted 
by  the  Municipal  Assembly. 

Mr.  Gair  states  that  the  pipe  is  not  for  private  use,  and  that  he  is  '  •  endeavoring  by  this  means 
to  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Fire  Department,"  and  he  asks  that  he  be  granted  permission  to 
connect  his  two  factories  with  a  4-inch  pipe  for  fire  purposes  only  without  any  charge. 

In  all  cases  where  permits  have  been  granted  by  the  Municipal  Assembly  for  laying  pipes 
across,  or  in,  streets  and  avenues,  and  the  compensation  fixed  by  the  Sinking  Fund,  they  have 
been  used  for  business  purposes. 

It  may  possibly  be  that  the  charges  may  be  justly  lowered  on  account  of  there  being  no  other 
business  interest  in  the  matter  than  protection  againsr  fire  ;  but  as  it  is  a  serious  thing  to  obstruct 
streets  I  could  not  recommend  a  very  large  reduction  of  the  usual  charge.  The  customary  rates 
as  heretofore  established  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  privilege  of  laying 
pipes  across  streets,  irrespective  of  use,  is  $2  per  foot,  between  curbs,  per  annum. 

The  distance  between  curbs  at  this  point  is  30  feet,  and  the  usual  charge  would  be  $60  per 
annum  for  the  privilege  and  $15  fee  for  opening  the  street. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meet- 
ing held  March  21,  I9C0,  fixing  the  compensation  to  be  paid  by  Robert  Gair  for  a  pipe-line  privi- 
lege, be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  after  the  words  "  and  a  fee  of  one  hundred 
dollars  ($100)  for  opening  the  street,"  the  words  with  the  option  of  only  laying  a  four-inch 
pipe  across  Washington  street  and  the  compensation  therefor  to  be  sixty  dollars  ($60)  per  annum 
for  the  privilege  and  a  fee  of  fifteen  dollars  ($15)  for  opening  the  street." 


The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  following  petition  was  received  from  Daniel  E.  Seybel  for  a  release  of  the  interest  of 

the  City  in  certain  property  on  the  east  side  of  Dyckman  street. 

To  the  Honorable  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Co??imissioners  of  The  City  of  Neio  York  ; 
The  petition  of  Daniel  E.  Seybel  respectfully  shows  : 

I.  — That  your  petitioner  is  the  owner  of  a  certain  plot  of  land  shown  upon  the  survey  hereto 
annexed  as  Lot  No.  239,  except  a  small  strip  described  as  follows  :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the 
easterly  line  of  the  Harlem  River  Driveway  distant  twenty  feet  and  one-half  inch  southerly 
measured  along  said  easterly  line  of  the  Harlem  River  Driveway  from  the  point  formed  by  the 
intersection  of  the  said  easterly  line  of  the  Harlem  River  Driveway  with  the  centre  line  of 
Dyckman  street  as  shown  on  map  filed  in  New  \\>rk  Register's  office  by  the  number  697  ;  thence 
running  northeasterly  at  right  angles  to  said  Harlem  River  Driveway  six  feet  and  eleven  inches  ; 
thence  southwesterly  along  the  centre  line  of  old  Dyckman  street  twenty  feet  three  and  one- 
hall'  inches  ;  thence  southerly  along  the  said  Harlem  River  Driveway  twenty  feet  and  one-third 
of  an  inch  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning,  containing  in  area  sixty-nine  square  feet,  and  has 
been  such  owner  since  the  28th  day  of  February,  1898,  and  as  your  petitioner  is  informed  and 
believes  he  is  also  the  owner  of  a  parcel  of  land  designated  on  said  survey  as  Parcels  "  A  " 
and  "  B. " 

II.  — That  the  following  is  a  technical  or  surveyor's  description  of  the  said  Parcels  "A" 

and  "  B  "  : 

All  those  two  certain  pieces  or  Parcels  "  A  "  and  "  B  "  of  land  under  the  water  of  Sherman's 
creek  and  of  Harlem *river  and  below  the  original  high-water  line  lying  and  being  in  front 
of  and  adjacent  to  Lot  No.  239,  on  the  map  of  Part  2  of  the  Dyckman  Homestead  property, 
being  on  file  as  No.  715,  Register's  Office,  in  the  Twelfth  Ward  of  Manhattan  Borough  of  said 
city,  and  described  and  bounded  as  follows  : 

Parcel  "A." 

Bounded  westerly  and  southwesterly  by  the  original  high-water  line  in  front  of  said  Lot  No. 
239  ;  southwesterly  by  the  centre  line  of  Dyckman  street  as  established  in  pursuance  of  chapter 
697  of  laws  passed  April  24.  1867;  northeasterly  by  the  southerly  line  of  marginal  street,  wharf 
or  place,  as  established  in  pursuance  of  chapter  397,  Laws  of  1893. 

Parcel  "B." 

Bounded  southerly  by  the  original  high-water  line  in  front  of  said  Lot  No.  239;  northeasterly 
by  the  southerly  line  of  said  marginal  street,  wharf  or  place,  and  westerly  by  the  centre  line  of 
Tenth  avenue  as  established  in  pursuance  of  Act  of  April  3,  1807.  The  said  premises  being 
delineated  upon  the  map  hereunto  annexed  made  by  Rudolph  Rosa,  city  surveyor,  dated  March 
3,  1898. 

III.  — That  your  petitioner  is  informed  and  believes  that  The  City  of  New  York  has  no  claim 
or  title  whatsoever  in  or  to  said  parcel  of  land  and  that  the  same  belongs  to  him  as  an  adjacent 
owner. 

IV.  — That  in  any  event  The  City  of  New  York  can  never  utilize  or  appropriate  the  said  par- 
cels of  land  formerly  within  the  lines  of  Sherman  creek  for  riparian  or  commercial  purposes 
because  a  marginal  street  has  been  lawfully  laid  out  as  a  public  street  in  The  City  of  New  York 
between  the  Sherman  Basin  and  the  property  of  your  petitioner  as  now  laid  out  and  shown  on  the 
map  annexed. 

V.  — That  it  has  been  the  uniform  practice  of  your  Honorable  Board  to  appraise  it  at  a  nom- 
inal value  and  to  sell  the  right  or  title  of  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  bed  of  Sherman  creek, 
whenever  application  has  been  made  therefor,  and  hereby  refers  to  the  action  taken  by  your 


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Board  upon  the  application  of  Maria  L.Daly  at  a  meeting  held  January  27,  1881,  and  also  the 
action  ot  your  Honorable  Board  at  a  meeting  held  January  22,  1896,  upon  the  application  of 
Edward  H.  Landon. 

\  VI. — Your  petitioner  also  refers  to  the  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  relative  to  the 
application  of  the  said  Maria  L.  Daly  and  the  general  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  the 
First  Department,  Breen  vs.  Lock,  46  Hun,  291,  relative  to  the  respective  rights  of  the  City  and 
abutting  owners  in  the  bed  of  old  creeks,  such  as  the  Sherman  creek. 

Wherefore  your  petitioner  prays  that  the  value  of  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in 
said  parcel  be  appraised  by  your  Honorable  Board  at  a  nominal  sum  and  that  the  same  be  sold 
pursuant  to  law. 

Dated  New  York,  August  29,  1898. 

DANIEL  E.  SEYBEL. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  : 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller :  April  23,  1900. 

Sir — Daniel  E.  Seybel,  in  a  petition  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  under  date  of 
August  29,  1898,  seeks  to  acquire  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  : 

1.  A  parcel  of  land  now  or  formerly  under  water  and  lying  between  the  uplands  said  to  be 
owned  in  fee  by  the  petitioner,  a  line  drawn  from  the  intersection  of  the  high-water  line  with  the 
northeasterly  line  of  the  Harlem  River  Driveway,  parallel  to  Dyckman  street,  and  the  south-  , 
westerly  line  of  a  marginal  street,  wharf  or  place  as  shown  on  the  map  annexed  to  his  petition 
and  marked  "  Parcel  A,"  said  to  contain  28.33  cliY  l°ts" 

2.  A  parcel  of  land  now  or  formerly  under  water  and  lying  between  the  uplands  said  to  be 
owned  in  fee  by  the  petitioner  and  the  southwesterly  line  of  a  marginal  street,  wharf  or  place  as 
shown  on  said  map  and  marked  "  Parcel  B,"  said  to  contain  0.21  city  lots. 

He  requests  that  lands  so  described  be  appraised  at  a  nominal  sum,  and  the  same  be  sold 
pursuant  to  law. 

The  petitioner  states  that  he  is  informed  and  believes  that  The  City  of  New  York  has  no 
claim  or  title  whatsoever  in  or  to  said  parcels  of  land  and  that  the  same  belongs  to  him  as  an 
adjacent  owner. 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the 
land  now  or  formerly  under  water  to  which  the  petitioner  seeks  to  acquire  title  is  fully  protected 
by  the  original  charters  of  The  City  of  New  York  and  by  the  letters  patent  granted  by  The  People 
of  the  State  of  New  York  to  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York 
under  date  of  September  28,  1871. 

As  to  the  advisability  of  the  City's  making  any  grant  of  this  land,  I  beg  to  submit  the  follow- 
ing facts  for  the  information  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Mans  for  the  improvement  of  the  water-front  in  the  vicinity  of  Sherman's  creek  were 
adopted  by  the  Department  of  Docks  September  26,  1895,  and  approved  by  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  November  20,  1895. 

Only  part  of  the  improvement  contemplated  in  these  plans  nas  been  completed,  the  same 
consisting  in  the  construction  of  a  bulkhead  on  the  north  side  of  the  basin.  Until  such  time  as 
the  p.oposed  improvement  immediately  adjoining  the  premises  in  question  is  completed,  I  do  not 
thinl  it  would  be  to  the  interest  of  the  City  to  part  with  any  of  its  rights. 

In  support  of  this  I  desire  to  say  that  the  cost  of  any  construction  work  under  the  plan 
adopted  will  not  be  assessed  against  any  part  of  this  property  directly  and  also  should  the  plan 


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adopted  be  amended  before  such  construction  was  completed  it  might  be  necessary  to  repurchase 
part  or  all  of  the  land  for  which  the  petitioner  makes  application. 

A  further  objection  to  the  granting  of  the  application  is  that  the  value  of  the  property 
remaining  between  the  northerly  line  of  the  Speedway  and  the  southerly  line  of  the  proposed 
marginal  street,  wharf  or  place  would  be  seriously  impaired,  as  the  greater  portion  of  the  frontage 
on  the  marginal  street  is  asked  for  by  the  petitioner,  thus  leaving  the  remaining  property  as 
aforesaid  with  its  principal  frontage  on  the  Speedway,  which  is  a  restricted  street. 

It  is  my  opinion,  therefore,  that  the  petition  should  be  denied  at  the  present  time,  without 
prejudice  to  the  petitioner  to  present  an  amended  petition  when  the  construction  of  the  proposed 
improvement  is  completed.  Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Which  was  ordered  fded. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to 
a  lease  of  premises  on  the  north  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street,  between  Tinton  and 
Union  avenues,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  rrpoit  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  on  April  4,  1900,  requesting  that  the  necessary  step->  be  taken  to  lease  the  premises 
on  the  north  side  ot  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street,  between  Tinton  and  Union  avenues, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx  (264  feet  on  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street,  about  125  feet  on  Tinton 
avenue  and  about  122  feet  on  Union  avenue),  for  three  years,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $3,500,  etc., 
respectfully  reports  that  the  matter  was  carefully  investigated  and  it  was  considered  that  the  rental 
asked  for  was  excessive.  Therefore,  an  interview  wa'shad  with  the  owner,  who  finally  agreed  to 
lease  the  property  for  $2,760  per  year,  w  hich  is  considered  a  fair  price.  Vour  committee  there- 
fore recommends  that  the  request  of  the  School  Board  to  rent  these  premises  for  school  purposes 
be  granted,  and  the  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be,  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  premises  on  the  north  side  of  One  Hundred 
and  Sixty-fifth  street,  between  Tinton  and  Union  avenues,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  (264  feet  on 
One  Hundred  and  Sixty- fifth  street,  about  125  feet  on  Tinton  avenue  and  about  122  feet  on 
Union  avenue),  for  two  years,  from  June  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $2,760,  with  the  privi- 
lege of  renewal  ;  the  lease  to  terminate  at  any  time  prior  to  expiration  should  title  to  the  prop- 
erty vest  in  the  City.     Owner,  Mrs.  Dora  Maa-. 

A  true  copy  of  report  an'1  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held 
May  9,  1900.  A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller :  May  17,  1900. 

Dear  Sir — The  Board  of  Educations  by  resolution  adopted  May  9,  requests  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  "  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  premi  es  on  the 
north  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street,  between  Tinton  and  Union  avenues,  Borough 
of  The  Bronx  (264  feet  on  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  stieet,  about  125  feet  on  Tinton  avenue 
and  about  122  feet  on  Union  avenue),  for  two  years  from  June  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
$2,760,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  ;  the  lease  to  terminate  at  any  time  prior  to  expiration  should 
title  to  the  property  vest  in  the  City.    Owner,  Mrs.  Dora  Maas." 


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The  premises  in  question  consists  of  frame  buildings  and  vacant  land,  as  shown  on  following 
diagram  : 


I 


PORCH 


Z0  u 


PORCH 


■73.'/6"  -  - 


EAST 


-  -/oo. 
/6S  » 


--?/■' 37' 


The  various  structures  on  this  ground  are  designated  on  diagram  as  follows  : 

A.  — A  two-story  and  cellar  frame  building,  heater  in  cellar,  plumbing,  gas-fixture,  in  house  ; 
building  in  good  repair. 

B.  — A  two-story  and  cellar  frame  house,  a  hot-water  heater  in  cellar  ;  plumbing  and  gas- 
fixtures  in  ;  building  in  good  repair. 

C  —  Stable,  one-story  frame,  in  a  very  poor  condition. 

D. — A  two-story,  attic  and  cellar  frame  dwelling,  in  good  repair.  A  Bonner  &  Van  Court 
steam  boiler  in  cellar,  radiators  in  rooms  and  halls  ;  plumbing  and  gas  fixtures  throughout.  Build- 
ing is  in  good  repair. 

All  of  the  buildings,  except  stable  marked  "  C,"  are  connected  with  sewer  in  street. 

The  rental,  $2,760  per  annum,  is  full  but  not  excessive.  I  would  advise  that  the  lease  con- 
tain a  covenant  that  the  lessor  pay  all  taxes  and  assessments,  and  the  City  be  permitted  to  make 
alterations  and  repairs  to  the  premises  that  they  may  be  suitable  for  school  purposes. 


Respectfully, 


EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Entri 


Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Mrs.  Dora  Maas,  of  premises  on  the  north  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street, 
between  Tinton  and  Union  avenues,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  (two  hundred  and  sixty-four  feet  on 
One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street  by  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  on  Tinton  avenue,  and 
about  one  hundred  and  twenty-two  feet  on  Union  avenue),  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Education, 
for  a  term  of  two  years  from  June  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
sixty  dollars  ($2,760),  payable  quarterly,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal,  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes 
and  assessments,  and  the  City  be  permitted  to  make  alterations  and  repairs  to  the  premises  that  they 
may  be  suitable  for  school  purposes  ;  the  lease  to  terminate  at  any  time  prior  to  expiration  should 
title  to  the  property  vest  in  the  City  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  deeming  the 


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said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  Ihe  interests  of  the  City  chat  such  lease  be 
made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and 
approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  the  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New 
York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  application  was  received  from  John  C.  Rodgers,  for  a  grant  of  land  under  water 
at  Kingsbridge  : 

To  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  the  City  of  New  Yo%k : 

The  application  of  John  C.  Rodgers  for  a  grant  of  land  and  land  under  water  adjacent  to  the 
uplands  owned  by  him  on  the  Harlem  river  and  Manhattan  Island  in  the  City  or  New  York, 
respectively  shows  : 

First.  That  the  said  uplands  owned  by  him  are  situated  on  the  Harlem  river  and  on  Man- 
hattan Island,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  have  been  in  the  sole  and  undisturbed  possession  and 
occupation  of  himself  and  his  immediate  grantors  for  more  than  twenty  years  last  past,  are  shown 
upon  a  map  annexed  hereto,  marked  Exhibit  "  A,"  and  are  bounded  and  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  side  of  Broadway  with  the  War  Department  pier 
and  bulkhead-line  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  Harlem  River  Ship  Canal,  and  running  thence 
easterly  along  said  pier  and  bulkhead-line  on  a  curve  to  the  right,  having  a  radius  of  1,241.06  feet, 
181.87  feet,  thence  the  following  courses  and  distances  :  North  19  degrees  44  minutes  34  seconds 
east,  95.90  feet,  north  4  degrees  west,  99  feet,  south  89  degrees  30  minutes  west,  53  feet,  north  47 
degrees  30  minutes  7  seconds  east,  84.43  feet'  south  55  degrees  04  minutes  42  seconds  cast,  26.24 
feet,  south  13  degrees  48  minutes  09  seconds  east,  117.67  feet,  south  7  degrees  39  minutes  13 
seconds  east,  150.17  feet,  north  82  degrees  21  minutes  35  seconds  east,  82.74  feet  ;  north  73 
degrees  23  minutes  19  seconds  east,  104.36  feet,  north  69  degrees  18  minutes57  seconds  east,  104.75 
feet,  north  56  degrees  40  minutes  54  seconds  east  129.24  feet,  north  36  degrees  52  minutes  12 
seconds  east,  75  feet,  north  1 1  degrees  48  minutes  09  seconds  east,  68.45  feet,  north  15  degrees 
17  minutes  31  seconds  west,  12  feet,  north  45  degrees  east,  20  feet,  north  40  degrees  50  minutes 
31  seconds  west,  40.28  feet,  north  15  degrees  17  minutes  31  seconds  west,  10  feet,  north  38 
degrees  47  minutes  40  seconds  west,  18.43  feet  to  the  southerly  line  of  Muscoota  street,  thence 
along  the  southerly  side  of  Mutcoota  street  south  75  degrees  03  minutes  west,  219.15  feet,  and 
north  74  degrees  43  minutes  02  seconds  west,  410.23  feet  to  the  easterly  side  of  Broadway, 
thence  along  the  easterly  side  of  Broadway  south  15  degrees  16  minutes  58  seconds  west,  330.60 
feet  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Second— That  ttie  land  and  land  under  water  for  which  the  said  applicant  hereby  makes  this 
application  for  a  grant  from  The  City  of  New  York  are  also  shown  upon  said  map  marked 
Exhibit  "A"  and  are  bounded  and  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  the  point  in  the  War  Department  pier  and  bulkhead-line  on  the  northerly  side 
of  the  Harlem  River  Ship  Canal  where  the  easterly  line  of  the  property  of  John  C.  Rodgers  inter- 
sects said  pier  and  bulkhead  line,  which  point  is  distant  181.87  feet  easterly  from  the 
easterly  side  of  Broadway  measured  along  said  pier  and  bulkhead -line,  and  running  thence 
easterly  along  said  pier  and  bulkhead-line  on  a  curve  to  the  right,  having  a  radius  of 
1,241.06  feet,  420  feet  ;  thence  north  24  degrees  40  minutes  29  seconds  east  437.15  feet  to  the 
water  right  granted  June  29,  1S67,  to  James  M.  McLean,  Elisha  Brooks,  George  H.  Peck  and 
Joseph  Godwin  ;  thence  along  said  water  grant  the  following  courses  and  distances,  viz.  :  South 
36  degrees  52  minutes  12  seconds  west,  75  feet,  south  56  degrees 40  minutes  54  seconds  west,  129.24 


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feet,  south  69  degrees  18  minutes  57  seconds  west,  104.75  fect>  south  73  degrees  23  minutes  19 
seconds  west,  104.36  feet,  south  82  degrees  21  minutes  35  seconds  west,  82.74  feet,  north  7  degrees 
39  minutes  13  seconds  west,  150.17  feet  ;  thence  along  the  land  of  John  C.  Rodgers  the  following 
courses  and  distances,  viz.  :  North  13  degrees  48  degrees  9  seconds  west  1 17. 67  feet,  north  55 
degrees  4  minutes  42  seconds  west,  26.24  feet,  south  47  degrees  30  minutes  7  seconds  west,  84.43 
feet,  north  89  degrees  30  minutes  53  feet,  south  40  degrees  east  99  feet,  south  19  degrees  44 
minutes  34  seconds  west,  95.90  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning  ;  containing  1  57-100  acres. 

Third — That  the  said  applicant  is  willing  to  pay  to  The  City  of  New  York  the  fair  and  just 
valuation  of  said  land  and  land  under  water  (for  which  he  hereby  applies  for  a  grant),  to  be 
ascertained  and  determined  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  existing  laws  and  ordinances  in  that 
behalf  made  and  provided. 

Fourth — That  the  aforesaid  uplands  consist  of  two  separate  pieces  or  parcels  of  land  which 
were  heretofore  separately  conveyed  to  him  by  deeds  of  conveyance,  and  that  two  abstracts  of 
title  are  herewith  submitted  by  him,  showing  his  ownership  of  the  said  uplands  and  said  last- 
mentioned  grant  of  land  and  land  under  water.  That  the  said  applicant  is  now  the  owner  by 
various  mesne  conveyances  of  the  land  and  land  under  water,  adjacent  to  a  part  of  said  uplands 
which  were  granted  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York,  to 
James  M.  McLean,  Elisha  Brooks,  George  H.  Peck  and  Joseph  H.  Goodwin,  by  deed  dated  June 
29,  1867,  which  is  recorded  in  Book  No.  1  of  City  Grants,  page  401,  in  the  possession  and  custody 
of  the  Comptroller  of  The  City  of  New  York,  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  of  the  said  City,  and  in  Liber  1630  of  Conveyances,  at  page  102,  in  the  office  of  the 
Register  of  the  County  of  New  York,  on  November  II,  1881. 

Dated  New  York,  December  19,  1899. 

J.  C.  RODGERS. 

•  Richard  J.  Morrisson,  attorney  for  applicant,  No.  15  Wall  street,  New  York. 

New  York,  February  10,  1900. 


In  the  Matter 

The  application  of  John  C.  Rodgers  for  a  grant  of  land  and 
land  under  water  at  Kingsbridge. 

 .  J 

To  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

I  am  authorized  by  the  applicant  to  say  that  "  if  your  Honorable  Board,  for  reasons  connected 
with  the  policy  of  the  City  concerning  its  dock  improvements  in  the  future,  or  with  the  existing 
legal  prohibition  as  to  grants  beyond  the  established  bulkhead  line,  should  deem  it  inadvisable 
to  grant  his  application,  dated  December  19,  1899,  in  its  entirety,  he  is  willing  to  pay  for  and 
accept  a  grant  of  the  land  and  land  under  water  within  the  cove  or  inlet  included  within  his  land 
and  shown  upon  the  map  attached  to  his  application. 

This  cove  or  inlet  is  about  a  third  of  an  acre  in  extent  and  very  narrow,  and  could  not  by 
any  possibility  have  been  at  any  time  utilized  for  dock  purposes.  As  shown  by  the  map  of  the 
United  States  Geodetic  Survey,  dated  May,  1888,  entitled  "Harlem  River  and  Spuyten  Duyvil 
Creek,"  the  depth  of  water  within  this  cove  or  inlet  was  only  one  foot  in  depth.  Under  a  mis- 
take as  to  the  extent  and  boundaries  of  the  grant  made  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Common- 
alty of  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  applicant's  predecessors  in  title,  James  McLean,  Elisha 
Brooks,  George  H.  Peck  and  Joseph  H.  Godwin,  on  June  29,  1867,  this  cove  or  inlet  has  been 
filled  in  and  it  is  now  for  the  most  part  made  ground. 


May  18,  1900.] 


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The  following  is  a 'description  of  this  cove  or  inlet: 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  Harlem  ship  canal  distant  one  hundred 
and  eighty-one  feet  and  eight  hundred  and  seventy  one-thousandths  (181. 870)  of  a  foot  from  its 
intersection  with  the  easterly  side  of  Broadway,  running  thence  north  nineteen  degrees,  forty-four 
minutes  and  thirty-four  seconds  cast  (N.  190  44'  34"  E.)  ninety-five  feet  and  nine  hundred  and 
three  one-thousandths  (95.903)  of  a  foot,  thence  north  four  decrees  west  (N.  40  00'  00"  \Y.) 
ninety-nine  (99)  feet,  thence  south  eighty-nine  degrees  thirty  minutes  west  (S.  890  30'  W.)  fifty- 
three  (53)  feet,  thence  north  forty-seven  degrees,  thirty  minutes  and  seven  seconds  east  (N.  470 
30'  07"  E.)  eighty-four  and  forty-three  one-hundredths  (84.43)  °f  a  f°ot5  thence  south  fifty-five 
degrees,  four  minutes  and  forty-two  seconds  east  (S,  550  04'  42"  E.)  twenty-six  feet  and  two  hun- 
dred and  thirty-six  (26.236)  one-thousandths  of  a  foot,  thence  south  thirteen  degrees,  forty-eight 
minutes  and  nine  seconds  east  (S.  130  48'  09"  E.)  one  hundred  and  seventeen  feet  and  six  hun- 
dred and  sixty-nine  one-thousandths  (117.669)  of  a  foot  to  the  line  of  original  high  water,  thence 
south  seven  degrees,  thirty-nine  minutes  and  thirteen  seconds  east  (S.  70  39'  13"  E.)  one  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  and  one  hundred  and  seventy-one  one-thousandths  (150. 171)  of  a  foot,  thence  south 
eighty-two  degrees,  twenty-one  minutes  and  thirty-five  seconds  west  (S.  820  21'  35"  W.)  about 
twenty-two  (22.0)  feet  to  the  northerly  side  of  said  Harlem  ship  canal,  thence  westerly  along  the 
said  westerly  side  of  said  Harlem  ship  canal  about  eighty-four  (84)  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of 
beginning. 

Yours  respectfully, 

RICHARD  J.  MORRISON,  Attorney  for  Applicant. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  : 

April  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR — John  C.  Rodgers,  in  a  communication  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
under  date  of  December  19,  1899,  makes  application  "  lor  a  grant  of  land  and  land  under  water 
adjacent  to  the  uplands  owned  by  him  on  Harlem  river  and  Manhattan  Island,  in  The  City  of 
New  York." 

The  property  of  the  applicant,  containing  4. 1 1  acres,  and  that  for  which  he  makes  application, 
containing  1.57  acres,  is  shown  on  a  map  by  T.  Warren  Allen,  City  Surveyor,  which  accompanies 
the  communication,  and  may  be  described  as  lying  between  the  northerly  side  of  the  Harlem 
river  ship  canal  and  Muscoota  street,  and  easterly  of  Broadway. 

A  part  of  the  4.11  acres  as  above  consists  of  a  water  grant  made  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen 
and  Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York  to  James  McLean,  Elisha  Brooks,  George  H.  Peck 
and  Joseph  H.  Godwin,  under  date  of  June  29,  1867,  which  carried  the  property  of  the  grantees 
to  the  Harbor  Commissioner's  line  of  1857  ;  and  it  is  from  this  line  and  the  old  shore  line  of  the 
cove  out  to  the  pier  and  bulkhead-line  of  the  Harlem  river  ship  canal,  containing  1.57  acres, 
that  the  applicant  seeks  to  acquire  title  from  The  City  of  New  York.  The  Department  of  Parks 
established  lines  for  the  channel  of  Spuyten  Duyvil  creek,  which  lines  were  adopted  by  the  War 
Department  of  the  United  States  Government  in  1890,  but  subsequently  abolished  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  upon  a  petition  of  Rodgers  and  Farrell  (see  copy  of  letter  of  Secretary  of  War,  under 
date  of  January  8,  1897,  attached). 

This  action  would  appear  to  leave  the  plans  for  the  improvement  of  the  water  front  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  of  The  City  of  New  York,  whose  Chief 
Engineer  informs  me  that  there  are  no  plans  in  contemplation  at  the  present  time  affecting  this 
vicinity.  In  view  of  the  uncertainty  or  the  future  layout  of  the  water  front  of  the  Spuyten 
Duyvi]  creek,  I  have  conferred  with  Richard  J.  Morrison,  attorney  for  the  applicant,  who  has, 


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[May  i8,  1900. 


under  date  of  February  10,  1900,  submitted  by  authority  of  Mr.  Rodgers  an  amended  application 
from  which  I  quote  as  follows  : 

"If  your  Honorable  Board  for  reasons  connected  with  the  policy  of  the  City  concerning  its 
^'dock  improvements  in  the  future  or  with  the  existing  legal  prohibition  as  to  grants  beyond  the 
"established  bulkhead-line,  should  deem  it  inadvisable  to  grant  his  applicant,  dated  December 
"  19,  1899,  in  its  entirety,  he  is  willing  to  pay  for  and  accept  a  grant  of  the  land  and  land  under 
"  water  within  the  cove  or  inlet  included  within  his  land  and  shown  upon  the  map  attached  to 
"  his  application." 

The  United  States  Government  has  constructed  a  crib-bulkhead  along  the  northerly  line  of 
the  Harlem  river  ship  canal  to  a  point  about  412  feet  easterly  from  the  easterly  line  of  Broadway, 
and  I  consider  that  the  area  lying  within  the  cove  might  properly  be  sold  pursuant  to  section  205 
of  the  Charter  without  interfering  with  future  improvements  upon  the  water  front  of  the  Spuyten 
Duyvil  creek. 

The  area  of  such  ,  a  plot  would  be  6.9566  city  lots,  and  is  more  properly  bounded  and 
described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  Harlem  ship  canal  distant  one  hundred  and 
eighty-one  feet  and  eight  hundred  and  seventy  one  thousandths  (181.870)  of  a  foot  from  its  inter- 
section with  the  easterly  side  of  Br.  adway,  running  thence  north  nineteen  degrees,  forty-four  min- 
utes and  thirty-four  seconds  east  (N.  190  44'  34"  E.)  ninety-five  feet  and  nine  hundred  and  three  one- 
thousandth?  (95.903)  of  a  foot,  thence  north  4  degrees  west  (N.  40  W.)  ninety-nine  (99)  feet,  thence 
•  south  eighty-nine  degrees  thirty  minutes  west  (S.  890  30'  W.)  fifty-three  (53)  feet,  thence  north 
forty  seven  degrees,  thirty  minutes  and  seven  seconds  east  (N.  470  30'  7"  E.)  eighty-four  feet  and 
forty-three  one-hundredths  (84.43)  of  a  foot,  thence  south  fifty-five  degrees,  four  minutes  and 
forty-two  seconds  east  (S.  550  4'  42"  E.  )  twenty-six  feet  and  two  hundred  and  thirty-six  one-thou- 
sandths (26. 236)  of  a  foot,  thence  south  thirteen  degrees,  forty-eighf  minutes  and  nine  seconds  east  (S. 
1 30  48'  9"  E. )  one  hundred  and  seventeen  feet  and  six  hundred  and  sixty-nine  one-thousandths 
(117.669)  of  a  foot  to  the  line  of  original  high  water,  thence  south  seven  degrees  thirty-nine  min- 
utes and  thirteen  seconds  east  (S.  70  39'  13"  E.  )  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  and  one  hundred  and 
seventy-one  one-thousandths  (150. 171)  of  a  foot,  thence  south  twenty-seven  degrees,  eleven  minutes 
and  sixteen  seconds  west  (S.270  11'  16"  W.)  fourteen  feet  and  six  one-hundredths  (14.06)  of  a  foot 
to  the  bulkhead-line  of  the  Harlem  river  ship  canal,  thence  westerly  along  the  said  bulkhead-line 
on  a  curve  whose  radius  is  1,241.06  feet  for  one  hundred  and  seven  feet  and  seventy-eight  one- 
hundredths  (107.78)  of  a  foot  to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning. 

I  have  held  several  conferences  with  both  Mr.  Rodgers  and  his  attorney  in  regard  to  the 
valuation  of  the  property,  and  they  have  submitted  to  me  the  prices  as  paid  by  Mr.  Rodgers  and 
have  drawn  certain  deductions  from  them  tending  to  show  the  value  of  the  lots  in  question  to  be 
not  over  $213.50  each,  and  which  sum  he  would  be  willing  to  pay.  My  own  opinion  of  the 
valuation  differs  so  largely  from  the  above  that  it  would  seem  practically  useless  to  offer  these 
lots  at  auction  unless  Mr.  Rodgers  signifies  his  intention  to  become  a  bidder  at  the  price  fixed. 

A  short  history  of  the  work  of  improvements  in  this  vicinity  will  tend  to  show  my  reasons 
for  arriving  at  a  valuation.  The  Harlem  River  Improvement,  so  called,  which  consisted  in  cutting 
a  ship  canal  about  400  feet  in  width,  connecting  the  Harlem  river  with  the  Hudson  river,  and 
fixing  channel  lines  lor  the  Harlem  river,  was  undertaken  by  the  United  States  Government  about 
1876,  and  The  City  of  New  York  conducted  the  condemnation  proceedings  for  and  on  behalf  of 
the  Government  to  acquire  title  to  the  lands  and  lands  under  water  lying  between  the  lines  of  the 
improvement.  The  City  of  New  York  ceded  to  the  United  States  all  property  owned-by  the  Cor- 
poration within  these  lines,  paid  the  awards  for  all  private  lands  and  rights,  in  amounts  named  by 
a  Commission  duly  appointed,  and  collected  the  assessment  for  benefit  levied  on  the  adjoining 
property,  this  area  of  assessment  being  a  strip  about  1,000  feet  in  width  adjoining  the  lines  of  the 
improvement  on  either  side  of  the  river. 


May  i 8,  1900.] 


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The  work  of  the  practical  construction  of  the  canal  and  building  of  the  bulkheads,  etc.,  was 
commenced  and  continued  entirely  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  Government  and  the 
property  in  question  has  been  materially  benefited  by  this  work,  in  that  it  now  has  a  bulkhead 
lully  completed  and  in  use,  and  which  bulkhead  is  the  only  one  available  for  boats  of  any  size,  and 
which  leads  to  a  n  ain  thoroughfare  without  a  heavy  up-grade  haul,  in  the  westerly  side  of  the 
Borough  of  The  Bronx,  north  of  Ford  ham  Landing  road. 

Mr.  Rodgers  states  that  he  paid  $40,000  for  a  plot  of  about  sixty-two  lots  adjoining  the  piece 
applied  for  and  fronting  on  Broadway  and  Muscoota  street,  or  at  the  rate  of  about  $645  a  lot,  but 
he  further  claims  that  the  main  value  of  the  lots  is  on  the  street  frontage,  reducing,  what  he 
considers,  the  value  of  the  bulkhead  or  inside  lots  to  about  $213.50  each. 

My  opinion  is  thai  the  value  of  the  bulkhead  lots,  which  are  now  revenue  producing,  give  as 
much  value  to  the  premise^  as  those  fronting  on  the  streets. 

The  property  immediately  to  the  west  of  the  property  applied  for,  fronting  on  the  bulkhead 
and  on  Broadway  (twenty  feet  below  the  grade  of  that  street),  is  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900 
at  about  $554  per  lot,  which,  in  my  opinion,  is  not  over  fifty  per  cent,  of  its  value. 

I  therefore  recommend  that  should  the  property  be  offered  for  sale,  an  upset  price  of  $1,000 
per  lot,  or  $6,956.60  in  all,  be  placed  upon  the  property  as  particularly  described  above,  with  the 
following  restricting  clause  : 

That,  should  The  City  of  New  York  be  compelled  to  reacquire  all  or  any  part  of  the  above- 
described  premises  for  any  purposes  whatsoever  within  ten  years  from  the  date  of  sale,  the  price 
charged  the  City  for  the  land  and  bulkhead  aione  shall  not  exceed  the  price  at  the  sale  with  legal 
interest. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the  New 
York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

May  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of 


Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  in  the  month  of  April,  1900,  viz.  : 

April   3.  John  Keller   $25  00 

"    12.  Joseph  Wenstein  : .  .  .      5°  00 

"    12.  Isaac  Klein   75  00 

"    17.  Bernhard  Mintus     50  00 

"    24.  Jacob  Bloch.      50  00 

"    21:  Stephen  Murphy   5°  00 

  $300  00 

— and  in  the  First  District  City  Magistrate's  Court,  First  Division  : 

April  10.  Walter  P.  Montague   25  00 


Total  '.   $325  00 


The  returns  of  the  courts  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122, 
Laws  of  1876,  said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  society. 


231 


[May  i8,  1900. 


The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

\  I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the 
City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children 
for  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  ($325),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty 
to  children  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division)  and  the  First 
District  City  Magistrate's  Court,  in  the  month  of  April,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society 
pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
New  York  Medical  Society  : 

May  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  illegally  practicing  medicine  were  imposed  and  collected  by 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  month  of  April,  1900,  viz.  : 

April   5.  Marion  Bathgate   $50  00 

"  20.   Ottilie  Dammeyer   50  00 

Total   $100  00 

The  cases  were  each  prosecuted  by  the  New  York  Medical  society,  which  society  is  entitled 
to  the  amount  of  said  fines  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

The  amount  of  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  Medical  Law  imposed  upon  and 
collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  (First  Division),  in  the  month  of  April,  1900,  and  pay- 
able to  said  society,  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fine  payable  to  the 
Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  : 

May  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  April  2,  1900,  William  A.  Horner  was  con- 
victed and  fined  $50  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry.    The  amount  of  said  fine  was  deposited  in 


May  i  8,  1900.) 


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the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the 
City  Debt. 

The  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  their  counsel,  claim  the  amount  of  said 
fine  under  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the  sum  of 
fifty  dollars  ($50),  being  amount  of  fine  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry,  imposed  upon  and 
collected  from  W  illiam  A.  Horner,  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  April  2,  1900, 
and  payable  to  said  society  pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  for  violations  of 
the  Agricultural  Law  : 

May  18,  1900. 

Hon.  BirdS.  Coler  Comptroller: 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Law  (chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893)  were 
imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  month 
of  April,  1900,  viz.  : 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division. 
April  23.      Nelson  J.  Burdick   $25  00 


Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division. 


April 

4- 

  $25  00 

18. 

20. 

20. 

20. 

20. 

  10  00 

20. 

  10  00 

235  00 

$260  00 


The  total  amount  of  the  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt.  Pursuant  to  section  9  of  chapter 
338  of  the  Laws  of  1893,  one-half  of  the  above  fines  is  payable  to  the  State  and  residue  is  payable 
to  the  Pension  Funds  of  the  Police  and  Fire  Departments. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  sixty  dollars 
($260),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Law  imposed  and  collected  by  the 


233  [May  18,  1900. 

Courts  of  Special  Sessions,  and  in  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  Brooklyn,  in  the  month  of 
April,  1900,  for  deposit  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  "  State  Agricultural  Law  Fines,"  for 
distribution,  pursuant  to  section  9  of  chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fine  payable  to  the 
Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

May  18,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — The  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  respectfully  apply  for 
the  amount  of  fine  for  cruelty  to  child  imposed  by  Second  District  City  Magistrates'  Court,  Bor- 
ough of  Brooklyn,  and  collected  April  30  from  John  O'Donnell,  Sio. 

The  case  was  prosecuted  by  officers  of  said  society,  as  per  certificate  of  Court  attached. 
Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876,  the  amount  of  said  fine  is  payable  to  the  said 
society. 

The  amount  of  fine  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the 
Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children 
for  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  amount  of  fine  imposed  by  Second  District  Magistrates'  Court,  Brook- 
lyn, and  collected  from  John  O'Donnell,  April  30,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant 
to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  to  refund  amounts  paid  in 
error  for  street  vault  permits  : 

May  18,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  following  applications  for  the  refund  of  amounts  overpaid  for  street  vault  per- 


mits have  been  filed  in  this  office,  viz. : 

Cornell  Medical  College,  west  side  of  First  avenue,  between  Twenty-seventh  and 

Twenty-eighth  streets   $51600 

Edward  Kemp,  southwest  corner  of  Broad  and  Beaver  streets   3>9°9  86 

Hew  Miller,  No.  28  West  Twenty-sixth  street   16  66 

Estate  of  B.  C.  Wandell,  northwest  corner  of  Eighty-third  street  and  Third  avenue.  550  04 


Total   $5,052  56 


Each  application  is  accompanied  by  a  Surveyor's  certificate,  is  certified  by  the  Superintend- 
ent of  Street  Openings,  Paving  and  Repaving,  and  approved  by  the  Commissioner  of  Highways. 


May  i 8,  1900.]  234 

The  amount  paid  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  warrants  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  following  parties  for,  viz.  : 


Cornell  Medical  College   $516  00 

Edward  Kemp   3,969  86 

Hew  Miller   16  66 

Estate  of  B.  C.  Wendell   550  04 

Total   $5,052  56 


— refunding  the  said  parties  the  amount  named  therewith,  being  amount  overpaid  by  them  for  street 
vault  permits. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 


EDGAR  J-  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


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COMMISSIONERS   OF   THE   SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY  OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Co?7imissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor1 s 
Office,  at  11  o^  clock  A.M.,  on  Tuesday,  June  5,  1900. 


Present — Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Deputy  and  Acting  Comptroller, 
and  Patrick  Keenan,  Chamberlain. 


On  motion  of  the  Deputy  Comptroller,  Mr.  Reeves  E.  Selmeswas  unanimously  elected  Tempo- 
rary Secretary  of  the  meeting. 


The  following  bids  were  received  for  furnishing  material  and  performing  work  in  furnishing, 
equipment,  etc.,  of  the  new  Gouverneur  Hospital  building  : 


Dey  &  Somerville   $73» 333  °o 

The  Manhattan  Supply  Company   72,319  00 

D.  J.  Barry  &  Co   64,978  00 

Cavanagh  Brothers  &  Knapp   61,885  81 

Joseph  N.  Early   68,990  00 


Which  were  referred  to  the  Comptroller  for  investigation  and  report. 
Adjourned. 

REEVES  E.  SELMES,  Temporary  Secretary. 


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COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE    SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 

Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  A/ay  or' s 
Office,  at  12  o'clock  M.,  on  Wednesday,  June  6,  1900. 


Present — Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ;  Patrick  Keenan, 
Chamberlain  ;  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman, 
Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


The  minutes  of  the  meetings  held  May  18  and  June  5,  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 


The  Comptroller  made  an  oral  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  to  award  to  Messrs. 
Cavanagh  Brothers  &  Knapp  contract  for  furnishing  materials  and  performing  work  in  furnishing, 
equipment,  etc.,  of  the  Gouverneur  Hospital : 

(For  bids  received  see  Minutes  of  June  5,  1900.) 

Resolved,  That  the  bid  of  Cavanagh  Brothers  &  Knapp,  for  furnishing  materials  and  perform- 
ing work  in  furnishing,  equipment,  etc.,  of  the  hospital  building  on  Gouverneur  slip,  between 
Front  and  Water  streets,  in  New  York  City,  pursuant  to  chapter  703  of  the  Laws  of  1894,  as 
amended  by  chapter  399,  Laws  of  1SS5,  amounting  to  the  sum  of  sixty-one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  eighty-five  dollars  and  eighty-one  cents  ($61,885.81),  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted, 
being  the  lowest  bid  for  said  work. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries, 
relative  to  water-front  property  of  the  New  York  Floating  Dry  Dock  Company  : 

New  York,  May  18,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  and  Chairman  of  Sinking  Fimd  Commission  ; 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Docks  held  this  day  a  communication,  of  which  the 
inclosed  is  a  copy,  was  received  from  the  New  York  Floating  Dry  Dock  Company. 

Yours  respectfully, 

WILLIAM  H.  BURKE,  Secretary. 


June  6,  1900.] 


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New  York,  May  16,  1900. 

The  Commissioners,  Department  of  Docks  atid  Ferries,  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — On  the  14th  of  February,  1899,  the  New  York  Floating  Dry  Dock  Company 
contracted  with  you  to  sell  certain  water-front  property  on  the  East  river,  near  the  foot  of  Pike 
slip,  for  $375,000.  The  contract  provided  that  it  should  not  be  valid  or  binding  upon  the  parties 
unless  within  a  time  limited  therein  it  should  receive  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York. 

The  time  limited  expired  long  ago,  and  the  contract  did  not  receive  the  approval  of  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund.  The  New  York  Floating  Dry  Dock  Company  has  not,  therefore, 
been,  since  the  expiration  of  the  time  limited,  under  any  obligation  to  perform  the  contract,  and  it 
has  withdrawn  from  the  contract,  and  now  hereby  demands  that  you  surrender  to  it  the  possession 
of  its  property. 

The  New  York  Floating  Dry  Dock  Company  is  ready  to  discuss  with  you  the  terms  of  the 
surrender,  and  to  make  just  compensation  to  the  City  for  the  improvements  you  have  made  upon 
its  property. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

(Signed)  JAMES  BENEDICT, 

President,  New  York  Floating  Dry  Dock  Company. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Com- 
pany : 

New  York,  May  15,  1900. 

To  the  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  New  York  City  : 

Gentlemen — Referring  to  the  communication  presented  to  you  by  this,  the  New  York  and 
New  Jersey  Bridge  Company,  dated  November  28,  1899,  and  the  subsequent  report  on  April  20, 
1900,  by  one  of  the  members  of  the  committee  to  which  the  matter  of  said  communication  was 
referred,  we  most  respectfully  state  as  follows,  viz.  : 

(1)  We  regret  that  in  said  communication  the  location  of  the  proposed  "approach  "  was  not 
designated  by  us  with  sufficient  particularity  to  preclude  misapprehension  and  to  avoid  the  con- 
clusion, expressed  in  said  report,  that  the  same  was  an  "application  of  the  bridge  company  for  the 
right  to  use  streets  and  avenues  to  build  therein  an  '  elevated  structure,'  to  serve  as  approaches 
to  the  bridge  on  which  to  '  run  railroad  trains,'  "  etc. 

(2)  To  correct  such  misapprehension  and  consequent  erroneous  conclusion,  we  further  refer 
you  to  the  officially  prepared  and  filed  maps,  plans  and  specifications  of  the  proposed  approach, 
an  examination  whereof  will  demonstrate  that  the  said  approach  is  not  to  be  located  in  or  upon 
any  street  or  avenue  ;  but  that,  on  the  contrary,  the  said  approach  is  located  entirely  upon  private 
property,  except  certain  portions  thereof  which  are  located  upon  lands  owned  by  The  City  of  New 
York — which  latter  lands,  however,  are  not  included  within  the  limits  or  boundaries  of  any  street 
or  avenue. 

(3)  Such  private  property  as  may  be  required  for  said  approach,  the  Bridge  Company  must 
acquire  from  the  individual  owners  thereof,  by  voluntary  conveyance  or  condemnation  pro- 
ceedings. 

(4)  It  being  thus  apparent  that  no  application  was  or  is  intended  to  be  made  to  you,  "for  the 
right  to  use  streets  and  avenues,"  the  further  conclusion  of  the  report  (based  upon  the  assumption 
that  the  right  is  sought  to  use  streets  and  avenues,  etc.),  that  the  application  is  for  "  the  grant  ol  a 
franchise  by  the  City  to  the  Bridge  Company,  and  subject  to  air  the  provisions  of  the  City  Charter 
regulating  the  granting  of  franchises,"  is  manifestly  unwarranted  and  erroneous. 


239 


[Junk  6,  1900. 


(5)  We  deem  it  proper  to  state  in  this  connection  that  the  franchise  to  build  the  bridge  in 
question,  with  its  approaches,  is  conferred  upcn  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Bridge  Company 
by  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  by  act  of  Congress.     The  Congressional 

^*ct  (and  only  that  act)  provides,  that  "  the  location  ol  all  approacnes  of  said  bridge  in  The  City  of 
New  York  shall  be  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York." 

(6)  The  approach  which  you  are  requested  to  approve  (only  because  such  approval  is  required 
by  the  act  of  Congress),  has  already  been  located  under  and  pursuant  to  the  legislative  act  of  the 
State  of  New  York. 

(7)  We  fully  concur  in  that  portion  of  the  said  report  presented  to  you  which  says  :  "  The 
province  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  seems  to  be  limited  to  the  approval  or  disapproval 
of  the  proposed  approaches  as  specified." 

The  interpretation  thus  placed  upon  the  province  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
is  in  accordance  with  their  prior  action  in  the  premises,  and  consistent  with  the  uniform  construction 
of  the  legislation  referred  to. 

(8)  The  report  (while  conceding  that  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  cannot  exact  any  terms 
or  conditions  for  the  approval  requested  of  them)  does,  nevertheless,  intimate  what  might  be 
considered  fair  compensation  to  be  paid  the  City  (through  the  proper  department  of  the  City 
Government)  for  the  right  or  privilege  to  maintain  and  operate  the  proposed  approach  upon  lands 
owned  by  the  City. 

(9)  As  already  stated,  this  company  must  acquire  all  private  property  required  for  said 
approach  by  purchase  from  the  individual  owners  or  by  condemnation  proceedings. 

As  to  land  owned  by  the  City,  we  are  advised  (and  such  is  our  belief)  that  should  you  approve 
the  location  of  the  proposed  approach,  this  company  would  not  thereby  acquire  or  have  any  right 
or  authoriiy  to  construct  or  operate  said  approach  along  or  upon  any  land  owned  by  The  City  of 
New  York  until  it  shall  have  procured  from  the  proper  department  of  the  City  Government  a  lease 
of  such  lands,  for  which  lease  adequate  compensation  to  the  City  would  be  exacted,  as  a  matter  of 
course. 

(10)  This  company  does  not  wish  or  expect  to  occupy  or  use  any  City  property  without  mak- 
ing just  compensation  therefor;  and  it  is  and  ever  has  been  willing  and  ready  at  any  time,  either 
before  or  contemporaneously  with  any  approval  by  you  of  the  approach  in  question,  to  execute  any 
and  all  such  legal  instruments  as  shall  be  required  by  the  proper  department  of  the  City  govern- 
ment and  as  may  be  necessary  to  provide  for  and  compel  the  payment  of  such  reasonable  compen- 
sation, whether  by  way  of  percentage  or  gross  receipts  from  business  done  on  the  said  approach, 
or  otherwise,  as  may  be  deemed  most  advantageous  to  the  City  and  practicable  for  this  company. 

(11)  This  company  is  further  willing  that  it  may  be  provided  in  and  by  such  instruments  that 
so  much  of  said  approach  as  shall  be  erected  upon  City  property  shall  (at  the  expiration  of  the 
extensions  of  any  such  lease  now  authorized  by  the  City  Charter)  become  the  property  of  the  City 
on  terms  to  be  arranged  and  agreed  upon  with  the  proper  authorities. 

(12)  We  respectfully  request  that  the  further  consideration  of  our  said  communication  of 
November  28,  1899,  and  the  said  report  thereon,  be  had  upon  the  additional  facts,  matters  and 
things  herein  presented. 

Very  respectfully, 

THE  NEW  YORK  AND  NEW  JERSEY  BRIDGE  COMPANY, 

By  James  S.  Clarkson,  President. 

Which  was  referred  to  the  Comptroller  and  the  President  of  the  Council. 


June  6.  1900.] 


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The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance, 
and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  the  payment  of  the  rent  of  certain  premises  in  the 
boroughs  of  Brooklyn  and  Queens  occupied  by  the  Fire  Department  : 

May  29,  1900. 

Hon.  BirdS.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir— Hon.  John  J.  Scannell,  Commissioner  of  the  Fire  Department,  in  a  communication 
under  date  of  May  18,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  states  : 

"  I  have  the  honor  to  forward  herewith  copy  of  report  received  from  the  Deputy  Commis- 
44  sioner,  boroughs  of  Brooklyn  and  Queen?,  under  date  of  the  16th  ultimo,  in  relation  to  the  non- 
"  payment  of  rental  for  certain  premises  occupied  by  the  Department  in  said  boroughs. 

"  He  also  reports  that  the  Department  has  continued  the  use  of  the  buildings,  even  though 
44  the  leases  have  expired,  because  no  other  or  more  satisfactory  arrangement  could  be  made  ; 
"  that  the  section  of  the  city  in  which  said  premises  are  located  is  thinly  settled,  and,  as  a  result, 
"  it  has  been  impossible  to  secure  other  accommodation  for  the  companies. 

"  All  of  these  matters  have  been  heretofore  submitted  to  your  Honorable  Commission,  but 
"  now,  upon  recommendation  of  the  Deputy  Commissioner,  who  states  that  some  action  should  be. 
44  taken  to  provide  for  payment  for  the  use  of  these  several  premises,  for  the  reason  that  it  has 
"  been  impracticable  to  make  any  other  arrangement,  I  again  respectfully  invite  your  attention 
"  to  the  subject." 

The  inclosure  is  as  follows  : 

"  Fire  Department— City  of  New  York,  j 
"  Office  of  Deputy  Commissioner,  > 
"  Brooklyn,  April  16,  1900.  ) 

" Hon.  John  J.  Scannei.l,  Fire  Commissioner: 

44  Sir — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  the  nth  instant,  transmitting  claim  of  the  Astoria  Home- 
44  stead  Company,  amounting  to  $400,  lor  rent  of  premises  Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue, 
"  First  Ward,  Borough  of  Queens,  I  beg  to  state  that  the  premises  in  question  are  occup  y!  by 
"  Hook  and  Ladder  Company  No.  67  and  Engine  Company  No.  163  ;  that  the  lease  of  same 
"  expired  December  1,  1899,  when  the  owners  notified  the  Department  that  thereafter  they  would 
"  expect  a  change  of  rental  from  $750  to  $1,200  per  annum. 

44  In  connection  with  this  question,  I  wish  to  call  your  attention  to  other  cases  of  a  similar 
"  character  that  have  been  waiting  action  by  the  proper  authorities,  in  order  that  the  lessors  of 
44  the  several  buildings  may  be  paid  whatever  amount  is  justly  due  for  the  year  1899,  viz.  : 

44  The  lease  of  the  building  on  West  Eighth  street,  near  Surt  avenue,  Coney  Island,  occupied 
44  by  Engine  Company  No.  145,  expired  prior  to  consolidation.  No  rent  has  been  paid  for  the 
44  year  1899.    Amount,  $500. 

44  The  lease  of  the  building  on  East  Twenty-third  street,  near  Voorhees  avenue,  Sheepshead 
44  Bay,  occupied  by  Engine  Company  No.  146,  expired  prior  to  consolidation.  No  rent  has  been 
44  paid  for  the  year  1899.    Amount,  $500. 

44  The  lease  of  building  on  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Parkville,  occupied  by 
44  Engine  Company  No.  150,  expired  prior  to  consolidation.  No  rent  has  been  paid  for  the  year 
44  1899.    Amount,  $700. 

44  The  lease  of  building  on  Rockaway,  near  Flallands  avenue,  Canarsie,  occupied  by  Engine 
44  Company  No.  157,  expired  December  31,  1898.  No  rent  has  been  paid  for  the  year  1899. 
44  Amount,  $500. 

44  The  lease  of  building  No.  231  Radde  street,  Long  Island  City,  occupied  by  Engine  Com- 
*'  pany  No.  161,  expired  June  1,  1899.  I  understand  the  owner  obtained  judgment  against  the 
44  City  for  the  period  between  June  and  November  30,  1899  ;  since  then  no  rent  has  been  paid. 
44  The  annual  rental  is  $600. 


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"  The  lease  of  bAilding  No.  443  Buckley  street,  Long  Island  City,  expired  July  15,  1899, 
"  since  which  time  nothing  has  been  paid.    Annual  rental,  $600. 

^  "  The  Department  is  compelled  to  continue  the  occupancy  of  these  houses  because  the  condi- 
"  tions  are  such  in  their  respective  localities  that  we  cannot  do  any  better,  and  it  seems  to  me  the 
"  rent  ought  to  be  paid. 

"  Respectfully, 

»  (Signed)         JAMES  H.  TULLY, 

"  Deputy  Fire  Commissioner, 

"  Boroughs  of  Brooklyn  and  Queens." 

Id  reply  thereto  I  beg  to  report,  as  follows  : 

First — The  premises  Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  occupied  by  Hook 
and  Ladder  Company  No.  67  and  Engine  Company  No.  163,  were  leased  by  the  former  authori- 
ties of  Long  Island  City  from  the  Astoria  Homestead  Company  for  a  period  of  five  (5)  years  from 
December  I,  1894,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $750. 

I  have  no  knowledge  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  were  informed,  previous  to 
the  present  communication  of  the  Fire  Commissioner,  that  a  renewal  of  these  premises  from 
December  1,  1899,  was  required,  or  that  a  demand  had  been  made  for  an  increase  in  rental  from 
$750  to  $1,200. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  consist  of  a  two-story  and 
cellar  brick  building  about  47  feet  by  65  feet,  on  a  plot  of  land  about  47  feet  by  123  feet,  situated 
on  the  south  side  of  Flushing  avenue,  51.37  feet  east  of  Steinway  avenue. 

The  building  was  erected  in  1894,  to  be  used  as  an  apparatus  house,  and  is  in  every  way 
adapted  to  the  purpose.  It  is  now  in  good  condition,  excepting  the  plumbing  and  the  drainage 
from  the  stalls. 

The  premises  are  assessed  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $6,000,  and  in  my  opinion  are  of  the 
market  value  of  $9,000. 

The  fact  that  this  building  was  especially  constructed  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  used 
should  be  taken  into  consideration  in  fixing  a  rental  value,  and  it  would  appear  to  me  that  $900, 
which  is  ten  per  cent,  upon  the  market  value  as  above,  would  be  a  full  and  just  rental  for  a 
renewal  of  this  lease  for  a  term  of  five  years  ;  provided,  however,  that  the  owners  agree  to  put 
the  plumbing  in  good  condition,  and  make  the  floor  under  the  stalls  water-tight,  as  the  drainage 
from  these  stalls  now  runs  directly  through  the  floor  into  the  cellar,  causing  the  premises  to  be 
in  a  very  unsanitary  condition. 

The  rental  asked,  namely  $1,200  per  annum,  I  consider  excessive. 

Second— The  premises  on  West  Eighth  street,  near  Surf  avenue,  Coney  Island,  occupied  by 
Engine  Company  No.  145,  were  the  subject  of  a  report  of  Principal  Assistant  Engineer  Withington 
on  October  3,  1898,  in  which  he  deemed  a  renewal  on  the  terms  asked,  namely  $500,  to  be 
excessive,  considering  $350  per  annum  as  full  rental  value. 

The  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  at  a  meeting  held  December  21,  1898  (page  299),  author- 
ized the  Comptroller  to  pay  for  the  use  and  occupation  of  this  building,  from  the  expiration  of 
the  existing  lease  to  December  31,  1898,  and  requested  the  Fire  Commissioner  to  seek  other 
quarters. 

Third — The  premises  on  East  Twenty-third  street,  near  Voorhees  avenue,  Sheepshead  Bay, 
occupied  by  Engine  Company  No.  146,  were  likewise  included  in  the  report  of  Mr.  Withington  as 
above,  and  the  same  action  was  taken  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  as  in  the  pre- 
ceding case. 

The  rental  asked,  $500  per  annum,  was  considered  excessive  and  $300  deemed  to  be  fair 
rental  value. 


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Fourth — The  premises  on  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Parkville,  occupied  by 
Engine  Company  No.  150,-were  reported  on  by  Mr.  Withington,  October  31,  1898,  wherein  the 
rental  asked,  $700  per  annum,  was  deemed  excessive  and  $550  per  annum  considered  full  rental 
value. 

The  same  action  was  taken  by  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  in  this  case  as  in  the  two 
preceding. 

Fifth — The  premises  on  Rockaway  avenue,  near  Flatlands  avenue,  Canarsie,  occupied  by 
Engine  Company  No.  157,  were  reported  upon  by  Mr.  Withington  on  November  3,  1898,  and 
the  rental  of  $350  per  annum  was  recommended  in  place  of  the  $500  per  annum  asked. 

Latter,  an  agreement  was  reached  with  Mr.  T.  C.  T.  Crain,  as  attorney  for  Leonard  Ruoff,  the 
owner,  and  in  accordance  with  this  agreement  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  passed  a  reso- 
lution October  9,  1899  (page  415),  and  amended  the  same  December  6,  1899  (page  483),  whereby 
the  Comptroller  was  authorized  to  pay  for  the  use  and  occupation  of  these  premises  from  January 
1,  1899,  to  October  1,  1899,  the  sum  of  $300,  and  a  lease  was  authorized  for  a  term  of  three  (3) 
years,  from  October  1,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $400. 

I  am  informed  that  no  vouchers  have  been  received  from  the  Fire  Department,  under 
authority  of  these  resolutions. 

Sixth — The  premises,  No.  231  Radde  street,  Long  Island  City,  occupied  by  Engine  Company 
No.  161,  were  the  subject  of  a  report  by  me  under  date  of  May  31,  1899  (Sinking  Fund  Minutes, 
page  274),  which  report  and  the  application  of  the  Fire  Commissioner  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease 
or  the  purchase  of  the  property,  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel. 

Seventh — The  premises  No.  443  Buckley  street,  Long  Island  City,  occupied  by  Hook  and 
Ladder  Company  No.  16,  were  also  the  subject  of  a  report  by  me  on  June  22,  1899  (Sinking  Fund 
Minutes,  page  297),  and  this  matter  was  also  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel. 

In  view  of  the  foregoing,  I  would  recommend  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
pass  resolutions  authorizing  leases,  as  follows  : 

1st.  From  the  Astoria  Homestead  Company,  the  premises  Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue, 
Long  Island  City,  for  a  term  of  five  years,  from  December  1,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $900, 
the  owners  before  the  signing  of  the  lease  to  make  the  necessary  repairs  to  the  plumbing  and  lay 
a  water-tight  floor  under  the  stalls. 

2d.  From  A.  D.  Bushman,  the  premises  on  West  Eighth  street,  near  Surf  avenue,  Coney 
Island,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  January  1,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $350. 

3d.  From  the  Friendship  Engine  Company  No.  1,  Sheepshead  Bay,  the  premises  on  East 
Tw  enty-third  street,  near  Voorhees  avenue,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  January  I,  1899,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  $300. 

4th.  From  John  Reis,  the  premises  on  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Parkville,  for  a 
term  of  two  years  from  January  I,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $550. 

i  am  ot  the  opinion  that  some  action  should  be  taken  in  the  matter  of  the  Radde  street  and 
Buckley  street  sites,  and  it  would  seem  that  the  Corporation  Counsel  should  be  requested  to 
render  a  decision  at  as  early  a  date  as  possible. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  leases  to  the 
City  of  the  following  described  property,  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department : 

1.  Premises  Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  for  a  term  of  five  years 
from  December  I,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  nine  hundred  dollars  ($900),  payable  quarterly,  the 


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owners,  before  the  signing  of  the  lease,  to  make  the  necessary  repairs  to  the  plumbing  and  lay  a 
water-tight  floor  under  the  stalls  ,  Astoria  Homestead  Company,  lessors. 

2.  Premises  on  West  Eighth  street,  near  Surf  avenue,  Coney  Island,  for  a  term  of  two  years 
from  January  1,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($350),  payable 
quarterly  ;  A.D.Bushman,  lessor. 

3.  Premises  on  East  Twenty-third  street,  near  Voorhees  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a 
term  of  two  years  from  January  1,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  pay- 
able quarterly  ;  the  Friendship  Engine  Company  No.  1,  Sheepshead  Bay,  lessors. 

4.  Premises  on  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Parkville,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a 
term  of  two  years  from  January  1,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
($550),  payable  quarterly  ;  John  Reis,  lessor. 

— and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  at  No.  81  King  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  May  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Coynmissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Gieater 
New  York  Charter,  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  first  floor  or  store  of  the  premises  situated  at 
No.  81  King  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  21  months,  from  August  I,  1900, 
from  the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  otherwise  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  the  existing 
lease  from  Matthew  McPhillips,  the  former  owner  of  the  premises. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from 
the  Corporation  of  Trinity  Church,  of  the  first  floor  or  store  of  premises  situated  at  No.  81  King 
street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  twenty-one  months  from  August  1,  1900,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  six  hundred  dollars  ($600),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming 
the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  city  that  such  lease 
be  made. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  relative  to  lease  of  a  plot  of  ground  occupied 
by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  the  First  Ward,  Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens, 
and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

May  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  the  Department  of  Sireet  Cleaning,  in  communica- 
tion to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  May  2,  1900,  says  : 

"Among  the  leases  assigned  to  the  City  by  Zeph.  F.  Magill  of  land  upon  which  the  crematory 
"plants  were  erected  by  him,  under  his  contract  of  July  3,  1899,  for  final  disposition  of  street 
"sweepings,  ashes,  garbage,  etc.,  was  one  dated  June  5,  1899,  from  Julie  B.  Payne  to  Zeph.  F. 
"  Magill  of  eight  lots  of  land  in  the  First  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Queens,  formerly  in  the  Fourth 
"  Ward  of  Long  Island  City,  etc.,  as  described  in  said  lease. 

"It  is  agreed,  however,  in  that  lease  that  it  shall  not  be  assigned,  etc.,  without  the  written 
"consent  of  the  lessor,  and  so  far  no  such  written  consent  has  been  received  by  this  Department. 

"  It  appears,  however,  from  a  survey  that  has  teen  recently  made  that  the  crematory  plant 
"  has  been  erected  by  Mr.  Magill  on  land  just  outside  of  the  land  leased  by  him  and  upon  land 
"  owned  by  the  same  owner  Mr.  George  E.  Payne. 

"In  this  embarassing  condition  of  affairs,  and  with  a  view  to  saving  the  City  the  use  of  the 
"  above-mentioned  crematory  plant  and  at  the  same  time  having  land  that  may  be  available  in  the 
"  future  for  dumping  ashes,  Mr.  Payne  agrees  to  execute  to  the  City  a  lease  of  land  hereinafter 
"  described  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  February  1,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for 
"another  term  of  five  years  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1,500, 
"  payable  quarterly. 

"I  request,  therefore,  that  your  Board  authorize  a  lease  of  the  following  described  premises  : 
"  All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  in  the  First  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Queens  contained 
"  within  Block  36  and  Block  37,  as  de^ignafed  on  the  Assessment  Map  of  the  Fourth  Ward  of 
"  former  Long  Island  City,  which  piece  or  parcel  of  land  is  bounded  as  follows  : 

"Beginning  at  a  point  in  said  Block  36  on  the  centre  line  of  Marion  street,  as  laid  out  in  a 
"  certain  projected  'Map  of  property  situate  in  the  Third  and  Fourth  Wards  of  Long  Island  City, 
"  'Queens  County,  New  York,'  surveyed  August,  1887,  by  P.  G.  Van  Alst,  city  surveyor,  333  feet 
"  9%  inches  northerly  on  the  northerly  line  of  Graham  avenue,  as  laid  out  in  said  projected  map  ; 
"  thence  southerly  along  the  said  centre  line  of  said  Marion  street  to  the  thread  or  centre  line  of 
"  Sunswick  creek  ;  thence  westerly  with  the  curve  of  said  creek  and  northeasterly  along  the  said 
"  thread  or  centre  line  of  said  creek  to  a  point  at  right  angles  with  the  westerly  line  of  said  Marion 
"  street  at  the  said  point  or  place  of  beginning  ;  thence  easterly  in  a  right  line  to  the  said  point  or 
"  place  of  beginning  ;  the  lessor  to  secure  the  City  against  any  liability  under  the  lease  of  June  5. 
"  1899,  from  Julie  B.Payne  to  Zeph.  F.  Magill.  The  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  ;  all  buildings  and 
"  crematory  plant  on  the  said  land  to  become  the  property  of  the  lessor  at  the  termination  of  said 
"  lease  or  of  a  renewal  of  the  same. 

"The  above-described  land  includes  that  on  which  the  crematory  plant  has  been  erected 
"  (Graham  avenue).  The  said  Graham  avenue  has  merely  been  laid  out  on  a  projected  map,  but 
"  the  City  has  not  acquired  title  to  it,  nor,  as  I  am  informed,  begun  proceedings  therefor. 

"  The  amount  of  the  rent  provided  for  above  and  the  disposition  of  the  crematory  plant  at  the 
"  expiration  of  the  lease  are  explained  in  my  letter  of  even  date  in  regard  to  two  proposed  leases 
"  from  Isaac  B.  Remsen." 

The  explanation  referred  to  in  the  last  paragraph  of  this  communication  is  as  follows  : 

"  The  crematory  plants  under  each  of  these  leases  are  to  become  the  property  of  the  lessor  at 
"  the  termination  of  the  leases,  it  being  probable  that  the  crematories  will  be  by  that  time  practi- 
"  cally  worn  out  and  useless  for  any  purpose  of  this  Department  ;  besides,  these  crematories,  being 


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"  fixtures  on  the  land,  could  not  be  removed,  as  1  understand,  without  an  express  agreement  in  the 
"  lease  to  that  effect,  and  the  manner  of  their  construction  would  not  admit  of  their  being  taken 
"  apart  and  put  together  again  so  as  to  do  satisfactory  work,  even  though  they  had  not,  as  1  have 
"•  said  above,  become  useless  at  the  expiration  of  the  lease. 

"  The  amount  of  the  rents  asked  for  each  of  these  leases  is  not  to  be  considered  as  the  ordi- 
"  nary  reasonable  rent  of  the  land  in  question,  but  as  being  largely  a  consideration  for  the  lands 
"  and  the  advantages  which  Mr.  Remsen  would  have  enjoyed  under  the  requirement  of  his  lease 
"  to  Mr.  Magill,  by  which  Mr.  Magill  bound  himself  to  fill  in  Mr.  Remsen's  land  with  ashes 
"  carted  by  the  Department  of  vStreet  Cleaning.  " 

As  explained  by  the  Commissioner,  it  is  not  contended  that  the  rent  proposed  is  reasonable. 
The  Department  finds  itself  in  an  "  embarrassing  condition  of  affairs"  and  has  to  deal  with  the 
actual  owner  of  the  land  on  which  the  crematory  and  appurtenances  are  built,  who  will  accept  no 
less  than  the  terms  given. 

Under  the  circumstances  so  fully  set  forth  by  the  Commissioner,  I  think  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  may  properly  approve  of  the  lease. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  George  E. 
Payne,  of  the  plot  of  ground  now  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  and  situated 
in  the  First  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Queens,  contained  within  Block  36  and  Block  37,  as  more 
fully  described  in  the  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  dated  May  24,  1900, 
for  a  term  of  five  years  from  February  1,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  foi  five  years,  on 
the  same  terms  and  conditions,  at  an  annual  rental  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,500),  payable 
quarterly,  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent 
fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  relative  to  lease  of  a  plot  of  ground  in 
Jamaica  and  a  plot  in  Far  Rockaway,  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  and 
offered  the  following  resolutions  : 

May  25,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  communication  to  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund,  April  6,  1900.  says  : 

"  The  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  under  date  of  February  23,  1900,  approved  of 
;'  the  cancellation  of  the  contract  with  Z.  F.  Magill  for  receiving  and  finally  disposing  of  street 
"  sweepings,  ashes,  garbage  and  household  refuse,  in  the  boroughs  of  Queens  and  Richmond,  and 
"  of  the  purchase  of  the  plants  of  said  contractor,  and  the  said  contract  was  so  canceled  and  the 
"  plants  purchased,  and  the  leases  of  the  land  upon  which  the  plants  had  been  erected  were 
"  assigned  to  The  City  of  New  York. 

"  Now  it  appears  that  two  of  the  said  leases,  both  from  Mr.  Isaac  B.  Remsen,  one  of  a  plot 
;'  of  land  at  Jamaica,  and  one  of  a  plot  of  land  at  Far  Rockaway,  in  the  Borough  of  Queens, 


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"  contain  provisions  which  would  require  this  Department  to  fill  in  the  said  lands  with  the  ashes 
"  and  street  sweepings  collected  by  the  Department  in  the  wards  in  which  the  crematories  are 
"  located,  but  to  comply  with  this  requirement  would  be  impossible  with  the  amount  of  appropri- 
"  ation  at  the  disposal  of  this  Department,  and  indeed  it  was  the  impossibility  of  delivering  the 
"  ashes  to  Mr.  Magill  that  led  to  the  cancellation  of  his  contract.  ,  Besides,  a  form  of  contract  is 
"  contemplated  for  the  collection  in  those  wards  of  the  ashes  to  be  disposed  of  in  each  case  by 
"  the  contractor  at  the  lowest  possible  expense  to  the  City. 

"  Moreover,  it  now  appears  that  one  of  the  said  leases,  that  of  the  land  at  Far  Rockaway, 
"  contains  a  covenant  against  assignment  without  the  written  consent  of  the  lessor,  and  this  con- 
"  sent  has  not  been  given. 

"  Under  the  circumstances  the  cheapest  and  shortest  method  and  the  one  that  will  enable  this 
"  Department  to  carry  on  the  woik  in  the  Borough  of  Queens  in  the  most  advantageous  manner 
"  will  be  to  accept  the  proposition  of  Mr.  Remsen  to  cancel  the  two  said  leases  in  consideration  of 
"  the  City  entering  into  a  new  lease  of  the  two  said  plots  of  ground  for  a  term  of  five  years  from 
"  February  1,  1900  (the  day  that  the  City  took  possession),  at  the  annual  rental  of  $500  for  each 
"  plot  of  ground. 

"  I  request,  therefore,  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the 
"  Greater  New  York  Charter,  for  a  lease  from  Isaac  B.  Remsen  of  all  that  certain  parcel  of  land 
"  situated  at  Far  Rockaway,  in  Ward  Five  of  the  Borough  of  Queens,  in  The  City  of  New  York 
"  and  State  of  New  York,  comprising  Lots  Nos.  45,  46,  47,  48,  49,  50,  51,  52,  53,  54,  55,  56, 
"  57»  5&  ar>d  59,  on  a  map  entitled  '  Map  of  property  of  I.  B.  Remsen,  at  Far  Rockaway,  Queens 
"  'County,  New  York,  surveyed  and  drawn  by  Thomas  D.  Smith,  C.E.,'  filed  in  Queens  County 
"  Clerk's  office,  January  27,  1897,  and  the  land  on  the  north  or  rear  of  said  lots  as  contained 
"  within  the  following  boundaries  : 

"  Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northerly  line  of  Remsen  avenue  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Lot 
"  No.  44,  heretofore  conveyed  by  said  Remsen  to  Smith  M.  Decker  ;  thence  running  easterly 
"  along  said  Remsen  avenue  375  feet  to  Lot  No.  60,  heretofore  conveyed  to  I.  B.  R.  Decker  ; 
"  thence  running  northerly  at  right  angles  with  Remsen  avenue  along  the  westerly  line  of  sa*J  Lot 
"  No.  60,  100  feet ;  thence  running  again  northerly  in  continuation  of  said  westerly  line  of  said 
"  Lot  No.  60  until  it  comes  to  land  heretofore  conveyed  by  said  Remsen  to  Smith  M.  Decker  ; 
"  thence  running  westerly  along  said  land  to  an  angle  in  the  southerly  line  of  said  land  at  a  point 
"  distant  12  feet  southerly  from  the  southerly  edge  of  Remsen  lake  ;  thence  running  southwesterly 
"  along  said  land  sold  to  Decker  about  72  feet  to  a  line  drawn  in  continuation  of  the  westerly  line 
"  of  said  Lot  No.  45  ;  thence  running  southerly  at  right  angles  with  Remsen  avenue  about  88  feet 
"  to  the  northwesterly  corner  of  said  Lot  No.  45  ;  and  thence  southerly  along  the  westerly  side  of 
"  said  Lot  No.  45,  100  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning  ;  for  a  term  of  five  years  fiom  February  1, 
"  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $500,  payable  quarterly  ;  the  lessor  to  agree  with  The  City  of  New 
"  York  to  cancel  a  certain  agreement  dated  the  1st  day  of  June,  1899,  between  him  and  Zeph.  F. 
"  Magill,  in  relation  to  the  said  parcel  of  land,  and  the  lessor  to  pay  the  taxes  upon  said  land. 

"Also  for  a  lease  from  said  Isaac  B.  Remsen  of  all  that  parcel  of  land  situated  in  Jamaica 
"  Village,  in  Ward  Four  of  the  Borough  of  Queens,  in  The  City  of  New  York  and  State  of  New 
"York,  comprising  Lots  Nos.  I,  2,  3,  4  and  5,  on  a  map  entitled  'Map  of  lots  situated  at 
"  'Jamaica,  in  the  Fourth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Queens,  City  of  New  York,  N.  Y.,  belonging 
"  'to  L  B.  Remsen,  surveyed  October  11,  1898,  by  E.  \V.  Conklin  &  Sons,'  and  bounded  as 
"  follows  : 

"  Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southwesterly  line  of  Church  street  distant  520  feet  northwest- 
"  erly  from  the  westerly  corner  of  Church  street  and  Catharine  street;  thence  running  southwesterly 
"  at  right  angles  or  nearly  so  with  Church  street  along  land  recently  conveyed  by  said  Remsen  to 
"  Joshua  Powell  133.9  feet  to  the  south  side  of  railroad  ;  thence  running  northwesterly  along 
"  said  railroad  119.82  feet  to  land  formerly  of  I.  C.  Hendnckson  ;  thence  running  northeasterly 


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"along  said  land  121. 5  feet  to  Church  street,  and  thence  running  southeasterly  along  Church 
"street  119. 5  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning;  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  February  I,  1900, 
"  at  an  annual  rental  of  $500,  payable  quarterly  ;  the  lessor  to  agree  with  The  City  of  New  York 
11  to  cancel  a  certain  agreement  dated  the  rst  day  of  June,  1899,  between  him  and  Zeph.  F.  Magill, 
in  relation  to  the  said  parcel  of  land,  and  ihe  lessor  to  pay  the  taxes  upon  said  land." 

In  communication  of  May  2,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  the  Commissioner 
says  : 

"  Referring  to  my  letter  of  April  6,  1900,  to  your  Board  in  reference  to  a  proposed  lease  from 
**  Isaac  B.  Remsen  of  land  in  Jamaica  and  in  Far  Rockaway  upon  which  crematories  were  erected 
"  by  Mr.  Magill,  I  desire  to  say  that  Mr.  Remsen  will  under  each  lease  agree  to  pay  all  taxes. 

"  The  crematory  plants  under  each  of  these  leases  are  to  become  the  property  of  the  lessor  at 
"  the  termination  of  the  leases,  it  being  probable  that  the  crematories  will  be  by  that  time 
"  practically  worn  out  and  useless  for  any  purpose  of  this  Department  ;  besides,  these  crematories, 
"  being  fixtures  on  the  land,  could  not  be  removed  as  I  understand  without  an  express  agreement 
"  in  the  lease  to  that  effect,  and  the  manner  of  their  construction  would  not  admit  of  their  being 
"  taken  apart  and  put  together  again  so  as  to  do  satisfactory  work,  even  though  they  had  not,  as  I 
"  have  said  above,  become  useless  at  the  expiration  of  the  lease. 

"  The  amount  of  the  rents  asked  for  each  of  these  leases  is  not  to  be  considered  as  the 
"  ordinary  reasonable  rent  of  the  land  in  question,  but  as  being  largely  a  consideraiion  for  the 
"  lands  and  the  advantage?  which  Mr.  Remsen  would  have  enjoyed  under  the  requirement  of  his 
"  lease  to  Mr.  Magill,  by  which  Mr.  Magill  bound  himself  to  fill  in  Mr.  Remsen 's  land  with  ashes 
"  carted  by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning." 

The  difficulties  described  by  the  Commi>sioner  appear  to  lead  naturally  to  the  necessity  ot 
canceling  the  leases  made  by  Mr.  Remsen  with  Magill  and  entering  into  new  leases  with  Mr. 
Remsen,  so  that  the  department  can  carry  on  its  crematory  work.  The  terms  of  the  leases  are 
the  best  that  can  be  made  under  the  circumstances  in  which  the  Department  finds  itself  placed. 

By  the  letter  of  May  2,  it  is  seen  that  the  Commissioner  does  not  contend  that  the  amount  of 
the  rents  asked  is  considered  as  the  "  ordinary,  reasonable  rent  of  the  land  in  question,  but  as 
"being  largely  a  consideration  for  the  lands  and  advantages  which  Mr.  Remsen  would  have 
"  enjoyed  under  the  requirement  of  his  lease  to  Mr.  Magill,  by  which  Mr.  Magill  bound  himself 
"  to  fill  in  Mr.  Remsen's  land  with  ashes  carted  by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning."  The 
crematories  and  appurtenances  are  on  his  lands,  and  the  terms  given  above  are  the  only  ones  that 
he  will  agree  to. 

Under  these  circumstances  the  making  of  these  leases  seems  to  be  a  necessity,  in  order  to 
carry  out  the  crematory  system. 

Under  these  circumstances,  as  recited,  I  think  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  may 
properly  approve  these  two  proposed  leases. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  Isaac  B. 
Remsen,  of  the  plot  of  ground  situated  at  Far  Rockaway,  in  Ward  5,  Borough  of  Queens,  being 
Lots  Xos.  45  to  59,  inclusive,  and  the  land  on  the  north  or  rear  of  said  lots,  as  more  fully 
described  in  the  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  dated  May  25,  1900,  and 
now  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  February  1, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500),  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  pay  all 


June  6,  1900.] 


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taxes  upon  said  land — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and 
reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  Isaac  B.  Rem- 
sen,  of  the  plot  of  ground  now  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  situated  in  the 
Fourth  Ward  of  the  Village  of  Jamaica,  Borough  of  Queens,  comprising  Lots  Nos.  1,  2,  3,  4  and 
5,  as  more  fully  described  in  the  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  dated 
May  25,  1900,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  February  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred 
dollars  ($500),  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City 
that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Chamberlain  relative  to  fees  for  pay- 
ment of  State  Taxes  : 

May  24,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen— I  am  directed  by  the  Chamberlain  to  notify  you  that  the  commission  allowed 
him  by  the  State  for  the  payment  over  of  the  State  Taxes  for  the  County  of  New  York,  amounting 
to  $5,000,  has  been  paid  by  him  into  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Respectfulh , 

J.  H.  CAMPBELL,  Deputy  Chamberlain. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance,  relative  to  the  erection  of  a  station-house,  etc.,  on  Bathgate  avenue  north  of  East  One 
Hundred  and  Seventy-seventh  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

May  26,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Police  Department,  in  communication  of  May  15,  1900,  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  transmits  the  following  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Police 
Board  on  May  15,  1900  : 

"  Whereas,  The  buildings  used  and  occupied  as  station-house,  prison  and  stables  for  the 
"  Thirty-seventh  Police  Precinct,  situate  on  plot  of  land  on  Bathgate  avenue  north  of  East  One 
"  Hundred  and  Seventy-seventh  street,  were  by  resolution  of  the  Police  Board  condemned  as 
"  being  unfit  for  the  purposes  of  a  police  station,  prison  and  stable  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  Thereafter  at  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  on  the  24th  day  of  February 
"  1899,  a  resolution  was  adopted  requesting  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  to  author, 
"  ize  the  issue  of  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  amount  of  one  hundred 
"  thousand  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  upon  the  said  plot  of  land  hereinbefore  stated 
"  a  station-house,  prison,  mounted  and  patrol  wagon  stable  for  the  Thirty-seventh  Precinct  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  The  said  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  by  resolution  adopted  on 
"  September  15,  1899,  authorized  the  issue  of  said  Corporate  Stock,  and  the  action  of  the  Board  of 


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"  Estimate  having  by  ordinance,  duly  adopted  by  the  Municipal  Assembly  on  December  30,  1899, 
"  been  approved  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  The  Police  Board  of  The  City  of  New  York  has  caused  to  be  prepared  the 
"  necessary  plans  for  the  erection  of  the  buildings,  to  wit,  station-house,  prison,  mounted  and 
Sj,*  patrol  wagon  stable  ;  it  is  therefore 

"  Resolved,  That  the  plans  so  prepared  be  transmitted  to  and  submitted  foi  the  approval  of 
"  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York,  pursuant  to  the  requirements 
"  of  chapter  495  of  the  Laws  of  1895." 

The  plans  and  specifications  referred  to  were  also  transmitted. 

The  premises  upon  which  it  is  proposed  to  erect  the  building  are  owned  by  the  City  and 
occupied  at  present  by  the  Police  Department,  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Bathgate  avenue 
(106  feet  front  and  94  feet  8%  inches  deep),  distant  90.8  feet  north  of  East  One  Hundred  and 
Seventy-seventh  street. 

The  plans  and  specifications  call  for  a  three-story,  fireproof,  brick  building  ;  first  story  front 
to  be  a  first  quality  granite,  rest  of  front  to  be  laid  up  in  selected  face  brick,  with  granite  and 
terra-cotta  trim  (window  sills,  lintels,  etc).  In  rear  of  main  building,  which  is  49  feet  10  inches  by 
90  feet,  is  to  be  a  one-story  stable  48  feet  10  inches  by  44  feet  10  inches  with  accommodations  for 
twenty-one  horses.  There  is  also  in  the  rear  a  two-story  extension,  first  floor  to  be  used  as  a 
prison  and  the  second  as  a  lavatory.  The  cellar  is  only  under  a  portion  of  the  main  building  ; 
•the  rest  of  this  lot  is  not  •  xcavated  except  to  grade. 

The  finished  floors  are  comb  grained  yellow  pine,  except  in  muster  room,  where  Mosaic  is 
laid  ;  asphalt  in  carriage  room  and  stable  ;  terrazzio  in  prison  and  tiolet  rooms  ;  in  the  Captain's 
toilet  rubber  tile  is  laid. 

The  walls  are  to  be  plastered  with  rock  plaster  above  five  foot  wainscot  and  painted.  Plumb- 
ing complete  throughout,  and  entire  building  heated  by  a  low  pressure  steam  warming  apparatus, 
with  flow  and  return  pipes  for  the  direct  system  of  heating. 

Gas  and  electric  fixtures  throughout  the  building  wired,  with  all  necessary  switches,  etc. 

The  southerly  section  of  the  first  floor  is  used  for  carriage,  feed,  harness  and  hay  rooms.  The 
remainder  of  this  floor  is  divided  into  a  muster  room  with  Sergeant's  desk  and  platform  complete  ; 
men's  sitting  room,  Captain's  and  Detectives'  quarters  ;  also  a  Matron's  room. 

The  second  floor  is  given  up  entirely  to  dormitories  for  Patrolmen  and  Sergeants  ;  the  third 
floor  is  also  arranged  for  dormitories  for  Roundsmen. 

The  stable  in  rear  is  completely  equipped  with  stalls,  etc.  The  prison  is  divided  into  two 
sections,  15  steel  cells  in  male  portion  and  8  steel  cells  in  female  portion.  Each  cell  is  fitted  up 
with  a  water-closet  and  provided  with  an  iron  table,  steel  clothes  hooks,  a  drinking  cup,  corner 
shelf  and  a  folding  lattice-bottom  bunk  hinged  to  partition  plates. 

The  plans  and  specifications  are  very  complete  and  call  for  a  first-class  building  in  every  re- 
spect.   The  estimate  of  cost,  as  given  by  the  Architects,  is  $90,030. 

I  think  the  plans  and  specifications  may  properly  receive  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund,  as  required  by  chapter  495  of  the  Laws  of  1895. 

Respectfully. 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  permission  be  and  is"  hereby  granted  to  the  Board  of  Police,  of  the  Police 
Department,  to  erect  and  construct  a  station-house,  prison  and  stables  lor  the  Thirty-seventh 
Police  Precinct,  upon  a  plot  of  land  on  the  west  side  of  Bathgate  avenue,  north  of  East  One  Hun- 
dred and  Seventy-seventh  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  the  title  to  said  plot  of  land  being  in  The 
City  of  New  York  ;  and 


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Resolved,  That  the  plans  and  specifications  for  said  building,  transmitted  to  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Police,  adopted  May 
15,  1900,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  approved. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  the  pur- 
chase of  property  on  Boston  avenue,  corner  of  Summit  place,  Kingsbridge  : 

Police  Department  of  The  City  of  New  York,  1 
No.  300  Mulberry  Street,  / 
New  York,  May  16,  1900.  ) 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day  the  following  proceedings 
were  had  : 

Whereas,  At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  on  the  24th  clay  of  February,  1899,  a  resolu- 
tion was  adopted  requesting  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  to  authorize  the  issue  of 
Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  amount  of  one  hundred  thousand  (100,000) 
dollars  for  the  purpose  of  permitting  the  Police  Board  to  erect  a  station-house,  prison,  mounted 
and  patrol  wagon  stable  for  the  use  of  the  Fortieth  Police  Precinct,  at  Kingsbridge,  Borough  of 
The  Bronx  ;  and 

Whereas,  Thereafter  the  said  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  by  resolution  adopted 
on  September  15,  1899,  authorized  the  issue  of  the  said  Corporate  Stock,  and  the  action  of  the 
Board  of  Estimate  having,  by  ordinance  duly  adopted  by  the  Municipal  Assembly  on  December  30, 
1899,  been  approved  ;  and 

Whereas,  Thereafter,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  on  May  2,  1900,  a  preamble 
and  resolution  was  adopted,  as  follows  : 

"Commissioner  Abell  having  reported  to  the  Board  That,  pursuant  to  the  authority  o(  ihe 
Board  heretofore  granted,  that  he  tender  and  offer  to  R.  B.  Johnston,  for  the  purpose  of  the  property 
at  Kingsbridge,  situate  on  Boston  avenue,  corner  of  Summit  place,  being  one  hundred  feet  on 
Boston  avenue  and  one  hundred  twenty-five  feet  in  depth,  and  a  communication  having  been  received 
from  R.  B.  Johnston  representing  said  property,  offering  to  sell  the  same  to  the  City  for  station- 
house  purposes  for  the  sum  of  eight  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ;"  it  is  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Police  Board  accept  the  said  offer,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund,  or  the  Comptroller,  or  both,  as  may  be  required  ;  and 

Whereas,  Thereafter  the  Police  Board  caused  a  survey  of  the  said  property  to  be  made,  and 
such  survey  having  been  submitted  to  the  Board,  it  is  therefore, 

Resolved,  That,  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  chapter  350  of  the  Laws  of  1892,  and  chap- 
ter 495  of  the  Laws  of  1895,  and  to  section  149  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  that  the  survey 
of  said  lands  be  submitted  to  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  also  to  the 
Comptroller  ot  the  City  of  New  York,  and  that  the  consent  of  the  said  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  and  the  said  Comptroller  be  asked  to  the  purchase  of  said  land  for  the  purpose  of 
erecting  thereon  a  station-house,  prison  and  patrol  wagon  stable. 

Very  respectfully, 

VVM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 


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In  connection  therewith,  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer, 
of  the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

May  31,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  May  2,  1900,  the  following  proceedings 
were  had  : 

"  Whereas,  Commissioner  Abell  having  reported  to  the  Board  that,  pursuant  to  the  author- 
"  ity  of  the  Board,  heretofore  granted,  that  he  tender  and  offer  to  R.  B.  Johnston,  for  the  pur- 
«'  chase  of  the  property  at  Kingsbridge,  situate  on  Boston  avenue,  corner  of  Summit  place,  being 
"  one  hundred  feet  on  Boston  avenue  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  in  depth,  and  a  com- 
"  munication  having  been  received  from  R.  B.  Johnston,  representing  said  property,  offering  to 
"  sell  the  same  to  the  City  for  station-house  purposes  for  the  sum  of  eight  thousand  five  hundred 
"  dollars,  it  is  therefore 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Police  Board  accept  the  said  offer,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  or  the  Comptroller,  or  both,  as  may  be  required." 

The  purpose  for  which  this  plot  of  land  is  to  be  used  is  for  the  erection  of  a  station-house, 
prison,  mounted  and  patrol  wagon  stable  for  the  use  of  the  Fortieth  Precinct,  at  Kingsbridge, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx,  and  for  all  of  which  an  appropriation  of  $100,000  was  made  to  the  Board 
of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  on  September  15,  1899. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  are  located  on  the  west 
side  of  Boston  avenue,  on  the  southerly  side  of  a  private  road  or  lane  called  Summit  place,  and 
contain  an  area  of  5.23  City  lots. 

The  premises  are  assessed  on  the  tax-books  for  1900  at  $3,700,  and  I  consider  the  price 
asked,  namely,  $8,500,  to  be  full  value  for  the  same,  but  not  excessive,  and  may  properly  receive 
the  approval  of  the  Comptroller,  as  required  by  section  149  of  the  Charier. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  the  purchase, 
from  R.  B.  Johnston,  of  the  property  at  Kingsbridge,  situated  on  Boston  avenue,  corner  of  Sum- 
mit place,  being  one  hundred  feet  on  Boston  avenue  and  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  in 
depth,  for  station-house  purposes,  for  the  sum  of  eight  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ($8,500). 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communications  were  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  the 
renewal  of  leases  of  premises  on  Henry  street,  Rockaway  Beach,  and  premises  at  Kingsbridge, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

New  York,  May  25,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  ; 

Sirs — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  nre  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  renewal  of  lease  of  premises  owned  by  Joseph 
H.  Godwin,  Kingsbridge,  for  station-house  and  stable  for  Fortieth  Precinct,  for  one  year  from 
August  1,  1900,  at  the  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  dollars. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 


June  6,  1900.]  252 

New  York,  May  25,  1900. 

7V»  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  renewal  of  lease  of  premises  owned  by  Charles 
Schilling,  located  on  Henry  street,  between  Boulevard  and  Ocean  avenue,  Rockaway  Beach,  for 
station-house  for  the  Seventy-ninth  Sub-Precinct,  at  the  annual  rent  of  nine  hundred  dollars,  for 
one  year  from  July  30,  1900. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 
of  leases  of  the  following  premises  for  the  use  of  the  Police  Department  : 

1.  Premises  on  Henry  street,  between  Boulevard  and  Ocean  avenue,  Rockaway  Beach,  for  a 
term  of  one  year  from  July  30,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  nine  hundred  dollars  ($900),  payable 
quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  thereof; 
Charles  A.  Schilling,  lessor. 

2.  Premises  occupied  by  the  Fortieth  Precinct  at  Kingsbridge,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a 
term  of  one  year  from  August  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000),  other- 
wise upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  thereof;  Joseph  H. 
Godwin,  lessor. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education,  relative  to  an 
amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  on  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

New  York,  May  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — Referring  to  certified  copy  of  resolution  relative  to  the  leasing  of  premises  situated 
on  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street,  between  Tinton  and  Union  avenues,  Borough  of  The  Bronx, 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  May  9  and  referred  to  you  on  May  10,  1900,  I  beg  to  hand 
you  herewith  certified  copy  of  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  May  23,  1900, 
amending  same  by  inserting  after  the  words  "annual  rental  of  $2,760"  the  words  "and  Croton 
water  tax." 

Respectfully, 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  this  Board  at  its  last  meeting  (sec  Journal,  page  519) 
requesting  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  leasing  for  school  purposes  the 
premises  situated  on  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street,  between  Tinton  and  Union  avenues, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx,  be  amended  by  inserting  after  the  words  "  annual  rental  of  two  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  sixty  dollars"  the  words  "and  Croton  water  tax." 


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[June  6,  1900. 


A  true  copy  of  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held  on  May  23, 
1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  April  18,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  on  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-fifth  street, 
between  Tinton  and  Union  avenues,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Education, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  after  the  words  "  annual  rental  of  twenty-seven 
hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($2,760)"  the  words  "and  Croton  water  tax." 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highways  relative  to  at 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  a  plot  of  ground  on  Jersey  street,  Borough  of  Richmond  : 

New  York,  May  23,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wvck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Sinking  Fund  Commission  : 

Dear  Sir — I  respectfully  request  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  a  plot  of  land  about  60  feet  by  130  feet,  situated  between  Jersey  street  and 
New  York  avenue,  about  86  feet  6  inches  north  of  Brighton  avenue,  Borough  of  Richmond,  said 
plot  to  be  used  as  a  corporation  yard  by  the  Department  of  Highways. 

The  present  lease  will  expire  June  1,  1900,  and  should  be  renewed  for  one  year  from  that 
date,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  another  year  ;  the  rent  to  be  the  same  as  at  present, 
namely  :  $100  per  annum.  The  lessor  is  William  K.  Walsh,  New  Brighton,  Borough  of  Rich- 
mond. 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved.  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  William  K.  Walsh,  of  a  plot  of  land  about  sixty  feet  by  one 
hundred  and  thirty  feet,  situated  between  Jersey  street  and  York  avenue,  north  of  Brighton 
avenue,  Borough  of  Richmond,  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Highways,  for  a  term  of  one 
year  from  June  I,  1900  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars ($100),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the 
existing  lease— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

June  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  May,  1900  : 

May  1.  Patrick  Fitzsimons   $50  00 

2.  Harry  Meistrow   25  00 


June  6,  1900.] 


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May  3.  Augusta  Werk'werth   $100  00 

"    8.  Ottilia  Dammeyer   50  00 

"   15.  Mary  O'Byrne   50  00 

"  22.  Jacob  Kunstner     50  00 

"  22.  Peter  Cassidy   50  00 

"  29.  Frank  Ogenholm   25  00 

"  31.  Jeremiah  Moran   25  00 

w  31.  Annie  Jacobs   75  00 

"  31.  Eugene  Doherty   50  00 


Total   $550  00 


The  returns  of  the  Court  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122, 
Laws  1876,  said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  society. 

The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  "  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt." 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  payment  of  interest  on  the 
City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children, 
for  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($550),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to 
children  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of 
May,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted.  > 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to 
American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

City  of  New  York — Department  of  Finance,  ) 
Comptroller's  Office,  ^ 
June  2,  1900.  ) 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Coniptroller : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  crulty  to  animals  were  imposed  and  collected  by  Courts  of 
Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  months  of  April  and  May,  1900,  viz.  : 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  Manhattan. 

April  4.  Tony  Delugi   $10  00 

"     4.  Michael  Barile   15  00 

"   25.  Abraham  Bernstein   25  00 

"   25.  Peter  Daum   15  00 

  $65  00 

May  2.  George  Fliedner  $25  00 

"    9.  Edward  Gerlach   25  00 

"  11.  Michael  Bulgramo   15  00 

"  23.  Edward  S.  White  ■   25  00 

 90  00 


255 


| June  6,  1900. 


Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second.  Division,  Brooklyn. 


April  16.  Joseph  Newman   $25  00 

"    16.  Isaac  Casper   20  00 

v   "    23.  Pasquali  Pretrella   10  00 

"    27.  John  Smith   25  00 

  $80  00 

May  7.  DeWitt  Cave   $20  00 

"    7.  Charles  Thaden    5  00 

"  16.  Alexander  Williamson   20  00 

 45  00 

Total     $280  00 


The  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  and  the  amount  of  fines  recovered  is  payable  to  the  said  society  pursuant  to  section  6, 
chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

The  total  amount  above  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals  lor  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  eighty  dollars,  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to 
animals  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions, 
during  the  months  of  April  and  May,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society  pursuant  to  section  6, 
chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  : 

June  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  illegally  practicing  medicine  were  imposed  and  collected  by 
Court  of  General  Sessions  and  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  month  of  May,  1900, 


viz.  : 

Court  of  General  Sessions. 
May  14.    Edward  M.  Tolman   $250  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division. 
May  24.    Francesca  Oxfini   5000 


$300  00 

The  cases  were  each  prosecuted  by  the  New  York  Medical  Society,  which  society  is  entitled 
to  the  amount  of  said  fines  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661 ,  Laws  of  1893. 


June  6,  1900.] 


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The  amount  of  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  ot  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

June  i,  1900. 

Hon.  Uird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  No.  280  Broadway,  New  York  City  : 

My  Dear  Sir — In  behalf  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  I  have  the 
honor  to  apply  for  the  following  fines  imposed  during  the  month  of  May,  1900  : 


May  14,  1900.  Hodgkins,  Charles  E.,  General  Sessions. .   $250  00 

"    15,     "      Harris,  Louis,  Special  Sessions   50  00 

;k    24,     '*      Orfini,  Francesca,  Special  Sessions   50  00 

Total   $350  00 


I  understand  that  the  fine  imposed  upon  Harris  has  not  been  paid,  but  make  application  for 
it  for  the  sake  of  completeness. 

I  beg  to  remain,  respectfully  yours, 

ROBT.  C.  TAYLOR, 
Counsel  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  lor  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  the  Medical  Law 
imposed  upon  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  and  Court  of  Special  Sessions, 
First  Division,  in  the  month  of  May,  1900,  and  payable  to  said  Society,  pursuant  to  sections  153 
and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
College  of  Pharmacy  of  The  City  of  New  York  and  to  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  : 

June  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Dear  Sir — The  following  fines  for  violations  of  the  Pharmacy  Laws  have  been  imposed  and 
collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  during  the  months  of  December,  i899} 
and  March,  1900,  and  in  same  Court,  Second  Division,  in  1898  and  1899,  viz.  : 

Court  of  Special  Sessions — First  Division. 


1899. 

Dec.  18.  Oscar  G.  Hickstein   $50  00 

ik     22.  Samuel  G.  Kerr   50  00 

1900. 

Mar.    5.  Alexander  J.  Dostrow   5000 

"      8.  Armin  F.  Richter   50  00 

"      8.  Carl  Koehler   50  00 

"      8.  Max  Hansburg   50  00 


257  [June  6,  1900. 

1900. 

Mar.    8.  A.  J.  Dittmar   $50  00 

"     27.  Louis  Hilf   50  00 

\   $400  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions — Second  Division. 

1898. 

Nov.  22.  Carl  A.  Niemeyer,  Queens   $50  00 

"     27.  Christopher  J.  Ludder,  Brooklyn   1000 

"     27.  H.  J.  Eichacker,  Brooklyn   10  00 

"     27.  Licester  M.  Thompson,  Brooklyn   10  00 

Dec.  15.  John  Quee,  Brooklyn   10  00 

"     15.  Jacob  Seley,  Brooklyn   50  00 

  140  00 

Total   $540  00 


Pursuant  to  section  15 19  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  amount  of  these  fines  is 
payable,  viz.  :  Three-fifths,  or  $324,  to  the  Trustees  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  The  City  of 
New  York,  and  two-fifths,  or  $216,  to  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy. 

The  amount  collected  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  warrants  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of,  viz.  :  Trustees  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  The  City  of 
New  York,  for  three  hundred  and  twenty-four  dollars  ;  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  for  two 
hundred  and  sixteen  dollars — being  the  amount  of  five  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($540)  fines  for 
violation  of  Pharmacy  Laws,  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division, 
in  December,  1899,  and  March,  1900,  and  in  the  Second  Division  of  said  Court  in  November  and 
December,  1898,  and  payable  to  the  said  colleges  in  the  proportion  of  three-fifths  to  the  first- 
named  and  two-fifths  to  the  second,  pursuant  to  section  15 19  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  : 

Tune  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptj-oller  : 

Dear  Sir — In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  May  8,  1900,  Jacob  Mercy  and 
Stephen  B.  Cassin  were  convicted  and  fined  $50  each  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry.  The 
amount  of  said  fines,  $ioo,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

The  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  their  counsel,  claim  the  amount  of  said 
fine  under  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


June  6,  1900.] 


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Resolved,  That  a  Warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  for  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  dollars  ($100),  being  amount  of  fines  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry,  imposed  upon 
and  collected  from  Jacob  Mercy  and  Stephen  B.  Cassin,  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First 
Division,  May  8,  1900,  and  payable  to  said  Society  pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of 
1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  payment  of 
fir, 330  fines  for  violation  of  the  Agricultural  Law  : 

June  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Co?npt roller : 

Sir — Pursuant  to  section  9,  chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893,  one-half  the  fines  for  violations  of 
Agricultural  Law  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Courts  is  payable  to  the  Treasury  of  the  State  for 
the  purpose  of  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 

All  the  fines  collected  in  the  City  of  New  York  under  this  law  up  to  May  I,  1894,  were  dis- 
tributed pursuant  to  section  9.  Since  that  date,  and  until  February  of  the  present  year,  the  State 
had  made  no  claim  to  its  pro  rata  of  such  fines,  and  no  distribution  thereof  has  been  made. 

All  fines  for  violation  of  Agricultural  Law,  imposed  and  collected  in  The  City  of  New  York 
since  January  1,  1900,  have  been  regularly,  each  month,  transferred  to  the  account  "State  Agri- 
cultural Law  Fines,"  and  the  one-half  thereof  paid  to  the  State. 

The  arrearages,  embracing  fines  imposed  and  collected  by  Courts  of  General  Sessions  and 
Special  Sessions  in  the  now  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  from  May  1,  1894,  to 
December  31,  1899,  and  in  the  boroughs  of  Brooklyn,  Queens  and  Richmond  from  January  1. 
1898,  to  December  31,  1899,  are  herewith  submitted.  Every  case  was  prosecuted  on  behalf  the 
State  by  a  representative  of  the  Attorney  General,  as  appears  from  examination  of  the  original 
papers  on  file  in  the  Courts,  and  the  total  amount  collected  has  been  deposited  in  the  City 
Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt,  viz.  : 

Fines  I?nposed  and  Collected  by  Court  of  Special  Sessions. 


New  York,  May  I  to  December  31,  1894   $750  00 

New  York,  1895   2,785  00 

New  York,  1896   1,385  00 

New  York,  1897   1,400  00 

Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  1898   1,000  00 

Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  1899   1,520  00 

  $8,840  00 

Court  of  General  Sessions. 
1895  to  1898   425  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions — Second  Division. 

Borough  of  Brooklyn,  1898  and  1899   $1,690  00 

Borough  of  Queens,  1898  and  1899   150  00 

Borough  of  Richmond,  1898  and  1899   225  00 

  2,065  00 

Total  $11,330  00 

Respectfully,  1 


I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


259 


[June  6,  1900. 


Fines  for  Violation  of  Provisions  of  Agricultural  Law  Imposed  and  Collected  by  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  First  Division  {May  1  to  December  31,  1894). 


Name 

Bruno  Meckauer  

August  Zennegg  

Sophia  Muller  

Theodore  Lichwitz  

Leon  Biber  

Julius  A.  Robinson  

Diedrich  Theosfeld  

Frank  P.  Demarest  

Martin  Christopher  

Henry  Koch  

Henry  H.  Schumacher  

John  W.  Schrader  

Charles  F.  Klein  

John  Lohman  

Theodore  Barnett  

John  T.  Intermann  

John  Kopf  

John  Gerken  

John  C.  Joos  •  

Jonathan  W.Rowlatt  

Theodore  Burnett  

Henry  Gansberg  

Lester  Keyser  

John  H.  Muehler  


Date. 


May 

2 

2 

9 

31 

July 

11 

1 1 

Sept. 

*9 

" 

19 

.6 

26 

Oct. 

3 

3 

3 

10 

17 

17 

17 

17 

17 

17 

3  J 

Nov. 

14 

Dec. 

14 

As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


Vio.  Oleo.  Law. 


Adult.  Vinegar. 
V.  3.C  


Adult.  Vinegar. 

Agri.  Law  

V.S.C  


Total. 


Fines  for  Violation  of  Provisions  of  Agricultural  Law  Imposed  and  Collected  by  tlie  Court  of 

Special  Sessions,  1895. 


Name. 


George  H.  Lange. . 
Frederick  Ahlf. . . . 
William  A.Stimis. 
Charles  H.  Syrop. . 


Date. 


Jan.  3 


Feb. 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


Vinegar  Law. 


Oleo.  Law. 


Amount. 


S50  CO 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 


J  UN  p.  6,  1 900.  J 


260 


Name. 


Patrick  Monaghan  

Julius  Storck   

John  Gall  

Terry  McDermott  

George  W.  White  

Augustus  S.  Hughes  

Frederick  RengstorfT  

Frank  Juhren  

John  Murray  

John  Mullen  

Fred  Schreifer  

Joseph  Schreiner  

Philip  Wolz  

Alfred  Johnson  

Henry  Newwald  

Matthew  Clune  

John  A.  Woeber  

John  M.  Delora  

Charles  McManus  

Henry  StefTins  

Frederick  Dreyer  

Peter  Heid  

Michael  Bolger  

Walter  Savill  

Henry  Berlage  

John  B.  Martin  

William  H.Mertens  

George  Dobbin  

Thomas  O'Hara  

Ada  Beckmann  

John  B.  Thorp  

Peter  Wolz  

Patrick  P.  Foley  

Henry  Leonard  

Frank  Orcutt  (paid  Warden) 


Date. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May 


June 


20 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


Oleo.  La\ 


V.S.  C  ... 
Oleo.  Law . 


[June  6,  1900. 


Fines  for  Violation  of  Provisions  of  Agricultural  Lazo  Imposed  and  Collected  by  the  Court  of 

Special  Sessions  1895. 


Name. 


Hartford  Maginness. 
Thomas  E.  Wright. . . 

William  Corbett  

John  Schmidt  

William  Piat  

Charles  H. Tammany 

Joseph  White  

Henry  Kim  

William  Schwenker. . 

Thomas  Miller  

Peter  Brady  

John  Keane  

Mark  Hewitt  

John  M.  Knapp  

James  Barker  

Conrad  Miller  

Fred.  Wilkening  

Adam  Rohrback  . .  • . 

Dick  Nahrman  

William  H.  Kohring.. 

Henry  Dickert  

Barnard  Burmeister.. 
Michael  McGinn  .... 
Conrad  Weiss  

Total..  .. 


Date. 


Sept.  18 

25 


Oct. 


Nov.  21 

"  21 


Dec. 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


V.  S.  C. 


Vio.  Chap.  143,  L.  1894 . 
V.  S.  C  


Agri.  Law. 


V.  S.  C 


Amount. 


$50  00 

200  00 
25  00 
25  00 
75  00 
50  00 
50  00 
25  00 
35  00 

100  00 
25  00 
25  co 
75  00 

200  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 
25  CO 
25  00 


$2,785  00 


Fines  for  Violation  of  Provisions  of  Agricultural  Law  Imposed  and  Collected  by  the  Court 

of  Special  Sessions  1896. 


Name. 


Homer  Wolcott.   Jan.     8     V.  S.  C. 

Patrick  Hart   "      22  I  Agri.  Law. 


Date. 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


Amount, 


$10  00 

25  00 


June  6,  1900.] 


262 


Name. 


Patrick  Shannon. 

Fred  A.  Selje  

Luigi  Burgio  

John  Drake  

Christ  Jung  , 

Jacob  F.  Lutz  , 

Henry  Rohde  , 

Charles  Cording  

Stephen  H.  Mills.... 

Charles  Graff  

Frederick  Bossert. . . 

John  Jansen  

James  Carrione.  . . . 

John  Burrows  

Albert  Trensch  

John  Wettach  

John  Van  der  Born. 

John  Hanitsch  

Charles  Schwartz. . . 

Lena  Erdman  

Louise  H.  Landis . . . 

Conrad  Meyer  

Frederick  Plumb... 

Alfred  Sidman  

Willia-n  H.Jones... 

Joseph  Kuntz  

Charles  Otten  

Francis  J.  Barry  

Henry  Gottleib  

William  H.Kerr.... 

Robert  Colvin  

Domenico  Spinelli.. 
Herman  F.Webber. 
Charles  A.  Fuller... 
Frederick  Plumb. . . 
William  P.  Comer. . . 

William  Comee  

Arthur  Hallett  


Date. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


Mar. 


May 


June 
July 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


Vinegar  Act. 

V.  S.  C  

Food  Act  


V.  S.  C 


Food  Act. . 
Agri.  Law. 
V.  S.  C.  .. 
Food  Act. . 


v.s.c. 


263 


I  Junk  6,  1900. 


Name. 


John  W.  Lannon 

Wing  Sing  

Henry  Ziesenitz. 


Date. 


July  23 
Sept.  24 
Oct.  1 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


V.  s.  c... 

Agri.  Law 


(Oleo.) 
Total. 


Amount. 


$25  00 

25  CO 

25  00 


$1,385  00 


Fines  for  Violation  of  Provisions  of  Agricultural  Law  I?nposed  and  Collected  by  the  Court 

of  Special  Sessions,  1897. 


Name. 


Dennis  A.  Leary  

William  Miller  

Herbert  Shepperd.  . 

Henry  Reese  

John  H.  Wrohltm3nn 
Herman  Wiickens. . 
Thomas  P  Foley... 
D.  W.  Stowesand . . . 

Ellen  Skeahan   

Margaret  Umstead. 
Henrietta  Murphy. . 

Henry  Christgan  

August  Lange  

Jacob  Rick  

Nicholo  Carnelle... 
James  C.  Burrows. . 
William  Schmidt  ... 

William  Fox  

Isidor  Yurro  

Ludwig  Woolfler... 
George  Muhlhofer. . 
Harry  B.  Anderson. 
William  C.Root  ... 

Rebecca  Perry  

Charles  Frohlich... 
Frederick  Miller... 
John  J.  Tarlton. . . . 


Date. 


Jan. 


Feb. 
Mar. 

Apr. 

Mav. 


July 


Sept. 


Oct. 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


V.  S.  C , 


Agri.  Law 


V.  S.  C 


Agri.  Law. 


V.  S. 
Oleo. 
Agri, 
V.S. 


C... 
Act.. 
Law. 
C... 


Amount. 


$25  00 
25  00 

25  CO 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  CO 
50  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 
150  00 
25  00 
25  00 

50  CO 
50  00 
25  00 
50  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  cc 
25  00 
50  00 


June  6,  1900. J 


264 


Name. 


David  Cella. 


Jacob  Kulla  

Claus  H.  Hinck... 
Patrick  A.  Gaynor 


Lewis  Stang  

Louis  Marone  

William  H.  Kerr. 

Total. 


Date. 


Oct.  25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 

Nov.  11 
Dec.  23 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


Agri.  Law. 


Oleo. 


Fines  for  Violation  of  Provisions  of  Agricultural  Law  Imposed  and  Collected  by  the  Court 

of  Special  Sessions,  1898. 


Nami 


Oscar  Eberhardt  

Louis  Koch  

Hannah  Masset  

Annie  Dailey  

Anestasia  Quinn  

Charles  R.  Powers  

Minnie  Albietz   

John  W.  Jacobs  

Louis  E.  Whitman. . . . 

Sarah  S.  Miller  

William  J.  McCarthy. 

John  Hollings  

Josephine  Schradcr. . 

William  Winneg  

Adolph  Stephan  

Hugh  Duffy  

Michael  Ragamato... 

John  Mortz  

Charles  H.Seabrock.  . 
Robert  R.  Ullmann... 


Total. 


Date. 


Jan. 

May 


June 
July 


Oct. 
Nov. 


Dec. 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


Agri.  Law. 


265 


[June  6,  1900. 


Fines  for  Violation  of  Provisions  of  Agricultural  Law  Imposed  and  Collected  by  the  Court 

of  Special  Sessions,  1899. 


Name. 


August  Morhman... 

William  S.  Cook  

Delancy  King  

Patrick  J.  Feeney  . . . 

Emil  Gench  

John  Valley  

Jacob  Paris  

William  B.Dunkin.. 
William  Litchenfeld. 
William  F.  Besler. . . . 

R^man  Montez  

James  Bradley  

Charles  Pahl  

John  N.  Huhn  

John  Booras  

William  J.  Casey  .  . . 

George  Meyer  

Margaret  Lynch  

Harris  Lippinski. . . . 
John  R.  Holteman.. . 

Mary  Huvane  

William  H.  Rabineau 

John  Hurley  

Charles  Carlson  

Charles  Muller  

William  Taibing  

Robert  McMahon... 

Otto  Prell  

Dietrich  Schvvarting. 
Richard  Cunneen.. . . 

August  Schaefer  

Charles  C.Kuhlman. 

Leo  Richeimer  

Bridget  Foley  

John  J.Tarlton  


Date. 


Jan. 
Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


Msy 


June 


July 


Nov, 


As  Marked  in  Fine  Bcok. 


Agi 


June  6,  1900. J 


266 


Name. 

Date. 

As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 

Amount. 

Nov.  24 
Dec.  1 
"  19 

$150  00 
25  00 
150  00 

$1,520  00 

Court  of  General  Sessions. 


Number. 


July    1,  1895 

Nov.  16,  1896 

Oct.  14,  1897 

May  23,  1898 

June  22,  " 


Name. 


Herman  H.Walters. 

Thomas  P. Gale  

Patrick  P.  Foley  

Claus  H.  Wairck.  .. 

Henry  Koch  

Samuel  Mencher  

Total  


As  Marked  in  Fine  Book. 


Paid  Warden,  CP. 
Oleo.  Law  


Adult,  milk. 


Amount. 


$200  00 
25  00 
25  00 
100  00 
25  00 
50  00 

$425  00 


Summary. 

Court  of  Special  Sessions — First  Division,  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx. 
May  1  to  December  31,  1894   

i»9S  

1896  

1897  

1898  

1899  


I 895- 1 898. 


Court  of  General  Sessions. 


$750  00 
2,785  00 
1,385  00 
1,400  00 
1,000  00 
1,520  00 


$8,840  00 
425  00 


Total   $9,265  00 


Fines  for  Violation  of  the  Provisions  of  the  Agricultural  Lata  Imposed  and  Collected  by  Court 
of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 


Date. 


Feb.  23 
23 


Name. 


George  Kroncke. . . 
Henry  F.  Kroncke. 


Offenses. 


Violation  Agricultural  Law, 


Amount  of 
Fines. 


$25  00 
25  00 


4 

4 
4 
it 

6 
27 

6 
13 
13 

6 
28 

9 
16 

3° 

30 

3° 

3° 

30 

3° 

6 

8 

17 

24 
24 
27 
27 
37 
27 
27 
27 
29 

J3 
«3 
7 
7 


267 


Name. 


James  McKee  

Lars  Anderson  

Benjamin  Anderson... 
Richard  H.  Meyer. . . . 

Ernest  Maloni  

Benjamin  Anderson. . . 
Claus  H.  Beckman. . ... 

Ernest  Roesch  

Henry  O.  Kroncke  

Diedrich  G.  Lozerman 

James  Gunn  

Mary  Dutton  , 

Diedrich  G.  Lozerman 


Offenses. 


Violation  Agricultural  Law 


Myron  D.  Lincoln.. 
Herman  Von  Ahn. . 
John  F.  Doscher. . . 

Henry  Meyer  

Louis  Wilson  

William  Belhoff.... 
William  Worthman. 

Max  Goodman  

John  Donnelly  

Jerry  Carroll  

Dela  Sheils  

Fred.  Unverzagt  

Anton  Grandle  

Catherine  Bottiger  . 

John  Zyke   .. 

Henry  Rothgizer. . . 

Henry  Meyer  

Mary  Kelly  

Morris  Goodman. . , 

Diedrich  Bloch  

Monroe  Wise  

Bolders  Reitman . . 
Timothy  H.  Maher 
Martha  Bade  


Junk  6,  1900. J 


268 


Name. 


Kate  Fredericks  

Axel  Lindner  

George  E.  Abrams. . . . 

Henry  Becker  

Anna  Wolf  

Louis  Uhlendorf  

Edward  Hauff  

Matthew  Wernsdorfer. 

Arthur  Banks  

John  Erickson  

William  McCloud  

John  Seifert  

Deitrich  Bischoff  

James  McCarthy  

William  J.  Duncan. . . . 


Offenses. 


Violation  Agricultural  Law. 


Total 


1899. 


$475  00 
1,215  00 


$1,690  00 


Fines  for  Violation  of  the  Provisions  of  the  Agricultural  Latv  Imposed  and  Collected  by  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Borough  of  Queens. 


Name. 


Conrad  Wagner. 


Henry  Nullmeyer 
Patrick  Dolan 

Chris.  Oher  

James  M.  Smith. . 
Max  Fendrick  

Total... 


Offenses. 


Violation  Agricultural  Law 


269 


[June  6,  190c. 


Fines  for  Violation  of  the  Provisions  of  the  Agricultural  Law  Imposed  and  Collected  by 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Borough  of  Richmond. 


Date. 


Dec.  8 

"  29 

"  29 
1899. 

Jan.  26 

June  29 

"  29 

Oct.  5 

Nov.  2? 


Name. 


Antonio  Jannone. 

Julius  Lison  

Mary  Stephan  


Louis  Wasle  

Otto  Miller  

Gustav  Stait  

Leonard  S.  Weiland. 
Henry  P.  Shotwell.. 

Total .... 


Offenses. 


Violation  Agricultural  Law. 


Amount  of 
Fines. 


$25  00 
25  CO 
25  00 

50  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 


$225  00 


Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division — Summary. 


Brooklyn  . 
Queens. .  . 
Richmond 


Total 


$1,690  00 
150  00 
225  00 

$2,065  00 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the 
City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  eleven  thousand  three  hundred 
and  thirty  dollars  ($11,330),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Laws,  im- 
posed and  collected  by  Courts  of  General  Sessions  and  Special  Sessions  in  The  City  of  New  York 
and  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  May  I,  1894,  to  December  31,  1899,  and  in  the 
boroughs  of  Brooklyn,  Queens  and  Richmond,  January  I,  1898,  to  December  31,  1899  ;  said  sum 
to  be  deposited  to  credit  of  account,  "  State  Agricultural  Law-fines  "  for  distribution,  pursuant 
to  section  9,  chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  payment  of 
$475  fine  for  violation  of  the  Agricultural  Law  : 

June  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— The  following  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Law  (chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893)  were 
imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Speciil  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  month 
of  May,  1900,  viz.  : 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division  — 

May   4.  Ray  Lynch   $150  00 

"    10.  James  Kenny  (paid  Warden)   25  00 


June  6,  1900.] 


270 


Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division  — 

May  10.  Ernest  Kuhlman   $25  00 

"    29.  Nelson  J.  Eurdick   50  00 

  $250  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division — 

May   9.  Frank  Williams,  Brooklyn   $200  00 

"    14.  John  C.  Monses,  Brooklyn   25  00 

  225  00 

Total   $475  00 


The  total  amount  of  the  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt.  Pursuant  to  section  9  of  chapter 
338  of  the  Laws  of  1893,  one-half  of  the  above  fines  is  payable  to  the  State,  the  residue  is  payable 
to  the  Pension  Funds  of  the  Police  and  Fire  Departments. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  Seventy- 
five  ($475),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Law  imposed  and  collected  by 
the  Courts  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  month  of  May,  1900,  for 
deposit  m  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  "  State  Agricultural  Law  Fines,"  for  distribution 
pursuant  to  section  9  of  chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution,  relative  to  refund  to 
August  Silz  of  payment  of  $50  for  violation  of  the  Game  Law  : 

June  i,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — From  returns  of  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  it  appears  that  on  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1900,  August  Silz  was  convicted  and  fined  $50  for  violation  of  Game  Law,  and  that  the 
fine  was  paid  in  Court. 

Later,  to  wit,  on  March  2,  1900,  in  said  Court,  among  other  things,  it  was  "  Ordered  that  the 
fine  of  fifty  dollars  paid  by  the  said  defendant  pursuant  to  the  judgment  rendered  herein  on  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1900,  be  refunded  to  said  defendant." 

The  amount  of  fine  paid  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Certified  copy  of  the  order  of  Court,  with  letter  of  Corporation  Counsel  approving  the  same, 
is  herewith  submitted. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  August  Silz  for  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  ($50),  being  amount  of 
fine  for  violation  of  Game  Law  imposed  upon  and  collected  from  him  by  Court  of  Special  Sessions, 
First  Division,  February  15,  1900,  now  refunded  by  order  of  said  Court  entered  March  2,  1900. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


271 


[June  6,  1900. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution,  on  refunding  of  Croton 
Water  Rents  paid  in  error  : 

June  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Applications  have  been  made,  as  per  statement  herewith,  for  the  lefund  of  Croton 
Water  Rents  paid  in  error.  The  applications  are  severally  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of 
Water  Supply,  the  Receiver  of  Taxes  or  the  Clerk  of  Arrears,  and  the  amount  so  paid,  three  hun- 
dred and  ninety-two  and  58-100  dollars,  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of 
the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


Water  Registrar. 

Arthur  J.  Postley   $9  35 

Goss  &  Edsall  Company    88  00 

  $97  35 

Receiver  of  Taxes. 

Mary  J.  Price   $9  20 

Philip  Treanor   3  5° 

Annie  M.  O'Connor   16  00 

James  Naughton   39  95 

Estate  of  John  Eichler,  deceased   8  05 

New  York  Building  Loan  and  Banking  Company   4  00 

"                     "    16  10 

Patrick  Donlon   5  75 

James  Armstrong   10  00 

Jennie  Lissner   8  35 

Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company   10  00 

John  H.  Thorn   10  00 

Cornelia  Gilman   19  65 

Annie  Harney   8  05 

Joseph  C.  Levi  :  64  25 

Estate  of  Abner  Weyman,  deceased   14  65 

  $247  50 

Clerk  of  Ar?'ears. 

J.A.Fischer   $39  38 

John  H.  Thorn   8  35 

  47  73 


$392  58 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the 
City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  ninety-two 
dollars  and  fifty-eight  cents  ($392.58),  for  deposit  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  "Croton 
Water  Rents — Refunding  Account,"  for  refunding  erroneous  payments  of  Croton  Water  Rents,  as 
per  statement  submitted. 

Which  resolution  v. as  unanimously  adopted. 


June  6,  1900. J 


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The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution,  on  refunding  of  assess- 
ments paid  in  error : 

June  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — By  an  order  of  the  Supreme  Court,  entered  December  24,  1896,  the  sale  1891  of 
Ward  Nos.  25  to  28,  Farm  No.  6o,  for  assessment  for  Tenth  avenue,  regulating  and  grading  from 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  to  One  Hundred  and  Ninety-fourth  streets,  was  vacated  and 
canceled. 

By  order  of  the  said  Court,  entered  March  1,  1898,  the  sale  1871  of  Ward  No.  33,  Block  488, 
for  assessment  for  Central  Park  extension,  was  also  vacated  and  canceled. 

Pursuant  to  terms  of  sale,  the  purchasers  of  said  plots  have  been  refunded,  their  purchase 
money  from  account  "Assessment  Sales  Moneys  Refunded." 

To  reimburse  this  account  for  amount  of  assessments,  included  in  said  refunds,  a  resolution 
is  submitted  to  transfer  to  said  account  said  amount  of  assessments  irom  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the 
Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  to  the  credit  of  which  fund  the  said  assessments  when  collected 
were  deposited,  viz.  : 

Tenth  avenue,  regulating  and  grading   $149  94 

Central  Park  extension   14  00 


Total     $163  94 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  deposit  to  credit  of  "  Assessment  Sales  Moneys 
Refunded,"  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  sixty-three  and  94/100  dollars  ($163.94)  to  reimburse  the 
said  account  for  amount  of  assessments  included  in  purchase  money  refunded  on  Certificate  No. 
3,612,  sale  of  1891,  and  Certificate  No.  724,  sale  of  187 1. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  19  Grant  street,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  June  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor ;  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir— I  request  that  your  Board  amend  its  resolution  of  February  23,  1900,  in  relation  to  the 
renewal  of  certain  leases  of  this  Department  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  so  as  to  make  the  lessor 
of  the  store  of  premises  No.  19  Grant  street,  read  "  Abby  L.  Wells"  instead  of  "Abby  L.Wells, 
as  assignee  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Byrne." 

It  appears  that  Mrs.  Wells  is  not  the  assignee  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Byrne,  but  a  grantee,  and  has 
been  the  owner  of  the  fee  of  the  premises  since  before  May  1,  1900. 
Respectfully  yours, 

F.  M.  GIBSON,  Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
designated  with  full  powers  of  the  Commissioner. 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  ; 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  February  23,  1900,  authorizing  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  19  Grant 
street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
amended  by  changing  the  name  of  the  lessor  so  as  to  read  "  Abby  L.  Wells,"  instead  of  "  Abby 
L.  Wells,  as  assignee  ot  Mrs.  Thomas  Byrne,"  as  in  the  resolution. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  June  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  0/  Com??iissioners  oj  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — It  was  intended  to  ask  your  Board  to  include  among  the  renewals  of  leases  of  section 
stations  of  this  Department  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  approved  under  resolution  of  February 
23,  1900,  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  the  estate  of  John  Tierney,  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  228 
Graham  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  three  years  from  May  I,  1900,  otherwise  on  the  same 
terms  and  conditions  as  the  then  existing  lease,  but  such  request  was  not  made,  through  an  inad- 
vertence, and  I  therefore  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  the  said  renewal 
from  May  I,  1900,  for  three  years. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from 
the  estate  of  John  Tierney,  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars 
($360),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the 
existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 
Adjourned. 

EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


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COMMISSIONERS   OF   THE   SINKING   FUND  OF 
THE  CITY  OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's  Office,  at 
11.30  A.  M.^on  Wednesday,  June  27,  1900. 


Present  at  roll-call — R.obert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ;  Randolph 
Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman,  Finance  Committee, 
Board  of  Aldermen. 


The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  June  6,  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  bonds  maturing  in  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gen  ilemen — Certain  bonds  and  stock  issued  by  The  City  of  New  York,  as  constituted  prior 
to  January  I,  1898,  which  are  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1,  mature  during  the  current  year,  and  others  may,  under  the  terms  of  their  issue,  be 
redeemed  this  year,  as  shown  in  the  following  statement  : 


Amount 
Issued. 

A  \1  OUNT 

Held  by  the 
Sinking  Fund 

FOR  THE 

Redemption 
of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1. 

Amount 
Held  by  the 
Public. 

Payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  i,  Under  Ordinances  of  the  Common  Council. 

Five  per  cent.  Additional  New  Croton  Aque  luct  Stock,  issued  in  ) 
pursuance  of  chapter  278  of  the  Laws  of  1877,  payable  August  V 

Six  per  cent.  Additional  New  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock,  issued  in  i 
pursuance  of  chapter  230  of  the  Laws  of  1870,  payable  August  > 

$57,000  00 
269,800  CO 

$57,000  00 

269,800  00 

June  27,  1900.] 


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Seven  per  cent.  Additional  New  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock,  issued  in 
pursuance  of  chapter  230  of  the  Laws  of  1870,  payable  August 
1,  1900  


Payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  0/  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1,  Under  the  Provisions  0/  Section  213  of  Chapter 
378  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 


Six  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of 

chapter  213  of  the  Laws  of  1871,  payable  November  1,  1900.... 
Seven  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of 

chapter  213  of  the  Laws  of  1871,  payable  November  1,  1900. . . . 
Five  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of 

chapter  593  of  the  Laws  of  1872,  payable  November  1,  1900.... 
Six  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of 

chapter  593  of  the  Laws  of  1872,  payable  November  1,  igoo  . . . 
Seven  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of 

chapter  593  of  the  Laws  of  1872,  payable  November  i,  1900  

Five  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of 

chapter  865  of  the  Laws  of  1873,  payable  November  1,  1900  

Six  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of 

chapter  865  of  the  Laws  of  1873,  payable  November  1,  1900  

Seven  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of 

chapter  865  of  the  Laws  of  1873,  payable  November  1,  1900. . . . 
Five  per  cent.  Consolidated  Stock,  New  York  Bridge  Bonds,  issued 

in  pursuance  of  chapter  322  of  the  Laws  of  1871,  payable  May  1. 

1926,  and  redeemable  after  November  1,  1900  


Payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  x.  Under  the  Provisions  of  Section  229  of  Chapter  378 
of  the  Laws  of  1897. 

Five  per  cent.  Consolidated  Stock,  City  Improvement  Stock,  issued 
in  pursuance  of  chapter  322  of  the  Laws  of  1871,  payable 
November  1,  1900  

Five  per  cent.  Croton  Water-main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  ofj 
chapter  593  of  the  Laws  of  1872,  and  chapter  383  of  the  Laws} 
of  1878,  payable  November  r,  1900  ) 

Five  per  cent.  Consolidated  Stock,  New  York  Bridge  Bonds,  issued 
in  pursuance  of  chapter  322  of  the  Laws  of  1871,  payable  May  1, 
1926,  and  redeemable  after  November  1,  1900  

Two  and  one-half  per  cent.  Criminal  Court-house  Bonds,  issued  in  ) 
pursuance  of  section  8  of  chapter  371  of  the  Laws  of  1887,  pay-  v 
able  November  r,  1908,  and  redeemable  after  November  1,  1900.  ) 

Three  per  cent.  Criminal  Court-house  Bonds,  issued  in  pursuance 
of  section  8  of  chapter  371  of  the  Laws  of  1887,  payable  No- 
vember 1,  1908,  and  redeemable  after  November  1,  1900  


Totals. 


Amount 
Issued. 


$1,004,500  00 


250,000  00 
1,250,000  00 
122,000  00 

95,000  00 
405,000  00 

16,000  00 
911,000  00 
573,000  00 

500,000  00 


13,616  52 


110,000  00 


921,900  00 


IOO, coo  00 


Amount 
Held  by  the 
Sinking  Fund 

for  THE 
Redemption 
of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  i. 


$6,633,816  52 


$75,000  00 
44,000  00 

122,000  00 
95,000  00 

16,000  00 
802,000  00 


13,616  52 
110,000  00 
421,900  00 

35,000  00 
100,000  00 


$1,834,516  52 


Amount 
Held  by  the 
Public. 


$1,004,500  00 


$175,000  00 
1,206,000  00 


405,000  00 


109,000  00 
573,000  00 

500,000  00 


500,000  00 


$4,799,300  00 


The  Consolidated  Stock,  New  York  Bridge  Bonds,  amounting  to  one  million,  four  hundred 
and  twenty-one  thousand,  nine  hundred  dollars  ($1,421,900),  and  the  Criminal  Court-house  Bonds, 
amounting  to  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  ($135,000),  quoted  in  the  foregoing 
statement,  may  be  redeemed  at  any  time  after  November  1,  1900,  at  the  option  of  the  City;  and 
in  view  of  the  fact  that  a  very  large  proportion  of  said  bonds  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  five  per 
cent,  per  annum,  I  deem  it  to  be  advantageous  to  the  City  to  have  them  called  in  and  redeemed. 

I  present  herewith  resolutions  providing  for  the  redemption  of  such  said  bonds  and  stock 
as  are  held  by  the  public,  and  for  the  cancellation  of  those  that  are  held  by  the  Commis- 


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sioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the 
City  Debt,  No.  I. 

Respectfully, 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

Whereas,  The  following  described  Stock  issued  by  the  City  of  New  York,  as  constituted 
prior  to  January  I,  1898,  matures  during  the  year  1900,  and  is  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.  I,  viz.  : 


Payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1,  Under  Ordinances  of  the  Common  Council. 

Five  per  cent.  Additional  New  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock,  issued  in 
pursuance  of  chapter  278  of  the  Laws  of  1877,  payable  August 
1,  1900    

Six  per  cent.  Additional  New  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock,  issued  in  ) 
pnrsuance  of  chapter  230  of  the  Laws  of  1870,  payable  August  >• 
1,  1900    ) 

Seven  per  cent.  Additional  New  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock,  issued  in  | 
pursuance  of  chapter  230  of  the  Laws  of  1870,  payable  August  > 
1,  1900  ) 


Payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1,  Undrr  the  Provisions  of  Section  213  of  Chapter  378 
of  thr  Laws  of  1897. 

Six  per  cent  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of  chap- ) 

ter  213  of  the  Laws  of  1871,  payable  November  1,  1900  J 

Seven  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Alain  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of) 

chapter  213  of  the  Laws  of  1871,  payable  November  1,  19^0  ( 

Five  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of  I 

chapter  593  of  the  Laws  of  1872,  payable  November  1, 1900  j" 

Six  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  atock,  issued  in  pursuance  of) 

chapter  593  of  the  Laws  of  1872,  payable  November  1,  1900  J 

Seven  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of  { 

chapter  593  of  the  Laws  of  1872,  payable  November  1,  1900.  . .  f 
Five  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of  1 

chapter  865  of  the  Laws  of  1873,  payable  No%'ember  1,  1900....  } 
Six  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of) 

chapter  865  ot  the  Laws  of  1873,  payable  November  1,  1900....  ) 
Seven  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of) 

chapter  865  of  the  Laws  of  1873,  payable  November  1,  1900. . . .  J 


Payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redeviption  0/  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1,  Under  the  Provisions  of  Section  229  of  Chapter 
378  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 

Five  per  cent.  Consolidated  Stock,  City  Improvement  Stock,  issued] 
in  pursuance  of  chapter  322  of  the  Laws  ot  1871,  payable  No-> 
vember  1,  1900    ) 

Five  per  cent.  Croton  Water  Main  Stock,  issued  in  pursuance  of 
chapter  593  ot  the  Laws  of  1872,  and  chapter  383  of  the  Laws 
of  1878,  payable  November  1,  1900  

Totals  


Amount 
Issued. 


$57,000  00 
269,800  00 
,004,500  00 


,250,000  00 


122,000  00 


95,000  00 


405,000  00 


i6,o©o  00 


573,000  c© 


13,616  52 


110,000  00 


$5,076,916  52 


Amount 
Held  By  the 
Sinking  Fund 

for  the 
Redemption 
of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  i. 


$75,000  00 
44, coo  00 
122,000  00 

95,000  00 

16,000  00 
802,000  00 


Amount 
Held  by  the 
Public. 


13,616  52 


Si, 277, 616  52 


Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  from  the  Sinking  Fund, 
for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.  1,  upon  the  maturity  of  said  stock,  the  sum  of  three 


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million  seven  hundred  and  ninety-nine  thousand  three  hundred  dollars  ($3,799,300)  for  the  redemp- 
tion of  that  portion  of  the  above-described  stock  that  is  held  by  the  public,  and  to  cancel  that 
portion  of  said  stock  amounting  to  one  million  two  hundred  and  seventy- seven  thousand  six  hun- 
dred and  sixteen  dollars  and  fifty-two  cents  ($1,277,616.52)  that  is  held  by  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.  1. 

Whereas,  The  following  described  bonds  and  stock  issued  by  The  City  of  New  York,  as  con- 
stituted prior  to  January  1,  1898,  which  are  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption 
of  the  City  Debt,  No.  1,  may  by  the  terms  of  their  issue  be  redeemed  at  any  time  after  November 
1,  1900,  viz.: 


Amount 
Issued. 

Amount 
Held  by  the 
Sinking  Fund 

FOR  THE 

redp  mp!  ion 
of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1. 

Amount 
Held  by  the 
Public. 

Payable from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt, 
No.  1,   Under  the  Provisions  of  Section  213  of  Chapter  378  of 
the  Laws  of  1897. 

Five  per  cent.  Consolidated  Stock,  New  York  Bridge  Bonds,  issued  ) 
in  pursuance  of  chapter  322  of  the  Laws  of  1871,  payable  May  V 

$500,000  00 

$500,000  00 

Payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt, 
No.t.,  Under  the  Provisions  of  Section  229  of  Chapter  378  of 
the  Laws  of  1897. 

Five  per  cent.  Consolidated  Stock,  New  York  Bridge  Bonds,  issued  1 
in  pursuance  of  chapter  322  of  the  Laws  of  1871,  payable  May  V 

Two  and  one-half  per  cent.  Criminal  Court-house  Bonds,  issued  in  \ 
pursuance  ot  section  8  of  chapter  371  of  the  Laws  of  1887,  pay-  V 
able  November  1,  1908,  and  redeemable  after  November  1,  igoo  1 

Three  per  cent.  Criminal  Court-house  Bonds,  issued  in  pursuance! 
of  section  8  of  chapter  371  of  the  Laws  of  1887,  payable  [ 
November  1,  1908,  and  redeemable  after  November  i,  1900. . . .  ) 

921,900  00 
35,000  00 
100,000  00 

$421,900  00 
35,000  00 
100,0c  O  CO 

500,000  00 

$1, 556,900  00 

$556,900  00 

$1,000,000  00 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  call  in  and  redeem  on  Novem- 
ber 2,  1900,  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.  1,  that  portion  ot 
the  above-described  bonds  and  stock  that  is  held  by  the  public,  amounting  to  one  million  dollars 
($1,000,000),  and  to  cancel  that  portion  of  said  bonds  and  stock  that  is  held  by  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  account  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt, 
No.  1,  amounting  to  five  hundred  and  fifty-six  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars  ($556,900). 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolutions  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  renewal 
of  lease  of  premises  at  Wakefield,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  and  premises  corner  East  avenue  and 
Ninth  street,  Long  Island  City  : 

\  New  York,  June  14,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Co?nviissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  ol  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully  re- 
quested to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  renewal  of  leases  of  the  following  premises  for 
one  year  from  September  I,  1900,  viz.: 

Nereid  Engine  Co.,  Wakefield,  Westchester  County,  station-house  for  Thirty-ninth  Precinct, 
$800  per  annum. 

New  York  Land  and  Warehouse  Company,  northwest  corner  East  avenue  and  Ninth  street, 
Long  Island  City,  Borough  Headquarters,  Queens,  $600  per  annum. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  DELAMATER,  Deputy  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 
of  the  following  leases  to  the  City  for  the  use  of  the  Police  Department  : 

1.  Premises  now  occupied  as  a  police  sub-station  for  the  Thirty-ninth  Precinct,  situated  at 
Wakefield,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  September  1,  1900,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  eight  hundred  dollars  ($800),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  thereof;  the  Nereid  Association,  lessor. 

2.  Premises  on  the  northwest  corner  of  East  avenue  and  Ninth  street,  Long  Island  City, 
Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  September  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six 
hundred  dollars  ($600),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  con- 
tained in  the  existing  lease  ;  the  New  York  Land  and  Warehouse  Company,  lessors. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
■would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education,  relative  to  amend- 
ment to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  rescinding  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  corner  Bradley 
avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City  : 

New  York,  June  14,  1900. 
Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Dear  Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  certified  copy  of  resolutions  adopted  by 
the  Board  of  Education  on  June  13,  1900,  as  follows  : 

1.  Amending  resolution  adopted  on  March  28,  1900,  relative  to  renewal  of  lease  of  premises 
No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  Manhattan,  by  inserting  the  words  "  and  Croton 
water  taxes"  after  the  figures  "  $1,000." 


June  27,  1900.) 


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2.  Rescinding  resolution  adopted  on  December  27,  1899,  relative  to  lease  of  premises  on 
Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City,  and  requesting  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  to  return  the  same. 

Respectfully, 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  this  Board  on  March  28,  1900,  relative  to  renewing 
the  lease  of  premises  No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  Manhattan,  used  as  an  annex 
to  Public  School  83  (see  Journal,  page  339),  be  and  it  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  in  the  ninth 
line  from  the  bottom,  after  the  figures,  "  $1,000"  the  words  "and  Croton  water  taxes." 

A  true  copy  of  resolution  adopted  by  Board  of  Education  on  June  13,  1900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  this  Board  on  December  27,  1899  (see  Journal, 
pages  1537-1538),  requesting  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller 
to  execute  a  lease  of  the  premises  corner  of  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City, 
Borough  of  Queens,  for  school  purposes,  be  and  it  is  hereby  rescinded  and  that  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  asked  to  return  the  said  request  ;  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  notify  the  School  Board  for  the 
Borough  of  Queens  of  the  action  taken. 

A  true  copy  of  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  June  13,  J900. 

A.  EMERSON  PALMER,  Secretary.  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meet- 
ing held  April  20,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  ot  premises  No.  225  East  One  Hundred  and  Tenth 
street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  Department  of  Education,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
amended  by  adding  after  the  words  "at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000), 
payable  quarterly,"  the  words  "  and  Croton  water  taxes." 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a 
meeting  held  March  21,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  to  the  City  from  John  Cassidy  of  the  building 
corner  of  Bradley  avenue  and  Pearsall  street,  Long  Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  use 
of  the  Board  of  Education,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  rescinded. 

Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  the  lease  of  a  plot  of  ground  corner  of  Kent  avenue  and  North  Thirteenth  street,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  May  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,'  pursuant  to  section  541  of 
the  Charter,  from  Henry  C.  Fisher,  of  a  plot  of  ground  200  feet  by  200  feet,  on  the  northeast  corner 
of  Kent  avenue  and  North  Thirteenth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  with  a  stable  and  other 
buildings  thereon,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  with  the  privilege  of  a 
renewal  for  another  term  of  five  years  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  at  an  annual  rental  of 


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$2,700,  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  ground  water  taxes  and  to  ninke  altera- 
tions in  accordance  with  the  plans  and  specifications  submitted  by  him  and  to  put  the  premises  in 
thorough  repair  before  the  date  of  occupation,  the  City  to  pay  for  all  water  used  during  the  term 
of  the  lease,  or  any  renewal  thereof,  and  to  keep  the  premises  in  good  tenantable  repair. 

This  lease  is  intended  to  take  the  place  of  the  premises  on  the  west  side  of  Hausman  street, 
100  feet  south  of  Nassau  avenue,  and  which  your  Board  approved  by  a  resolution  of  March  21, 
1900,  and  which  resolution  your  Board  rescinded  by  resolution  of  April  20,  1900. 

The  stable  and  buildings  consist  of  one  large  building  two  stories  in  height,  one  blacksmith's 
shop  30  feet  by  40  feet,  one  shed  33  feet  by  40  feet,  one  i-story  building  25  feet  by  10  feet,  one 
office  building  12  feet  4  inches  by  21  feet  6  inches,  one  2-story  building  16  feet  6  inches  by  35  feet, 
one  shed  in  rear  of  large  building  with  box-stall  for  any  sick  horse  that  it  may  be  necessary  to  keep 
separate  from  the  other  horses. 

I  transmit  herewith  plans  and  specifications  of  proposed  alterations. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

June  ii,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Percival  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  by  communication 
dated  May  2,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter,  from  Henry  C.  Fischer,  of  the  plot  of  ground 
200  feet  by  200  feet,  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Kent  avenue  and  North  Thirteenth  street,  in  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  with  a  stable  and  other  buildings  thereon,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the 
date  of  occupation,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  another  term  of  five  years  on  the  same  terms 
and  conditions,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $2,700,  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and 
ground  water  taxes  and  to  make  alterations  in  accordance  with  the  plans  and  specifications  sub- 
mitted by  him  and  to  put  the  premises  in  thorough  repair  before  the  date  of  occupation,  the 
City  to  pay  for  all  water  used  during  the  term  of  the  lease,  or  any  renewal  thereof,  and  to  keep 
the  premises  in  good  tenantable  repair,  would  report  : 

The  premises  consists  of  a  plot  of  ground  200  feet  by  200  feet,  with  the  exception  of  the 
corner  lot  25  feet  by  100  feet,  and  a  creek  runs  through  the  northerly  portion  of  the  lots,  which 
space  is  unavailable  to  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  but  Mr.  Fischer  is  willing  to  include 
it  in  the  lease. 

The  accompanying  diagram  shows  the  premises  and  the  buildings  thereon.  According  to 
the  plans  and  specifications  submitted,  it  is  proposed  to  concrete  the  floor  of  the  old  boiler-house, 
arrange  and  build  96  stalls,  with  mangers,  etc.,  four  box-stalls,  put  in  drainage  and  connect  to 
sewer  in  Kent  avenue  ;  fit  up  harness  room  ;  repair  and  put  in  first-class  condition  all  buildings, 
including  roofs,  sidewalls,  etc.;  furnish  sanitary  arrangement  and  fixtures  for  employees;  all  old 
and  new  work  to  be  painted,  including  fences,  which  are  to  be  repaired  where  necessary. 

If  the  premises  are  repaired  and  altered  in  strict  accordance  with  the  plans  and  specifications 
as  submitted  (which  I  would  make  a  part  of  this  report)  they  will  make  very  suitable  quarters 
and  well  adapted  for  the  purposes  ;  rental  $2,700  per  annum  I  consider  reasonable. 

1  estimate  the  value  of  the  available  space  and  buildings  thereon  at  $29,000,  and  the  repairs 
and  alterations  at  $7,000,  making  a  total  of  $36,000,  which  makes  the  rental  asked  7^  per  cent, 
upon  the  investment. 

The  proposal  of  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  calls  for  the  City  to  keep  "  the  premises 
in  good  tenantable  condition." 


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I  would  suggest  that  the  lessor  keep  the  outside  of  the  buildings,  including  roofs,  in  good 
tenantable  repair,  the  City  to  make  all  interior  repairs. 
Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 


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Old  Bushwick  Inlet. 


Southerly    Line   of  Creek. 


Old 
Stable. 


Fence. 


Blacksmith 
Shop. 


Shed. 


This  Lot  25'  x  100' 
Not  Included. 


Shed. 


Old 
Boiler  House. 


100'  o". 


NORTH   THIRTEENTH  STREET. 


Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  Henry  C.  Fischer, 
of  the  plot  of  ground  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Kent  avenue  and  North  Thirteenth  street,  in  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  with  a  stable  and  other  buildings  thereon,  for  a 'term  of  five  years  from  the 
date  of  occupation,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  another  term  of  five  years  on  the  same  terms 
and  conditions,  at  an  annual  rental  of  twenty-seven  hundred  dollars  ($2,700),  payable  quarterly, 
the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  ground  water  taxes  and  to  keep  the  outside  of  the  buildings,  includ- 


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ing  roofs,  in  tenantable  repair  ;  also  to  make  alterations  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications 
submitted  to  this  Board,  and  to  put  the  premises  in  thorough  repair  before  the  date  of  occupation. 
The  City  to  pay  for  all  water  used  during  the  term  of  the  lease  or  any  renewal  thereof,  and  to 
keep  the  interior  of  the  buildings  in  good  tenantable  repair — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City 
that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  the  cancellation  and  surrender  by  the 
Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  the  lease  of  premises  corner  Prince  and  Elizabeth  streets, 
Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

June  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — F.  M.  Gibson,  Deputy  and  Acting  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication 
under  date  of  June  5,  1900,  states  : 

"  Owing  to  the  change  of  boundaries  of  districts  and  sections  which  I  have  found  it  necessary 
"  to  make,  it  would  be  to  the  advantage  of  the  Department  and  the  City  to  surrender  the  lease 
"  dated  June  6,  1899,  from  Michele  Faruolo  and  Michele  di  Stefano,  of  the  store  of  the  premises  at 
"  the  corner  of  Prince  and  Elizabeth  streets,  and  the  above-named  lessors  have,  through  their 
"  agent,  expressed  their  willingness  to  consent  to  such  surrender  as  soon  as  they  have  secured  a 
"  tenant  in  the  place  of  this  Department,  and  I,  therefore,  request  the  consent  and  approval  of 
"  your  Board  to  said  surrender." 

As  it  would  appear  that  the  Department  will  have  no  further  use  for  the  premises,  I  see  no 
reason  why  the  lease  may  not  be  canceled,  as  soon  as  the  owner  secures  another  tenant  ;  the 
Department  to  retain  possession  and  occupy  the  premises  meanwhile. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  surrender  and  cancellation  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  the  lease  to  the  City, 
dated  June  6,  1900,  from  Michele  Faruolo  and  Michele  di  Stefano,  of  the  store  of  premises  at  the 
corner  of  Prince  and  Elizabeth  streets,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  as  requested  by  the  Commissioner 
of  Street  Cleaning  in  his  communication  dated  June  5,  1900,  when  the  written  consent  of  the 
lessors  to  such  surrender  and  cancellation  has  been  obtained. 

The  report  \va-  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  320  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  : 

June  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle.  Commissioner  of  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  communication 
of  June  4,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  requests  the  reconsideration  of  the 


June  27,  1900.] 


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action  of  the  Commissioners  in  its  resolution  of  May  18,  1900,  in  regard  to  proposed  lease  from 
Mary  A.  Walsh  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  320  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  asks 
the  approval  of  the  proposed  lease  at  the  annual  rental  of  $420,  for  the  following  reasons  : 

"  The  Department  is  now  in  possession  of  the  premises." 

"  The  agent  declares  that  he  will  not  accept  $360  per  annum." 

He  claims  that  the  building  is  worth  $14,000,  that  the  second  and  third  floors  rent  for  $18 
and  $16  per  month. 

That  the  premises  never  rented  for  less  than  $45  per  month,  and  have  commanded  as  high 
as  $50. 

That  the  offer  was  made  at  $35  per  month  because  the  Department  was  willing  to  take  same 
on  three  years'  lease. 

That  the  representatives  of  his  Department  have  made  an  investigation  of  rent  received  from 
other  stores,  and  corroborate  the  agent's  statement  that  the  store  in  question  is  "  the  cheapest  that 
can  be  had." 

Notwithstanding  these  statements,  I  must  adhere  to  the  justness  of  the  rental  I  proposed  in 
my  report  of  May  9,  1900,  viz  :  $360  per  annum,  which  was  made  after  very  careful  consideration. 

The  whole  property  is  valued  on  the  tax  maps  for  1900  at  $8,500  ;  this  being  considered  70 
per  cent,  of  the  value  would  make  the  market  value  $12,142.86,  on  the  basis  that  the  property 
should  pay  7  per  cent,  gross,  the  total  rental  would  be  $850. 

According  to  the  statement  of  the  agent,  the  two  upper  floors  are  leased  for  $34  per  month 
or  $408  per  year  ;  it  is  fair  to  assume  that  the  rear  extension  will  rent  for  at  least  $72  per  annum, 
and  adding  rental  of  store,  $360,  reported  on  by  me  as  being  fair,  will  make  a  grand  total  of 
$840,  within  $10  of  $850,  which  I  consider  a  very  liberal  rental  for  the  entire  premises. 

The  difference  between  my  estimate  and  the  amount  proposed  by  the  Commissioner  is  small, 
only  $5  per  month  ;  in  view  of  this  fact  and  the  fact  that  the  Department  is  in  actual  possession 
since  May  1,  1900,  and  the  further  fact  that  the  agent  refuses  to  take  less  than  $420  per  annum, 
I  think  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  may  properly  approve  the  rental  of  $4^0  per 
annum,  as  proposed  by  the  Commissioner. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  May  18,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises,  No.  320  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brook- 
lyn, for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  changing  the 
rental  from  "  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360)  per  annum,"  as  in  the  resolution,  to  "  four 
hundred  and  twenty  dollars  ($420)  per  annum." 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  corner  West  Seventy-ninth  street  and  Riverside  drive,  Bor- 
ough of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  June  16,  1900. 

Hon.  ROBERT  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 
gIR — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Charter, 
for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  John  L.  Miller  of  all  that  easterly  portion  of  the  brick  building 


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on  the  southeast  corner  of  West  Seventy-ninth  street  and  Riverside  drive,  partitioned  off  and 
making  a  room  28  feet  by  20%  feet,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  August  3,  1900,  with  the 
privilege  to  the  lessor  to  terminate  the  same  at  any  time  by  a  notice  in  writing  of  two  months  ; 
otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease. 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  from 
John  L.  Miller  of  all  that  easterly  portion  of  the  brick  building  on  the  southeast  corner  of  West 
Seventy-ninth  street  and  Riverside  drive,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  as  now  occupied  by  the 
Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  August  3,  1900,  with  the  privilege 
to  the  lessor  to  terminate  the  same  at  any  time  by  a  notice  in  writing  of  two  months,  at  a  rental  of 
four  hundred  and  eighty  dollars  ($480)  per  annum,  payable  monthly,  otherwise  upon  the  same 
terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that 
such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted.* 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance, 
and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  a  lease  of  plot  of  grounds  belonging  to  City  on 
Bedford  avenue  and  Metropolitan  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

June  14,  1900. 

'Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — The  National  Enameling  and  Stamping  Company,  by  F.  Haberman,  Vice-President, 
in  communication  of  June  11,  1900,  says:  "  I  am  desirous  of  renting  the  property  belonging  to 
"  the  City  and  adjoining  our  factory,  located  corner  of  Bedford  and  Metropolitan  avenues,  Brook- 
"  lyn,  for  which  I  am  prepared  to  offer  you  $900  per  annum  for  a  term  of  five  years.  Please 
"  advise  if  you  accept  this  offer.    An  early  reply  will  greatly  oblige." 

Mr.  Haberman,  in  communication  to  the  Comptroller  of  March  27,  1900,  stated  the  desire  of 
the  company  at  that  time  was  to  lease  this  property  for  a  term  of  five  years,  and  the  offer  he  made 
was  $500  per  annum  rent  for  the  period  of  five  years. 

On  May  I,  1900,  I  reported  to  the  Comptroller  :  "  I  am  of  opinion  that  it  would  not  be  good 
"  policy  to  tie  this  property  up,  under  a  lease  for  a  term  of  five  years,  unless  a  just  and  not  a 
"  nominal  rental  could  be  obtained,  which,  in  my  opinion,  would  be  $1,200  per  annum." 

This  amount  was  based  on  a  valuation  of  $15,000,  being  8  per  cent,  of  that  amount. 

Since  that  time,  Mr.  Haberman,  who  valued  the  property  at  $12,000,  offered  $600  rent, 
being  5  per  cent,  of  his  valuation. 

The  mean  between  Mr.  Haberman's  estimate  of  value  and  mine  would  be  $13,500. 

Mr.  Haberman's  offer  of  $900  per  annum  is  only  6.60  per  cent,  of  this  mean  valuation. 

I  would  be  willing  to  recommend  an  upset  price  for  rental  of  $1,000  per  annum,  which  would 
be  7.40  per  cent,  of  this  mean  valuation. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


June  27,  1900.] 


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Resolved,  That,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  205  .of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter, 
the  Comptroller  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  for  the  highest  marketable 
price  or  rental  at  public  auction,  after  public  advertisement,  a  lease  of  the  plot  of  ground 
belonging  to  The  City  of  New  York,  situated  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Bedford  and  Metro- 
politan avenues,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  on  which  formerly  stood  the  old  Forty-seventh 
Regiment  Armory  building,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  the  execution  of  the  lease. 
The  minimum  rental  or  upset  price  for  which  said  lease  shall  be  sold  is  hereby  appraised  and 
fixed  at  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  per  annum  ;  said  lease  shall  be  made  upon  the 
following  terms  and  conditions  : 

The  highest  bidder  will  be  required  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  twenty-five  per  cent,  of 
the  amount  of  the  yearly  rental  bid  at  the  time  and  place  of  sale.  The  amount  so  bid  for  one 
quarter's  rent  shall  be  forfeited  if  the  successful  bidder  does  not  execute  the  lease  and  bond 
within  five  days  after  notice  from  the  Comptroller  that  the  same  are  ready  for  execution  ;  and  the 
Comptroller  is  authorized,  at  his  option,  to  resell  the  premises  bid  for  by  any  person  failing  to 
comply  with  this  condition  of  the  sale,  and  the  person  so  failing  to  comply  shall  be  liable  for  any 
deficiency  that  may  result  from  any  such  resale.  No  person  will  be  accepted  as  lessee  or  surety 
who  is  delinquent  on  any  former  lease  from  the  corporation,  and  no  bid  will  be  accepted  from 
any  person  who  is  in  arrears  to  the  Corporation  upon  debt  or  contract,  or  who  is  a  delaulter  as 
surety  or  otherwise  upon  any  obligation  to  the  Corporation,  as  provided  by  law.  The  lease  will 
contain  the  usual  covenants  and  conditions,  reserving  to  the  Corporation  the  right  to  cancel  the 
same  upon  thirty  days'  notice,  whenever  the  premises  may  be  required  for  public  purposes.  All 
water  rents  laid  on  the  premises,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  paid  by  the  lessee  ;  taxes  and 
assessments  to  be  assumed  by  the  City.  All  repairs  to  the  premises  shall  be  at  the  expense  of 
the  lessee,  and  he  will  be  required  to  give  a  bond  for  the  amount  of  the  annual  rent,  with  01^  or 
more  sureties,  to  be  determined  and  approved  by  the  Comptroller,  conditioned  for  the  payment 
of  the  rent  quarterly  and  the  fulfillment  on  his  part  ot  the  covenants  of  the  lease.  The  Comp- 
troller shall  have  the  right  to  reject  any  bid  if  deemed  to  be  for  the  interest  of  the  City. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


At  this  stage  of  the  proceedings  the  Chamberlain  appeared  and  took  his  seat  in  the  Board. 


The  following  petition  of  Samuel  J.  Hughes,  executor,  etc.,  was  received,  relative  to  a  sale 
of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  a  part  of  the  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  Road  : 

To  the  Hon.  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

The  petition  of  Samuel  J.  Hughes,  executor  of  the  will  of  John  Hughes,  deceased,  respect- 
fully shows  that  the  said  John  Hughes  died  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  on  or  about  October  21, 
1897,  seized  in  fee  of  all  that  portion  of  a  certain  lot  of  land  in  said  borough,  shown  on  the  ac- 
companying diagram,  which  lies  north  of  the  northerly  line  of  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica 
turnpike  road,  and  he  had  been  the  owner  thereof  since  the  year  1846.  As  the  diagram  shows, 
the  rear  of  this  lot  lies  in  the  bed  of  the  said  old  road  and  is  bounded  on  the  south  by  the  centre 
line  thereof. 


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That  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  for  many  years  prior  thereto,  the  said  John  Hughes  was  in 
the  possession  of  the  whole  of  this  lot,  it  having  been  long  ago  fenced-in  and  built  upon,  and 
your  petitioner  is  now  in  possession  of  the  same.  Moreover,  for  many  years  this  lot  (including  that 
jDart  which  lies  in  the  old  road)  has  been  assessed  as  one  parcel,  and  taxes  levied  thereon,  and  all 
said  taxes,  water  rates  and  assessments  have  been  paid  by  the  said  decedent  or  his  representatives. 

That  the  said  lot  is  designated  on  the  Assessment  Map  of  the  Ninth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn  as  Lot  number  twenty-two  (22)  in  Block  number  five  (5)  and  is  bounded  and  described  as 
follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue,  distant  ninety-seven  (97)  feet 
westerly  from  southwesterly  corner  of  Atlantic  avenue  and  Sixth  avenue  ;  running  thence 
southerly  and  parallel  with  Sixth  avenue  ninety-three  (93)  feet  to  the  centre  line  of  the  old 
Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  turnpike  road  ;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  centre  line  of  said 
old  road  twenty-five  (25)  feet  seven  (7)  inches  ;  thence  northerly  again,  parallel  with  Sixth 
avenue,  ninety-eight  (98)  feet  and  five  (5)  inches  to  the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue, 
and  thence  easterly  along  the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  point 
or  place  of  beginning. 

That  the  said  John  Hughes  left  a  will,  which  was  admitted  to  probate  by  the  Surrogate  of 
Kings  County  on  December  13,  1897,  and  letters  testamentary  were  thereupon  duly  issued  to 
your  petitioner.  In  and  by  said  will  the  executor  is  directed  to  sell  all  the  real  property  of  the 
testator  ;  and  for  the  purpose  of  perfecting  the  record  title  to  this  lot  your  petitioner  desires  to 
acquire  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  that  portion  of  the  said 
old  road  which  is  included  within  its  boundaries. 

The  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  turnpike  at  this  point  has  not  been  used  as  a  public  highway  for 
a  great  many  years,  and  the  late  City  of  Brooklyn  released  its  interest  in  a  great  part  thereof  in 
this  locality  to  the  abutting  owners. 

On  April  26,  1875,  a  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  City 
of  Brooklyn,  whereby  it  was  provided,  among  other  things,  "  that  in  all  cases  where 
assessments,  taxes  or  water  rates  to  the  amount  of  fifty  dollars  have  been  or  shall  be  paid 
upon  any  lot  of  twenty-five  hundred  (2,500)  feet  square,  or  at  the  same  rate  or  proportion 
for  any  part  or  portion  of  a  lot  lying  within  said  old  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  turnpike 
road,  then  and  in  such  case,  on  sufficient  proof  thereof,  the  Mayor,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Corporation  Counsel,  should  make,  execute  and  deliver  to  the  proper  parties  quit-claim  deeds,  in 
the  name  of  the  City,  for  such  lots  or  parts  of  lots,  and  that  in  all  cases  the  parties  on  receiving 
such  deeds  should  produce  evidence  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  that  all  taxes,  assessments  and 
water  rates  had  been  paid. 

That  all  said  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rates  on  this  lot  have  been  paid,  and  the  amount 
of  the  same  is  far  in  excess  of  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars.  That  the  interest  of  the  City  in  the  rear 
portion  of  this  lot  is  not  of  substantial  value,  and  your  petitioner  is  informed  and  believes  that  in 
applications  similar  to  this  the  present  City  has  appraised  its  like  interests  at  a  nominal  sum. 

Wherefore  your  petitioner  prays  that  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  the  City  of  New  York 
in  and  to  that  part  of  the  said  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road  included  within  the  bounda- 
ries of  the  lot  above  described,  lying  north  of  the  centre  line  of  said  road,  may  be  offered  for  sale 
according  to  law  ;  that  the  interest  of  the  City  therein,  and  the  expenses  of  such  sale,  examina- 
tions, conveyances,  etc.,  be  appraised  and  fixed  ;  that  a  sale  by  auction  be  dispensed  with  and 
petitioner  be  allowed  to  purchase  said  interest,  for  the  amount  so  fixed,  if  that  course  be  lawful, 
and,  if  not,  that  said  interest  be  put  up  for  sale  at  public  auction,  after  due  notice. 

Dated  Brooklyn,  N.  Y,,  March  14,  1900. 

Respectfully, 

SAMUEL  J.  HUGHES,  Executor  of  John  Hughes, 

By  Edward  M.  Perry,  His  Attorney. 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  reports  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  together  with  an  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

April  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Samuel  J.  Hughes,  as  executor  of  John  Hughes,  by  Edward  M.  Perry,  his  attorney,  in 
a  petition  under  date  of  March  14,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  prays  that 
"  all  the  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  that  part  of  the  said  Brooklyn  and 
Jamaica  Turnpike  road"  included  within  the  boundaries  of  Lot  No.  22,  Block  5,  in  the  Ninth 
Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  lying  north  of  the  centre  line  of  said  road,  may  be  offered  for 
sale  according  to  law;  "that  the  interests  of  the  City  therein  and  the  expense  of  such  sale, 
examinations,  conveyances,  etc.,  be  appraised  and  fixed  ;  that  a  sale  by  auction  be  dispensed 
with  and  petitioner  be  allowed  to  purchase  said  interest,  for  the  amount  so  fixed,  if  that  course 
be  lawful,  and,  if  not,  that  said  interest  be  put  up  for  sale  at  public  auction,  after  due  notice." 

In  my  opinion  the  petition  should  be  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  to  advise  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  as  to  the  interest  of  the  present  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the 
property  described,  and  also  the  manner  in  which  the  sale  should  be  made. 

Respectfully, 

EUQ.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


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New  York,  April  27,  1900. 

/A?;/.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — I  have  received  your  communication  of  April  13,  which  reads  as  follows  : 

"I  beg  to  inclose  for  your  consideration  petition  of  Samuel  J.  Hughes  as  executor  of  the 
"  will  of  John  Hughes,  deceased,  praying  for  the  sale  of  the  interests  of  The  City  of  New  York 
"  in  and  to  the  northerly  half  of  the  roadbed  of  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road,  as 
"  the  same  is  part  of  Lot  No.  22,  Block  5,  in  the  Ninth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and 
"  request  that  you  advise  me  : 

"  First — As  to  the  interests  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  property  described,  and 
"  whether  it  be  material  or  nominal. 

"  Second — As  to  the  resolution  as  adopted  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  former  City  of 
"  Brooklyn  on  April  26,  1875,  an(^  ^  ^  appears  that  such  resolution  has  any  binding  effect  upon 
"  the  officials  of  the  present  City  of  New  York. 

"  Third — As  to  the  right  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  sell  the  same,  pursuant 
"  to  sections  76  and  205  of  the  Charter. 

"  Fourth — As  to  what  action  may  be  necessary  by  the  Municipal  Assembly  before  said  sale 
"  may  be  consummated." 

In  reply  thereto  I  would  say  that  the  interest  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  in  the  old  Brooklyn 
and  Jamaica  Turnpike  was  never  claimed  to  be  by  that  city  more  than  nominal.  Quit-claim 
deeds  were  given  from  time  to  time,  by  resolution  of  the  Common  Council,  at  the  request  of 
property-owners  who  desired  thus  to  remove  any  possible  cloud  that  mjght  rest  upon' their  prop- 
erty by  reason  of  the  former  use  thereof  as  a  turnpike.  The  consideration  asked  for  these  deeds 
was  nominal,  and  no  proper  application  was  refused.  The  title  to  the  land  covered  by  this  road 
was  passed  upon  by  the  Court  of  Appeals  in  the  case  of  Dunham  vs.  Williams  (37  N.  Y.,  251), 
and  it  appears  by  the  opinion  in  that  case  that  the  land,  although  formerly  owned  by  the  Govern- 
ment, was  subsequently  condemned  for  use  as  a  turnpike,  and  damages  were  assessed  in  favor  of 
the  corporate  authorities  of  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  as  claimants  of  the  fee  in  the  roadbed.  The 
land  was  subsequently  transferred  to  the  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Road  Company,  and  was  after- 
wards sold  by  that  corporation,  under  legislative  authority,  to  other  parties. 

My  answer  to  your  first  question  is,  that  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  the  property 
described  in  the  petition  submitted  with  your  communication  is  merely  nominal. 

As  to  your  second  question  I  am  of  opinion  that  the  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  of  the 
former  City  of  Brooklyn,  to  which  you  refer,  is  not  now  in  force  nor  binding  upon  the  authorities 
of  The  City  of  New  York.  Any  interest  in  property  belonging  to  the  City  must  now  be  disposed 
of  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

In  answer  to  your  third  and  fourth  questions  I  would  say,  as  I  have  already  stated  in  several 
communications  to  you  upon  the  subject,  that  this  property  may  be  sold  by  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund,  pursuant  to  section  205  of  the  Charter,  and  that  no  action  is  necessary  by  the 
Municipal  Assembly  before  said  sale  may  be  consummated. 

Respectfully, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

June  21,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Samuel  J.  Hughes,  as  executor  of  John  Hughes,  by  Edward  M.  Perry,  his  attorney,  in 
a  petition  under  date  of  March  14,  1900,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  prays  that 
"  all  the  title  and  interest  of  the  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  that  part  of  the  said  Brooklyn  and 
"  Jamaica  Turnpike  road  "  included  within  the  boundaries  of  Lot  No.  22,  Block  5,  in  the  Ninth 


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Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  lying  north  of  the  centre  line  of  said  road,  may  be  offered  for 
sale  according  to  law  ;  "  that  the  interests  of  the  City  therein,  and  the  expenses  of  such  sale,  exam- 
"  inations,  conveyances,  etc.,  be  appraised  and  fixed  ;  that  a  sale  by  auction  be  dispensed  with, 
"  and  petitioner  be  allowed  to  purchase  said  interest,  for  the  amount  so  fixed,  if  that  course  be 
"  lawful,  and,  if  not,  that  said  interest  be  put  up  for  sale  at  public  auction  after  due  notice." 

The  petitioner  states  that  the  said  John  Hughes,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  for  many  years 
prior  thereto,  was  in  the  possession  of  the  whole  of  said  lot,  the  old  road  having  been  closed,  fenced- 
in  and  built  upon  long  since. 

That  for  many  years  this  lot  (including  that  which  lies  within  the  boundaries  of  the  old  road) 
has  been  assessed  as  one  parcel,  and  taxes  levied  thereon,  and  all  said  taxes,  water  rates  and 
assessments  have  been  paid  by  the  said  decedent,  or  his  representatives. 

Furthermore,  that  "On  April  26,  1875,  a  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Common  Council  of 
"  the  City  of  Brooklyn  whereby  it  was  provided,  among  other  things,  that  in  all  cases  where 
"  assessments,  taxes  or  water  rates  to  the  amount  of  fifty  dollars  have  been  or  shall  be  paid  upon 
"any  lot  of  twenty-five  hundred  (2,500)  feet  square,  or  at  the  same  rate  or  proportion  for  any 
"  part  or  portion  of  a  lot  lying  within  said  old  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road,  then  and 
"  in  such  case,  on  sufficient  proof  thereof,  the  Mayor,  under  the  direction  of  the  Corporation 
"  Counsel,  should  make,  execute  and  deliver  to  the  proper  parties  quit-claim  deeds,  in  the  name 
"  of  the  City,  for  such  lots  or  parts  of  lots,  and  that  in  all  cases  the  parties  on  receiving  such 
"  deeds,  should  produce  evidence  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  that  all  taxes,  assessments  and 
"  water  rates  had  been  paid. 

"  That  all  said  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rates  on  this  lot  have  been  paid,  and  the  amount 
"  of  the  same  is  far  in  excess  of  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars.  That  the  interest  of  the  City  in  the  rear 
"  portion  of  this  lot  is  not  substantial  value,  and  your  petitioner  is  informed  and  believes  that,  in 
"  applications  similar  to  this,  ihe  present  city  has  appiaised  its  like  interests  at  a  nominal  sum." 

The  petition  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel,  who,  in  an  opinion  rendered  under 
date  of  April  27,  advises  the  Comptroller  that  quit-claim  deeds  for  a  nominal  sum  have  been 
given  from  time  to  time  by  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  upon 
similar  applications. 

That  in  his  opinion  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  property  described, 
is  merely  nominal,  and  that  such  interest  may  be  disposed  of  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund,  pursuant  to  section  205  of  the  Gi  eater  New  York  Charter. 

Under  the  opinion  rendered,  it  would  appear  to  me  that  there  were  no  objections  to  the 
granting  of  the  petition  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  I  would  propose  that  the 
right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  following-described  premises  be 
appraised  at  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  that  the  same  be  sold  at  public  auction  to  the  highest  bidder, 
the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  to  cover  the  cost  of 
examination,  appraisement  and  conveyance  : 

All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate  in  the  Ninth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn 
and  City  of  New  York,  being  so  much  of  the  northerly  one-half  of  the  former  Brooklyn  and 
Jamaica  Turnpike  road  as  lies  within  the  present  boundary  lines  of  Lot  No.  22  on  Block  5  in 
said  Ward,  which  lot  is  more  particularly  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  distant  ninety-seven  (97)  feet 
westerly  from  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Atlantic  avenue  and  Sixth  avenue  ;  running  thence 
southerly  and  parallel  with  Sixth  avenue  ninety-three  (93)  feet  to  the  centre  line  of  the  old  Brooklyn 
and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road  ;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  centre  line  of  said  old  road  twenty- 
five  (25)  feet  seven  (7)  inches  ;  thence  northerly,  again  parallel  with  Sixth  avenue,  ninety-eight 
(98)  feet  and  five  (5)  inches  to  the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue,  and  thence  easterly  along 


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the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning,  be 
the  said  several  distances  and  dimensions  more  or  less. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  hereby  is  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash,  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  all  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate  in  the  Ninth 
Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  being  so  much  of  the  northerly  one-half 
of  the  former  Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road  as  lies  within  the  present  boundary  lines  of 
Lot  No.  22  on  Block  5  in  said  ward,  which  lot  is  more  particularly  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  distant  ninety-seven  (97)  feet 
westerly  trom  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Atlantic  avenue  and  Sixth  avenue  ;  running  thence 
southerly  and  parallel  with  Sixth  avenue  ninety-three  (93)  feet  to  the  centre  line  of  the  old 
Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road  ;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  centre  line  of  the  said  old 
road  twenty-five  (25)  feet  seven  (7)  inches  ;  thence  northerly,  again  parallel  with  Sixth  avenue, 
ninety-eight  (98)  feet  and  five  (5)  inches  to  the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue,  and  thence 
easterly  along  the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of 
beginning,  be  the  said  several  distances  and  dimensions  more  or  less. 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  the  said  land  be  and  hereby  is  appraised  and 
fixed  at  one  dollar  ($1),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75) 
for  expenses  of  the  sale,  examinations  and  conveyance,  etc. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  petition  was  received  from  Jacob  H.  Miller  and  others  relative  to  a  sale  of  the 
interests  of  the  City  in  lot  corner  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  and  Madison  avenue, 
Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  0/  The  City  of  New  York  : 

Your  petitioners,  Jacob  H.  Miller,  Nicholas  Schultz,  Jacob  Schlegel  and  Richard  Stacpoole, 
respectfully  show  that  they  are  the  executors  and  trustees  under  the  last  will  and  testament  of  John 
W.  Miller,  deceased,  and  as  such  are  the  owners  of  the  following  described  premises  : 


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It  is  claimed  that  according  to  an  old  map  in  possession  of  the  City  that  the  northern  portion 
of  said  lot  is  below  high-water  mark  of  the  Harlem  river,  and  your  petitioners  desire  the  City  to 
release  its  claim,  if  any,  to  said  premises. 

That  the  lot  was  purchased  by  the  testator,  John  W.  Miller,  in  1859,  and  he  and  his  executors 
have  ever  since  held  it  adversely  to  the  City,  and  paid  taxes  thereon  every  year  ;  that  for  more 
than  the  last  twenty  years  the  lot  has  been  fenced  and  occupied  by  a  tenant  through  testator's  title. 

Upon  information  and  belief  that  the  original  freeholders  of  Harlem  claimed  title  to  said 
premises  through  the  grant  from  Governor  Nicholls  in  1666,  and  that  said  premises  have  ever  since 
been  held  adversely  to  The  City  of  New  York  ;  that  the  lot  is  three  blocks  from  the  river  ;  that 
the  tide  has  not  reached  the  premises  in  the  last  fifty  years,  and  your  petitioners  believe  that  no 
portion  of  said  premises  has  ever  been  below  high-water  mark,  and  that  the  City  has  lost  by 
adverse  possession  its  title  to  said  premises,  if  it  ever  had  any. 

Your  petitioners  have  entered  into  an  agreement  to  sell  said  premises  ;  that  the  title  is  to  be 
closed  on  June  15,  and  the  purchaser  claims  that  the  old  map,  showing  the  norther  portion  of  the 
lot  below  high-water  mark,  constitutes  a  cloud  upon  your  petitioners'  title,  and  this  application 
is  made  to  clear  the  title  and  upon  condition  that  it  is  not  to  be  considered  an  admission  that  the 
City  has  any  interest  whatever  in  said  premises. 

As  the  southern  portion  of  said  premises  for  a  distance  of  17  feet  on  Madison  avenue  and  35 
feet  on  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  is  upland,  you  can  release  to  your  petitioners  the 
City's  interest,  if  any,  in  said  premises  without  a  sale  at  auction,  under  the  decision  of  Mayor  vs. 
Hart,  95  N.  Y.,  443. 

That  the  following  are  the  amounts  of  taxes  and  assessments  paid  on  said  premises  since 
1859,  and  such  bills  therefor  are  hereto  annexed  as  are  in  your  petitioners'  possession  : 

Taxes  from  1859  to  1872,  estimated  at  $20  per  year   $240  00 

1873,  assessment,  opening  Madison  avenue,  bill  annexed  t       l>432  00 

1873,  taxes,  bill  annexed   25  00 

1874,  "      estimated   28  00 

1875,  "      bill  annexed   29  40 

1876,  "  "    28  00 

1878,  "      "   :   2550 


293  [June  27,  T900. 

1879,  taxes,  bill  annexed   $25  80 

1880,  "          "    25  30 

1883,     "          "    25  19 

.1884,     "          "    38  25 

1885,  "          "    40  80 

1886,  "          "    38  93 

1887,  "          "   47  52 

1887,  assessment  improvement  Harlem  river   11  12 

1888,  taxes,  bill  annexed   48  84 

1889,  M         "     42  90 

1890,  "         "    59  10 

1891,  "         "    58  90 

1892,  taxes,  bills  annexed   57  4° 

1893,  "          "    56  16 

1894,  "          "    67  99 

1895*    "         "    72  20 

1896,  taxes  on  Lot  No.  20,  bill  annexed    64  20 

1897,  "               "           "    63  00 

1898,  "               "           "    80  40 

1899,  taxes  on  Nos.  20  and  21,  bill  annexed   234  29 

Taxes  for  1896,  1897,  1898,  on  Lot  No.  21,  unpaid   215  10 

1881,  taxes,  estimated   25  00 

1882,  "    25  00 


Total   $3,231  29 


Wherefore  your  petitioners  ask  for  a  release  of  said  premises,  duly  executed,  on  behalf  of  the 
City  ;  that  in  fixing  the  consideration  therefor  it  should  be  considered  that  without  the  conceded 
upland  the  plot  is  of  little  value,  and  that  a  large  amount  of  taxes  in  addition  to  the  above  has 
been  paid  by  owners  prior  to  1859,  and  that  under  the  circumstances  the  release  should  be  for  a 
nominal  consideration. 

Dated  New  York,  June  4,  1899. 

R.  A.  STACPOOLE,  Attorney  for  Petitioners. 
RICHARD  STACPOOLE,  Executor  and  Trustee. 

County  of  New  York,  ss.  : 

Richard  Stacpoole,  being  duly  sworn,  says  that  he  is  one  of  the  petitioners  herein  ;  that  the 
foregoing  petition  is  true  to  the  knowledge  of  deponent,  except  as  to  the  matters  therein  stated 
to  be  alleged  on  information  and  belief,  and  as  to  those  matters  he  believes  it  to  be  true. 

RICHD.  STACPOOLE. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  5  th  day  of  June,  1900. 
T.  J.  Hayden,  Notary  Public,  New  York  County. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

June  22,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Jacob  H.  Miller,  Nicholas  Schultz,  Jacob  Schlegel  and  Richard  Stacpoole,  executors 
and  trustees  under  the  last  will  and  testament  of  John  \V.  Miller,  petition  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund  foi  a  release  or  a  quit-claim  of  the  City's  interest  in  premises  on  the  northeast- 


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erly  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  and  Madison  avenue,  being  35  feet  on  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  and  99  feet  11  inches  on  Madison  avenue. 

According  to  Randel's  map,  a  portion  of  these  lots  are  below  original  high-water  mark. 
The  total  area  of  the  premises  is  3,497.2  square  feet,  or  1.39  city  lots  ;  of  this  area,  2,499.7  square 
feet,  or  0.99  city  lots,  is  land  below  original  high-water  mark,  and  according  to  the  old  charters 
1686  and  1730  is  the  property  of  the  City. 

From  1859  to  date,  the  City  has  levied  taxes  and  laid  assessments  for  public  improvements 
on  this  property,  all  of  which  has  been  paid  and  collected  by  the  City,  except  the  taxes  for  years 
1896,  1897  and  1899  on  Lot  No.  21,  which  is  the  easterly  25  feet  of  the  premises  in  question  ; 
total  amount  paid  for  taxes  since  1859,  ^lA7^-23  >  *or  assessments,  $3,198.05  ;  amount  due  for 
unpaid  taxes,  $187.50,  and  interest  as  follows  : 

For  the  year  1896   $64  20 

"         1897   63  00 

1898    60  30 

— on  Lot  No.  21,  Block  1759. 

In  view  of  the  amount  paid  for  taxes  and  assessments,  I  would  advise  that  the  purchase  price 
for  the  City's  interest  on  the  premises  in  question  be  fixed  and  appraised  at  $300,  purchaser  to  pay 
auctioneer's  fees  and  $75  expenses,  provided  all  arrears  of  taxes  and  assessments  are  paid. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


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_i ,  1  

135TH  STREET. 


Area  below  high  water,  2,499.7  square  feet — 0.99  city  lots. 

Area  above  high  water,  997  5  square  feet — 0.40  city  lots. 

June  8th,  1900. 
c.  w. 


Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
the  City  in  premises  on  the  northeasterly  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  and 
Madison  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  being  thirty-five  (35)  feet  on  One  Hundred  and  Thirty- 
fourth  street  and  ninety-nine  (99)  feet  eleven  (11)  inches  on  Madison  avenue  ; 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  the  said  land  be  and  hereby  is  appraised  and 
fixed  at  three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioned s  fee  and  seventy-five 
dollars  ($75)  for  expenses  of  sale,  examinations,  conveyance,  etc. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


June  27,  1900.] 


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The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolutions  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  leases  of  lands  required  for  a  temporary  bridge  over  the  Bronx  river  at  West- 
chester avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  requested  by  the  Department  of  Bridges  : 

June  22,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  John  L.  Shea,  Commissioner  of  Bridges,  in  communication  to  the  Comptroller,  June 
20,  1900,  calls  attention  to  his  communications  under  dates  of  March  23  and  April  7,  1900,  con- 
cerning the  lands  required  for  the  temporary  bridge  over  the  Bronx  river  at  Westchester  avenue, 
and  says  : 

"  The  present  extended  lease  of  said  lands  expires  July  28,  1900.  Legislation  is  necessary 
"  before  work  upon  the  permanent  bridge  will  be  commenced  and  the  land  in  question  will 
"  probably  be  required  for  at  least  two  years  from  July  28,  prox. 

"  The  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  should  provide  for  the  leasing 
"  of  the  lands  of  the  Watson  estate  from  the  same  party  from  whom  they  have  been  heretofore 
"  leased.  But  the  lands  that  formerly  belonged  to  Mary  S.  Hoe  are  now  the  property  of  the  real 
"  estate  corporation  and  a  lease  of  the  lands,  therelore,  heretofore  leased  from  Mary  S.  Hoe  should 
"  be  leased  from  said  real  estate  corporation. 

"  I  inclose  you  communication  from  said  corporation." 

In  the  communication  of  March  23,  1900,  referred  to,  the  Commis-ioner  calls  attention  to 
section  3  ol  the  act  providing  for  a  temporary  bridge  and  approaches  over  the  Bronx  river, 
which  says  : 

"  But  an  agreement  for  a  lease  shall  in  no  instance  be  executed  for  a  longer  term  than  three 
"  years  from  the  time  of  the  approval  of  the  plans  and  specifications  for  the  temporary  bridge 
"  hereby  authorized." 

The  terms  of  the  leases  under  this  act  will  expire  July  28,  1900. 

The  Commissioner  in  his  communication  June  20,  1900,  states  that  the  land  in  question 
"  will  probably  be  required  for  at  least  two  years  from  July  28  next." 

It  will  therefore  be  necessary  for  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the 
leasing  of  these  premises  for  this  additional  period  of  two  years,  from  July  28,  1900,  under  the 
authority  of  section  217  of  the  Charter,  which  says  : 

"  All  applications  to  lease  any  real  estate  for  the  purposes  of  the  city  of  New  York  *  *  * 
"  must  be  presented  and  passed  upon  by  the  commissioners  of  the  sinking  fund  of  said  city." 

The  premises  consist  of  two  parcels,  one  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  south  of  Westchester 
avenue,  which  has  heretofore  been  leased  from  Mary  S.  Hoe  at  a  yearly  rental  of  $400.  This 
parcel  is  now  owned  by  the  "  Real  Estate  Corporation  of  New  York  City,"  and  the  lease  should 
be  made  out  in  the  name  of  this  corporation. 

The  other  parcel  lies  on  the  east  side  of  the  Bronx  river  south  of  Westchester  avenue,  which 
has  heretofore  been  leased  from  Robert  C.  Watson  and  others,  executors,  etc.,  of  William  Watson, 
deceased,  at  the  yearly  rental  of  $250,  and  the  lease  will  have  to  be  made  in  the  name  of  the 
same  party  as  at  present. 

The  necessity  for  these  lands  is  apparent,  the  temporary  road  now  passing  over  them,  and 
the  rental  rates  I  have  heretofore  reported  upon  as  reasonable  and  just. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 


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Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  renewal  of 
the  lease  to  the  City,  from  the  Reai  Estate  Corporation  of  New  York  City,  of  lands  required  for 
the  temporary  bridge  over  the  Bronx  river  at  Westchester  avenue,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  July 
28,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  four  hundred  dollars  ($400),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deem- 
ing the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such 
lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  pre- 
pared and  approved  by  the  Corporatton  Counsel  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  to  the  City  from  Robert  C.  Watson  and  others,  executors,  etc.,  of  William  Watson, 
deceased,  of  lands  required  for  the  temporary  bridge  over  the  Bronx  river  at  Westchester  avenue, 
for  a  term  of  two  years  from  July  28,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
($250),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  and 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolutions  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  lots  on  College  avenue  and  East  One 
Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  Department  ol  Highways  : 

June  23,  1900. 

//0«.'Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  James  P.  Keating,  Commissioner  of  Highways,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
June  7,  1900,  requests  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  amend  their  resolution  of  May 
18  ultimo,  authorizing  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  the  Mott  Haven  Company  of  the  lots  on 
College  avenue  and  East  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  used  by 
the  Department  as  a  yard  and  stable,  for  a  term  of  one  (1)  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  $900,  by  substituting  $1,500  for  the  $900  contained  therein. 

The  Commissioner  incloses  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  the  attorney  of  the  lessor,  requesting  such 
change  and  stating  as  a  reason  for  the  same  that  the  increased  value  of  the  property  since  the  time 
when  it  was  originally  leased  to  the  City,  over  ten  years  ago,  at  $900  per  annum,  fully  warrants  the 
rental  asked  for,  and  that  the  premises  which  are  designated  on  the  tax  books  as  Lots  Nos.  13,  14, 
15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  25  and  26,  in  Block  2324  of  Section  9,  are  assessed  for  the  purposes  of  taxation 
at  $19,500,  and  which  at  $1,500  per  annum  would  yield  the  lessors  but  little  more  than  5  per 
cent,  net  on  such  assessed  valuation. 

In  my  opinion  the  rental  of  $1,500  per  annum  is  reasonable  and  just,  and  I  consider  that  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  may  properly  amend  their  resolution  as  requested. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 


June  27,  1900.] 


Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  May  18,  1900,  authorizing  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  from  the  Mott  Haven  Company, 
of  the  lots  on  College  avenue  and  East  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  Borough  of  The 
Bronx,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Highways,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  substi- 
tuting fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,500)  as  the  rental,  instead  of  nine  hundred  dollars  ($900)  as  in 
the  resolution. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  lease  of  Rooms  Nos.  1004  and  1005  of  premises  Nos.  109  and  ill  Fifth  avenue,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  the  Special  Commissioner  of  Jurors  : 

June  25,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  William  F.  Grell,  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  New  York,  in  a  communication  under 
date  of  June  25,  1900,  requests,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  4,  chapter  378  of  the 
Laws  of  1896,  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  authorize  a  lease  from  the  estate  of 
Henrietta  Constable  of  Rooms  1004  and  1005,  on  the  tenth  floor  of  premises  Nos.  109  and  11 1 
Fifth  avenue,  for  a  term  of  eleven  months,  from  June  1,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for 
one  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $2,300,  for  the  use  and  occupancy  of  the  Special  Commissioner 
of  Jurors. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  in  question,  which  consist  of  two 
rooms,  one  19  feet  by  37.5  feet  and  the  other  18  feet  by  29.5  feet,  containing  in  all  1,243.5  square 
feet,  which  at  the  rental  asked,  of  $2,300  per  annum,  is  at  the  rate  of  $1.85  per  square  foot, 

The  building  is  a  first-class  office  building,  light,  heat,  elevator  and  janitor  service  included 
in  the  rental,  which  I  consider  reasonable  and  just. 

The  lease  should  be  drawn  with  Frederick  A.  Constable  and  Hicks  Arnold,  as  surviving 
trustees  under  the  will  of  Henrietta  Constable,  deceased,  and  Frederick  A.  Constable,  individu- 
ally.   A  copy  of  the  regular  form  of  lease  for  offices  in  this  building  is  inclosed. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to 
the  City  from  Frederick  A.  Constable  and  Hicks  Arnold,  as  surviving  trustees  under  the  will  of 
Henrietta  Constable,  deceased,  and  Frederick  A.  Constable,  individually,  of  Rooms  1004  and 
1005,  on  the  tenth  floor  of  premises  Nos.  109  and  in  Fifth  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for 
the  use  of  the  Special  Commissioner  of  Jurors,  for  a  term  of  eleven  months,  from  June  I,  1900, 
with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  one  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  twenty-three  hundred  dollars 
($2,300),  payable  quarterly;  the  lessor  to  provide  heat,  light,  elevator  and  janitor  service;  and 
the  Commissioner  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  trie  Comptroller  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel, 
as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


299 


[June  27,  1900. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  June  26,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  0/  the  Sinking  Fund; 

Sir — I  request  that  your  Board  amend  its  resolution  of  June  6,  1900,  in  regard  to  the  lease  of 
the  store  of  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  so  as  to  make  the  lessors  be 
"  Marcia  A.  Tierney,  widow  of,  and  John  W.  Tierney,  sole  heir  of,  John  Tierney,  deceased." 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  June  6,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended,  by  changing  the 
name  of  the  lessors  so  as  to  read  "  Marcia  A.  Tierney,  widow  of,  andjohn  W.  Tierney,  sole  heir  of, 
John  Tierney,  deceased,"  instead  of  "  the  estate  of  John  Tierney,"  as  in  the  resolution. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  relative  to  the  assignment  to  the  use  of  the  Second  Naval  Battalion  property  belong- 
ing to  the  City  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

June  26,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

SIR — Hon.  Thomas  L.  Feitner,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners,  in  com- 
munication to  the  Comptroller  June  7,  1900,  relative  to  the  matter  of  securing  a  permanent  home 
for  the  Second  Naval  Battalion,  incloses  the  following  resolution  of  the  Board,  adopted  March  8, 
1900,  and  referred  to  the  Department  of  Docks  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Armory  Board  does  hereby  request  that  the  Department  of  Docks  shall 
"  turn  over  or  lease  to  it,  the  said  Armory  Board,  for  a  term  of  five  years  or  more,  the  property  in 
"  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  located  and  described  as  follows  :  Extending  from  Forty-third  to 
"  Forty-fourth  streets,  and  from  First  avenue  westward  to  the  pier  line,  including  water  privi- 
"  leges,  to  be  used  as  quarters  for  the  Second  Naval  Battalion  ; 

— and  says,  "  A  reply  from  that  Department  is  at  hand,  a  copy  of  which  is  herewith  inclosed. 
"  The  suitability  of  this  site  as  a  home  for  the  Second  Naval  Battalion,  as  reported  by  the  Com- 
"  mittee,  and  the  resolution  of  the  Armory  Board  of  March  8  requesting  it  for  such  use,  are  here- 
"  with  submitted  to  you,  with  the  hope  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  may  assign 
"  this  property  for  such  uses." 

The  following  report  was  made  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  : 

"Department  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  ) 

New  York,  March  5,  1900.  \ 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Vyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  : 

Dear  Sir — The  President  of  the  Dock  Department  informs  this  Department  that  the  City 
owns  the  land  between  Forty-third  and  Forty-fourth  streets,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  including  the 


June  27,  1900.] 


300 


water  front   along  the  East  river,  and  that  in  all  probability  the  same  will  not  be  required 

for  several  years. 

The  said  land  contains  three  buildings  of  small  importance,  which  are  now  leased  to  a  tenant 
at  a  rental  of  $35  per  month. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  City  is  now  leasing  land  at  the  foot  of  Fifty-sixth  street,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn,  at  a  rental  of  $2,000  per  year,  which  lease  will  expire  May  1  next,  I  have  .to  recom- 
mend that  the  Armory  Board  request  the  Department  of  Docks  to  turn  over  to  it  the  above 
described  property,  plan  of  which  is  hereto  attached,  and  all  of  the  buildings  on  the  said  prop- 
erty for  an  Armory  for  the  Second  Naval  Battalion,  the  said  buildings  and  surroundings  being, 
in  the  estimation  of  the  writer,  to  whom  the  matter  was  referred  on  December  16,  1899,  suitable 
quarters  for  the  purpose  of  an  Armory  for  the  Second  Naval  Battalion. 

Very  respectfully, 
(Signed)  HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner." 

The  place  now  occupied  by  the  Second  Naval  Battalion  at  a  yearly  rental  of  $2,000  has  to  be 
given  up  early  in  the  fall,  being  rented  for  business  purposes. 

The  location  proposed  between  Forty- third  and  Forty-fourth  streets,  First  avenu^and  the 
water,  as  well  as  the  water  privileges  outside,  belong  to  the  City  ;  that  part  outside  of  the  upland 
being  under  the  control  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries.  The  upland  is  in  a  very  rough 
condition  ;  the  portion  next  to  First  avenue  being  below  grade  ;  and  much  of  the  remainder 
above  grade  ;  Forty-fourth  street  is  not  regulated  and  graded.  The  plot  is  in  dimensions — 
200  feet  on  First  avenue,  430  feet  on  south  side  of  Forty-third  street  and  496  feet  on  north  side 
of  Forty-fourth  street.  The  half  of  the  plot  next  to  the  water  has  on  it  large  frame  buildings, 
used  for  business  and  office  purposes.  The  portion  between  these  buildings  and  First  aven\ie  is 
vacant  property. 

This  is  a  large  plot  of  itself,  for  the  Armory  of  the  Second  Naval  Battalion,  and  will  become 
greater  as  the  water  space  shall  be  filled  in. 

Although  this  plot  is  somewhat  large  for  the  purposes  of  the  Armory,  I  think  it  mighc  with 
propriety  be  assigned  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  such  use,  to  be  so  occupied  at 
the  pleasure  of  the  said  Commissioners,  any  arrangements  for  the  future  being  held  in  reserve. 

According  to  the  communication  from  the  Dock  Department  the  water  privileges  would  be 
given  by  that  Department  upon  a  formal  application  from  the  Armory  Board. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  assign  to  the  use  of  the 
Second  Naval  Battalion  the  property  belonging  to  the  City  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  located 
and  described  as  follows  :  Extending  from  Forty-third  to  Forty-fourth  streets  and  from  First 
avenue  westward  to  the  pier  line,  the  use  and  occupation  of  the  same  to  continue  during  the 
pleasure  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 


EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


301 


[July  24,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE    SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's 
Office,  at  11.30  A.  M.%  on  Tuesday,  July  24,  1900. 


Present  at  roll-call — Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ;  Patrick 
Keenan,  Chamberlain,  and  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council. 


On  motion  of  the  Mayor,  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  June  27,  1900,  were  approved  as 
printed. 


The  President  ot  the  Council  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  advise  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  as  to  what  action  he  has  taken  in  regard  to  enjoining  the  Central 
Railroad  of  New  Jersey  from  operating  a  ferry,  without  a  franchise  therefor,  between  the  foot  of 
of  Whitehall  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  Communipaw.  New  Jersey. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  relative  to  bonds  sold  June  25.  1900  : 

To  the  Commissions  s  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen— Sealed  proposals  were  received  by  the  Comptroller  at  his  office  on  June  25, 
1900,  after  due  advertisement  in  pursuance  of  law,  for  $3,135,000  of  three  and  one-half  per  cent. 
Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  exempt  from  taxation  (as  hereinafter  more  particularly 
described),  principal  and  interest  payable  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  of  America,  of  the 
present  standard  of  weight  and  fineness. 


July  24,  1900.]  302 


Description  of  Stock. 


AvOt  NT. 

Title. 

AlJIHORIIY. 

Principal 
Payable. 

Interest 
Payable 

Sr.MI- A  NNl'ALLY 
ON 

$ '50,000  00 

Soo.cco  00 
300.000  co 

3s, OCT.  00 

1,000,000  00 
1  ,<  00,00  ~>  00 

f 

1 

Corporate  Stock  of  The  | 
City  of  New  York,  for  i 
a  New  Hall  of  Records  | 

I 

Chapters  59  and  793  ot  the  Laws  ot 
1897  ;    sections   169  and   170  of 
chapter    378   of    the    Laws  of 
1897  ;  resolution  of  the  Board  of 
Estimate   and   Apportionment  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  adopted 
February  3,  1899,  and  resolution  of 
the  Municipal  Assembly,  adopt- 
ed by  the  Board  of  Aldermen, 
August  2,  1899,  and  by  the  Council, 

Nov.  1,  1930 

Nov.  i,  1930 

Nov.  1,  193c 
Nov.  1,  1930 

Nov.  1,  1940 
>'ov.  1,  1949 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

Mav  1  and  Nov.  1 
May  r  and  Nnv.  1 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 
May  1  and  N.-v .  1 

1 

Corporate  Stock  of  T  he  I 
City  of  New  York,  for  | 
constructing  a  bridge -j 
over  the  Harlem  river  j 

I 

Chapter  147  of  the  Laws  of  1894  ; 
sections  169  and  170  of  chapter 
378  of  the  Laws  of  1897  ;  resolu- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Estimate  and 
Apportionment  of  The  City  of 
New  York,  adopted  June  7,  1898. 
and  resolution  of  the  Municipal 
Assembly  approved  by  the  Mayor 

Corporate  S:ock  of  The  [ 
City   of  New  York, 
for  the  Erection  of  an 
Addition  to  the  Build- 
ing for  the  Museum  of' 
Arts    and  Sciences, 
in    the    Borough  of 

Chapter  406  of  the  Laws  of  1896: 
sections  109  and  170  ot  chapter  378 
of  the  Laws  of  1897  ;  resolution  of 
the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Appor- 
tionment of  the  City  of  New  York, 
adopted  Septemher  15,  1899,  and 
resolution  of  the  Municipal  Assem- 
bly, approved  by  the  Mayor  De- 

Corporate  Stock  of  The  [ 
City  ot   New  York, 
for  the  erection  and! 
equipment  cf  aHos-1 
pital      Building  in 
Gotiverneur  slip  ^ 

Chapter  703  of  the  Laws  of  1894  ; 
chapter  399  ot  the  Laws  of  1895 
sections  169  and  170  of  chapter  378 
of  the  Laws  of  1897,  and  resolution 
of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York, 

Corporate  Slock  ot  The 
City  of  New  York,  for 
the  New  East  River  ] 

I 

Chapter  789  of  the  Laws  of  1895,  as 
amended  ;  sections  169  and  170  of 
chap'er  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897; 
resolution  of  the  Board  of  Esti- 
mate and  Apportionment  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  adopted  July 
13,  1899,  and  resolution  of  the  Mu- 
nicipal  Assembly,    approved  by 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City   of   New   York,  ! 
(or   the   construction  -| 
of  the  Rapid  Transit  ! 

1 

Chapter  4  of  the  Laws  of  1891,  as 
amended  ;    sections    45,  169  and 
170  of  chapter  378  ot  the  Laws  of 
1897  ;   chapter  7  of  the  Laws  of 
1900,  and  resolution  of  the  Board 
of  Estimate    and  App>rtionnn  Dt 
of  The  City  of  New  York,  adopted 

The  above-described  stock  is  free  and  exempt  from  all  taxation  in  the  State  of  New  York,  except  for  State 
p  it  poses,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  169  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 

The  principal  of  and  interest  on  said  stock  are  payable  in  gold  coin  0/  the  United  States  0/  America, 
0/ the  (/resent  standard  0/  weight  and  fineness,  pursuant  to  a  resolution  0/  the  Commissioners  0/ the 
Sinking  l:und  adopted  June  q,  iSqS. 


[July  24,  1900. 


Proi'o-v\i  >  Rlckivkd. 


Bidder. 


Amoi  n  1  ' 
Deposit. 


Class  ok  Corporate  Stock. 


Kuhn,  Loeb  &  Co   $62,700  00 

Kings  County  Trust  Com- ) 

°  1  \  10,000  00  \ 

pany  )  \ 

\ 

Hamilton  Trust  Company  . .        io.ooj  00-j 

I 

Vermilye  &  Co.,  and  Har- 1        c  ! 
veyFisk&Sons   1        62'7°°  °°\ 

I 

Michael  Snow   20  00 

John  H.Thompson   1,000  00 

f 
I 

Dominick  &  Dominick   62,700  00 -{ 

! 

I 

Farson,  Leach  &  Co   62,700  00 

E.  D.  Shepard  &  Co   20,030  oc-j 

The  People's  Trust  Com- )  \ 

  J        20,0:0  00  •< 

pany   J  j 

Henry  Roth   20  00 


'  All 


Any  issue  payable  1930  

Or  same  amount  or  any  part   of  same 

maturing  1940,  at  $108.53. 
Or  for  that  maturing  in  1949,  at  $109.37. 
Any  stock  maturing  November  1,  1930.. 
Or  any  stock  maturing  November  1,  1940, 

at  $K9.  50. 

Or  any  stock  maturing  November  1,  1949, 
at  $110.50. 

Stock  maturing  November  1,  1930  


Stock  maturing  November  1,  1940. 
Stock  maturing  November  1,  1949. 

Any  issue  

Any  issue  


Stock  of  any  maturity  on  a  3.05  per  | 

cent,  basis  ( 

Stock  of  any  maturity  on  a  3. 06  per  (  I 

cent,  basis    ) 

Stock  of  any  maturity  on  a .  3  09  per 

cent,  basis  

Stock  of  any  maturity  on  a  3. 10  per 

cent,  basis  


$3,437,8*1  for  whole  issue. 


$3,135,000  00 
500, c  00  CO 


1,135,000  00 
1,000,000  00 

1,000,003  CO 
I, COO  CO 

50,000  CO 

1,000,000  00  ■ 
i,ooo,oco  00 

1,000,000  00 

135,000  00 

3,135,000  00 
I, coo, 000  00 


Any  stock  maturing  1930  

Or  any  stock  maturing  1940,  at  $108.70. 
Or  any  stock  maturing  19+9,  at  $109.  60. 
Any  issue  maturing  November  1.  1940.. 
Or  any  issue  maturing  November  1,  1949,' 
at  $109.  25. 

For  a  new  Hall  of  Records  


Total  I  $15,592,000  00 


l*i  i<  1 

Per 
$io, 


1 10.  54 
107.25 

108. 00 

108.877 
110.477 
m. 477 

112.  50 

too.  OO 

About 
1C8.875 
About 
1 10. 16 
About 
no  3s 
About 
1.7.83 

109.  66 

107.  35 

109  25 

113.  50 


The  following  bid  was  accepted 


Bidder. 

Class  of  Corporate  Stock. 

Amounts. 

Price 
per 
$100. 

$250,000  00 

$110.54 

For  constructing  a  bridge  over  the  Harlem  River  at  \ 

For  the  erection  of  an  addition  to  the  building  lor  the  j 
Museum  of  Arts  and  Sciences  in  the  Borough  of  I 

For  the  erection  and  equipment  oi  .in  Hospita.  Bjild-  | 

500,000  00 

110.54 

300,000  00 

110.54 

1,000,000  00 

110.54 

1, coo, 000  00 

1,000,000  00 

no. 54 
110.54 

For  the  construction  of  the  Rapid  Transit  Railroad .... 

Total  

$3i»35»ooo  00 

Nkw  York,  June  25,  1900. 
Which  was  ordered  on  hie. 


BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 


July  24,  1900.] 


At  this  stage  of  the  proceedings  the  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Aldermen  appeared  and  took  his  seat  in  the  Board. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  southwest  corner  of  Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Sixtieth 
street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

New  York,  July  12,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Sirs — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day  the  following  proceedings  were  had  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  renewal  of  lease,  with  Catharine  T.  Cunning- 
ham, as  general  guardian,  of  premises  southwest  corner  of  Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred 
and  Sixtieth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  additional  accommodation  for  Thirty-sixth 
Precinct,  at  the  annual  rental  of  nine  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  one  year,  from  November  1, 
1900. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  of  premises  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Washington  avenue  and 
One  Hundred  and  Sixtieth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  used  by  the  Police  Department  for 
additional  accommodations  for  the  Thirty-sixth  Precinct,  from  Catharine  T.  Cunningham,  as 
general  guardian,  etc.,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  November  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
nine  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($950),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming 
the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease 
be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  relative  to  proposed  purchase  by  the  Police  Department  of  lots  at  the  corner  of  Jackson 
avenue  and  Pearson  street,  Long  Island  City  : 

July  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  June  28,  1900,  the  following  proceedings  were 
had  : 

"  On  reading  and  filing  communication  from  William  Halls,  Jr.,  President  of  the  New  York 
"  Land  and  Warehouse  Company,  accepting  the  proposition  of  the  Police  Board  for  the  purchase 
"  of  property  in  Long  Island  City,  being  Lots  Nos.  49,  50,  51  and  52,  in  Block  98,  at  the  corner 
"  of  Jackson  avenue  and  Pearson  street,  as  laid  down  on  certain  map  of  the  Hunter,  Van  Alst  and 
"  Debevoise  farms,  made  by  Peter  G.  Van  Alst,  dated  January  1,  1874,  for  the  sum  of  $12,000  ; 
"  it  is, 


[July  24,  1900. 


"  Resolved,  That  the  Police  Board  accept  the  said  offer,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Sinking 
"  Fund  Commission  or  the  Comptroller,  or  both,  as  may  be  required. " 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  consist  of  a  plot  of  land  100 
fb^t  by  100  feet,  situated  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Jackson  avenue  and  Pearson  street,  Long 
Island  City,  Borough  of  Queens. 

The  assessed  valuation  on  the  tax  books  for  1900,  is  as  follows  : 


Ward  No.  1,  Block  85,  Lot  No.  8,  corner  (49).   Si, 800  co 

Ward  No.  1,  Block  85,  Lot  No.  7  (50)   i,4CO  00 

Ward  No.  I,  Block  85,  Lot  No.  6  (51)   1,400  00 

Ward  No.  1,  Block  85,  Lot  No.  5  (52)  ?   1,400  00 


Total   S6.000  00 


I  have  been  unable  to  find  any  recorded  transfers  which  will  tend  to  show  a  value  for  these 
lots,  even  approaching  the  sum  asked  by  the  owners. 

In  my  opinion  the  price  asked,  mamely  Si2,ooo,  is  excessive,  and  I  would  deem  $8,500  as 
being  full  market  value. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  following  reports  and  resolutions  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education,  relative  to 
the  renewal  of  leases  of  building  on  Washington  avenue  and  building  on  Lincoln  avenue,  Rock- 
away  Beach  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  at  Rossville,  Borough  of  Richmond  and  No.  599  East  One 
Hundred  and  Fortieth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  :  % 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Queens  on  June  19,  1900,  requesting  that  the  lease  of  buildings  on 
Lincoln  avenue,  Rockaway  Beach,  and  on  Washington  avenue,  Rockaway  Beach,  be  renewed 
for  one  year,  from  January  1,  1900,  respectfully  reports  that  upon  investigation  it  is  found  that 
these  buildings  were  formerly  owned  by  the  School  Board  prior  to  consolidation  and  were  sold, 
pending  the  completion  of  Public  Schools  42,  43  and  44,  being  fully  equipped  for  such  use. 

The  rental  paid,  $50  per  month  each,  seems  large,  but  in  view  of  the  fact  that  there  are  no 
other  buildings  in  the  vicinity  to  be  obtained,  and  owing  to  complications  which  have  arisen  in 
completing  the  new  buildings,  it  is  recommended  that  the  request  of  the  Shcool  Board  be 
approved. 

The  following  resolution  is  presented  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  buildings  situated  on  Lincoln 
avenue,  Rockaway  Beach,  and  on  Washington  avenue.  Rockaway  Beach,  for  one  year,  from 
January  I,  1900,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  fifty  dollars  each. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  July  9,  1900. 

A.  E,  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 


July  24,  1900.] 


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To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
Schooi  Board  for  the  Borough  of  Richmond  on  June  14,  1900,  requesting  that  steps  be  taken  to 
renew  the  lease  of  the  premises  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  at  Rossville  (Bogardus  Corners),  Borough 
of  Richmond,  for  one  year  from  September  9,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  $400  per  year,  to  include  light, 
heat  and  janitor's  services,  respectfully  reports  that  the  matter  has  been  investigated  and  it  is 
found  that  the  premises,  are  required  for  school  purposes  for  a  longer  period,  and  therefore 
recommends  that  the  request  of  the  School  Board  be  approved. 

The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Zion 
Church  at  Rossville  (Bogardus  Corners),  Borough  cf  Richmond,  for  one  year  lrom  September  9, 
1903,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $400,  to  include  light,  heat  and  janitor's  services  ;  the  other  terms  to 
be  the  same  as  in  the  present  lease. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  July  9,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  lor  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  on  June  6,  1900,  requesting 
the  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  599  East  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  street,  occupied  by 
Public  School  143,  for  two  years  from  October  15,  1900,  the  date  of  expiration,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  $i,8oo  and  Croton  water  tax,  respectfully  reports  that  ihe  rental  asked  is  considered 
somewhat  excessive,  but  the  owner  refuses  to  make  :«.ny  concessions  either  in  regard  to  rental  or 
the  repairs,  etc.,  required  ;  and,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Borough  Superintendent  of  Schools 
has  reported  that  the  building  will  be  required  for  a  longer  period  to  accommodate  the  children 
in  that  vicinity,  recommends  that  the  request  of  the  School  Board  be  granted. 

The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  599  East  One  Hundred 
and  Fortieth  street,  Manhattan,  occupied  by  Public  School  143,  for  two  years  from  October  15, 
1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars  and  Croton  water  tax  ;  the  other 
terms  to  be  the  same  as  the  present  lease. 

A  true  copy  of  report  ?.nd  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  July  9,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER.  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  hereby  is  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 
of  leases  to  the  City  of  the  following-named  premises  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Education  : 

1.  Building  on  Washington  avenue  and  building  on  Lincoln  avenue,  Rockaway  Beach, 
Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  fifty  dollars  ($50) 
per  month  each,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease; 
S.Murray,  agent,  lessor. 

2.  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  at  Rossville,  Borough  of  Richmond,  for  a  term  of  one  year  lrom 
September  9,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  four  hundred  dollars  ($400),  payable  quarterly,  other- 


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wise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  the  Corporation  of 
the  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  lessor. 

V  3.  Premises  No.  599  East  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  occupied 
by  Public  School  143,  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  October  15,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  eighteen 
hundred  dollars  ($1,800)  and  Croton  water  taxes  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions 
as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  H.  M.  M.  S.  and  C.  P.  Sterling,  lessors. 

— the  Commissioneis  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  die  Board  of  Education  relative  to 
a  lease  of  store  in  premises  No.  1189  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  on  June  5,  1900,  recommending  that  the  store  in  the  building 
No.  1 189  Bedford  avenue,  Brooklyn,  be  hired  for  eighteen  months  from  September  1,  1900,  for 
the  relief  of  the  Commercial  High  School,  respectfully  reports  that  the  matter  has  been  investi- 
gated, and  it  is  found  that  the  premises  in  question  consist  of  a  store  floor  in  a  brick  and  brown- 
stone  building,  22  by  56  feet,  four  stories  high.  The  cost  of  fitting  up  this  floor  as  a  lecture  room 
and  laboratory  (the  purpose  desired)  will  be  about  $20,  and  the  rental  asked,  $45  per  month,  is 
considered  reasonable. 

It  is  therefore  recommended  that  the  request  of  the  School  Board  be  granted,  and  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store  in  building  No.  1 189  Bedford  avenue, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  eighteen  months  from  September  1,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  forty-five  dollars 
per  month,  the  Board  of  Education  to  make  the  necessary  repairs  ;  lessor.  George  Hoar,  No.  672 
St.  Mark's  avenue,  Brooklyn. 

A  true  copv  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  July  9,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

July  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  by  resolution  adopted  July  9,  1900,  requested  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store  in  the 
building  No.  1 189  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  eighteen  (18)  months  from  Septem- 
ber 1,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  $45  per  month,  the  Board  of  Education  to  make  the  necessary  repairs. 
Lessor,  George  Hoar,  No.  672  St.  Mark's  avenue,  Brooklyn. 

This  store  immediately  adjoins  No.  1 187  Bedford  avenue,  leased  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of 
Education  for  one  year  from  February  1,  1900,  at  $45  per  month,  upon  which  I  reported  under 
date  of  January  15,  and  considered  the  rental  asked  for  the  same  full  but  not  excessive. 


July  24,  1900.] 


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I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  lease  of  No.  1 189  Bedford  avenue  may  be  approved  on  the  same 

terms. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  George  Hoar,  of  the  store  in  the  building  No.  1189  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  eighteen  months  from  September  I,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  forty-five  dollars 
($45)  per  month,  the  Board  of  Education  to  make  the  necessary  repairs  ;  and  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the 
nterests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by 
sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  amend  resolution  authorizing  payment  of 
rent  of  premises  occupied  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Second  avenue 
and  Ninety-ninth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meet- 
ing held  May  18,  1900,  authorizing  the  Comptroller  to  pay  to  Jacob  Ruppert  the  sum  of  three 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($350),  being  rental  of  premises  occupied  by  the  Board  of  Education, 
on  the  southwest  corner  of  Second  avenue  and  Ninety-ninth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Treasurer  of  the  Department  of  Education  be  and  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  pay  to  Jacob  Ruppert  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($350)  per  month, 
for  a  period  of  four  months,  commencing  October  1,  1900,  for  the  use  and  occupation  by  the 
Board  of  Education  of  premises  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Second  avenue  and  Ninety-ninth 
street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  occupied  by  Public  School  109. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  resolution  relative  to  an  amendment  to 
resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the 
Department  of  Education  : 

July  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  meeting  held' March  21,  1900,  authorized 
the  lease  of  the  premises  No.  530  Rockaway  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  from  the 
date  of  occupation  until  May  1,  1901  ;  the  owner  to  furnish  water,  and  all  alterations,  etc.,  to  be 
made  by  the  City,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  $12.50. 


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The  owner,  Henry  Meyer,  declines  to  execute  the  lease  for  the  following  reasons  : 

First— That  during  the  month  of  November,  1899,  he  claims  to  have  made  a  tentative  agree- 
ment with  the  School  Board  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  to  lease  his  premises,  at  a  rental  of  $20 
-^per  month,  from  December  1,  1899*,  to  June  30,  1900,  and  in  consequence  was  obliged  to  eject  the 
tenant  of  the  premises  at  that  time. 

Second  -That  the  Board  of  Education  have  not,  up  to  now,  occupied  the  premises,  and 
during  that  time  he  has  refused  other  tenants,  and  hence  has  suffered  a  considerable  loss  in  rent. 

Mr.  Meyer  makes  a  new  proposition,  as  follows  : 

That  if  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  will  amend  their  resolution  of  March  21, 

1900,  by  inserting  the  words  "  for  a  term  from  March  21,  1900,  to  May  1,  1901,"  in  place  of  "  from 
date  of  occupation  to  May  1,  1901,"  he  will  execute  the  lease. 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  this  amendment  may  properly  be  made. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  March  21,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  to  the  City  of  the  building  known  as  No.  530  Rockaway 
avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Education,  for  a  term  from  the  date  of 
occupation  until  May  1,  1901,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  twelve  dollars  and  fifty  cents  ($12.50),  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  changing  the  term  of  the  lease  so  as  to  read  "for  a  term 
from  March  21,  1900,  to  May  1,  1901,"  in  place  of  "from  the  date  of  occupation  until  May  1, 

1901,  "  as  in  the  resolution. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  a  lease  of  the  basement  of  premises  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens  : 

New  York,  June  8,  1900. 
H011.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — This  Department  has  been  occupying  since  March  1,  1900,  the  ground  floor  of  the 
premises  known  as  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  in  the  Frst  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Queens,  under  a 
lease  from  Mary  L.  Dennler,  for  two  (2)  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  in  accordance  with 
two  resolutions  of  your  Board  dated,  respectively,  February  23  and  March  21,  1900. 

It  is  now  found  desirable  to  have  the  use  of  the  basement  also  beneath  the  said  premises  for  the 
purpose  of  storing  wood,  coal,  bicycles,  toilet  room,  etc.,  and  I  therefore  request  the  consent  and 
approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter, 
from  Mary  L.  Dennler  of  the  basement  of  premises  known  as  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  in  the  First 
Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  this  Department,  for  a  term  beginning  with  the 
date  of  occupation  and  until  March  1,  1902,  at  a  rental  of  $12  per  month,  payable  monthly  ;  the 
lessor  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  tenantable  condition,  and  to  pay  for  the  water  used 
upon  the  premises  during  the  term  of  the  lease. 

Respectfully, 

F.  M.  GIBSON, 
Deputy  Commissioner,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 

designated  with  full  powers  of  Commissioner, 


July  24,  1900.] 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

July  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — F.  M.  Gibson,  Deputy  and  Acting  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication 
under  date  of  June  8,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  from  Mary  L.  Dennler 
of  the  basement  of  premises  known  as  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  in  the  First  Ward  of  the  Borough  of 
Queens,  for  a  term  beginning  with  the  date  of  occupation  until  March  1,  1902,  at  a  rental  of  $12 
per  month,  payable  monthly  ;  the  lessor  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  good  tenantable  condi- 
tion, and  to  pay  for  the  water  used  upon  the  premises  during  the  term  of  the  lease. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  are  located  under  the  store 
at  present  leased  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning.  1  considered  the  price  asked 
excessive,  and  the  owner  now  submits  a  new  proposition  to  lease  the  same  at  a  monthly  rental  of 
$7,  which  I  consider  full  but  not  excessive. 

I  would  therefore  recommend  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  amend  their  reso- 
lutions of  February  23  and  March  21,  19CO,  by  providing  for  an  additional  payment  of  $7  monthly, 
from  August  i,  1900,  until  the  termination  of  the  lease,  for  the  use  of  the  basement  of  the  premises, 
with  right  of  entrance  to  same  from  Fourth  street  ;  the  owner  to  calcimine  the  ceilings  and  side 
walls,  place  the  floor  in  good  repair,  and  replace  the  present  water-closet  in  the  hallway  with  a 
new  one. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at 
meeting  held  February  23,  1900,  and  amended  at  meeting  held  March  21,  1900,  authorizing  a 
lease  of  the  ground  floor  of  premises  known  as  No.  48  Jackson  avenue,  in  the  First  Ward, 
Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
three  hundred  dollars  ($300),  payable  monthly,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  increasing 
the  rental  seven  dollars  ($7)  per  month  frcm  August  1,  1900,  until  the  termination  of  the  lease, 
for  the  use  of  the  basement  of  said  premises,  with  right  of  entrance  to  same  from  Fourth  street  ; 
the  owner  to  calcimine  the  ceilings  and  side  walls,  place  the  floor  in  good  repair,  and  replace  the 
present  water-closet  in  the  hallway  with  a  new  one. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  lease  of  the  first  floor  of  premises  No.  2237  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the 
Department  of  Street  Cleaning  : 

July  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
June  26,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
"  for  a  lease  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  from  Thomas  Dimond,  of 
'  the  first  floor  of  the  premises  No.  2237  Broadway,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of 


[July  24.  1900. 


"  this  Department  as  a  section  station,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  date  of  occupation,  at  the 
"  annual  rental  of  $600.  payable  quarterly  ;  the  lessor  to  pay  the  Croton  Water  charges  ;  the 
"  City  to  make  all  repairs. 

*\    "  The  above  premises  are  in  good  condition  and  consist  of  one  room  20  feet  by  45  feet." 

I  am  informed  by  Deputy  Commissioner  Gibson,  that  the  Department  has  been  in  need  of  a 
section  station  in  this  vicinity  for  over  two  years,  but  have  been  unable  to  secure  anything  until 
the  present  time. 

The  premises  formerly  consisted  of  a  one  and  a  half  story  and  basement  frame  building, 
situated  on  a  plot  of  land  25  feet  6%  inches  by  101  feet  2^  inches,  on  the  westerly  side  of  the 
Boulevard,  now  known  as  Broadway,  25  feet  6y2  inches  south  of  West  Eightieth  street.  This 
building  was  located  about  17  feet  back  of  the  street  line,  but  has  recently  been  altered  by 
building  a  one  story  brick  extension  to  the  street  line,  connecting  with  the  old  building  in  the 
rear.    The  building  is  piped  for  gas  and  will  have  to  be  heated  by  stoves. 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  rental  asked,  namely,  $600  per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  is 
just  and  fair,  and  that  ihe  owner  should  keep  the  premises  in  repair. 

The  lease  should  be  drawn  for  one  year  from  date  of  occupation. 

Respectfully, 

Approved  :  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  Thomas 
Dimond,  of  the  first  floor  of  the  premises  No.  2237  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term 
of  one  year  from  the  date  of  occupation,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred  dollars  ($600),  payable 
quarterly,  the  City  to  pay  the  Croton  water  charges  and  make  all  repairs — the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the 
interests  ot  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution,  relative  to  the  payment 
of  the  rent  of  room  No.  105  in  the  Stewart  Building,  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Finance  : 

July  7,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Pursuant  to  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
of  The  City  of  New  York,  on  the  nth  day  of  March,  1898,  the  premises,  room  No.  105  in  the 
Stewart  Building,  were  leased  by  The  City  of  New  York  from  Henry  Hilton,  for  a  term  of  one 
year,  to  date  from  the  17th  day  of  January,  1898,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1,400. 

The  premises  were  designed  for  the  use  of  Expert  Accountants  of  the  Department  of 
Finance,  who  did  occupy  and  use  them  until  the  termination  of  the  lease,  and  continued  so  to 
occupy  until  May  1,  1899,  awaiting  the  opportunity  to  secure  more  commodious  quarters. 

Quarterly  payments  were  regularly  made  until  the  expiration  of  the  lease,  January  17,  1899  ; 
but  as  the  lease  was  not  renewed,  no  payments  have  since  been  made,  and  the  amount  aggre- 
gating $400.56  is  justly  due  to  the  estate  of  Henry  Hilton,  and  for  which  request  has  been  made. 


July  24,  1900.] 


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It  is,  therefore,  recommended  that  a  resolution  be  presented  to  the  Board  of  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund,  authorizing  the  payment  of  the  said  sum  of  $400.56,  being  the  rent  of  the 
premises,  Room  No.  105  in  the  Stewart  Building,  from  January  17  to  May  I,  1899. 

Respectfully, 

ROBT.  H.  WEEMS,  Chairman  Expert  Accountants. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  the 
estate  of  Henry  Hilton  the  sum  of  four  hundred  dollars  and  fifty-six  cents  ($400.56),  being  the 
rental  of  Room  No.  105  in  the  Stewart  Building,  from  January  17  to  May  1,  1899,  used  and 
occupied  by  the  Expert  Accountants  of  the  Department  of  Finance. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Health  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  rooms  in  Bernhard's  court,  Nos.  372  and  374  Fulton  street,  Jamaica, 
Borough  of  Queens  : 

New  York,  July  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Health  held  at  its  office  on  the  21st  day  of  March,  1900, 
the  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  application  be  and  is  hereby  made  to  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund,  for  a  lease  of  the  second  floor,  consisting  of  four  rooms,  of  the  building  known 
as  Bernhard's,  located  at  Nos.  372  and  374  Fulton  street,  Jamaica,  Borough  of  Queens,  the  rental 
to  be  at  the  rate  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  per  annum,  and  the  lease  to  extend  from  July  1, 
1900,  to  July  1,  1901. 

A  true  copy. 

C.  GOLDERMAN,  Secretary  pro  tein. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  of  the  second  floor,  consisting  of  four  rooms  of  the  building 
known  as  "  Bernhard's  Court,"  located  at  Nos.  372  and  374  Fulton  street,  Jamaica,  Borough  of 
Queens,  from  Elizabeth  Bernhard  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  July  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000),  payable  quarterly,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Health; 
otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  previous  lease — the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for 
the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highways,  relative  to 
an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  lots  on  College  avenue  and  East  One  Hundred 
and  Forty-third  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

New  York,  July  3,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Commissioners  o  f  the  Sinking  Fund : 

DEAR  SIR — Referring  to  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  May  18 
and  June  27,  1900,  authorizing  a  renewal  of  the  lease  by  the  City  from  the  Mott  Haven  Company 


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[July  24,  1900. 


of  the  lots  on  College  avenue  and  East  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  Borough  of  The 
Bronx,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Highways,  I  heg  to  say  that  with  my  letter  to  you  of  June 
7  I  transmuted  a  copy  of  a  communication  from  Henry  H.Sherman,  attorney  for  the  Mott  Haven 
Company,  in  which  he  specified,  in  behalf  of  said  company,  as  one  ot  the  conditions  of  the  renewal 
of  the  lease,  that  the  company  should  comply  with  the  special  orders  or  directions  of  the  Board  of 
Health  heretofore  issued,  and  that  the  City  should  make  all  other  repairs  and  comply  in  all  other 
respects  with  the  sanitary  and  other  ordinances  of  the  City  Government,  and  pay  the  water  rents, 
if  any. 

By  a  letter  dated  June  29,  copy  of  which  is  herewith  inclosed,  Mr.  Sherman  calls  my  attention 
to  the  fact  that  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  provide  that  the 
lease  shall  be  renewed  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease, 
which  does  not  contain  the  condition  that  the  City  shall  make  repairs. 

I  inclose  a  copy  of  Mr.  Sherman's  second  communication  on  the  subject,  and  respectfully 
request  that  the  resolutions  heretofore  adopted  be  amended  so  as  to  provide  that  the  City  shall 
make  such  repairs  as  are  indicated  in  Mr.  Sherman's  letters,  and  pay  water  rent,  if  any,  or  that 
such  further  action  be  taken  as  your  Honorable  Body  may  deem  proper. 
Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

New  York,  June  29,  1900. 
Hon.  James  P.  Keating,  Commissioner  of  Highways*  No.  21  Park  Row,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  Sir — I  have  to-day  received  from  the  Comptroller's  office  a  copy  of  the  resolution  of 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  adopted  June  27,  amending  the  resolution  of  May  18,  so 
as  to  authorize  a  lease  to  the  City  from  the  Mott  Haven  Company  of  nine  lots  on  College  avenue, 
between  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  and  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fourth  streets,  for  the  use  of 
your  Department,  as  a  yard  and  stable  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  at  a  rental  of  $1,500  per 
annum.  There  was  considerable  negotiation  upon  the  subject  of  this  lease  between  the  company 
and  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Highways  for  the  Bronx,  Mr.  Maloney,  which  resulted  finally  in 
my  submitting  to  you  through  him,  under  date  of  May  29,  a  letter  which  stated  exactly  the  terms  of 
the  understanding  arrived  at,  and  which  met  with  his  approval,  and,  I  believe,  with  yours.  You 
transmitted  a  copy  of  my  said  letter  of  May  29  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners.  I  have  no 
doubt  that  your  letter  was  intended  to  recommend  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  the  adoption 
of  a  resolution  for  a  lease  in  exact  accordance  with  the  terms  of  my  letter  ;  but  your  letter  was 
perhaps  not  explicit  enough,  or  at  least  misunderstood  by  the  Comptroller's  Engineer,  so  that  the 
terms  agreed  upon  were  omitted.  I  beg  to  suggest,  therefore,  that  you  recommend  to  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  add  to  the  amended  resolution  the  following  words,  which  are 
practically  quoted  from  my  letter  :  "  The  said  Company  to  comply  with  the  special  orders  or 
directions  of  the  Board  of  Health  issued  prior  to  May  29,  1900,  with  regard  to  the  two  lots  on  the 
northeast  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and  College  avenue  ;  the  City  to  do  all 
other  repairs  and  to  comply  in  all  other  respects  with  the  sanitary  and  other  ordinances  of  the 
City  Government  during  said  term,  and  to  pay  the  water  rent,  if  any." 

The  main  point  of  the  matter  is  that  the  Company  is  absolutely  unwilling  to  agree  to  make 
any  repairs  in  respect  to  these  premises  (excepting  as  to  the  two  specific  items  ordered  by  the 
Health  Board  which  were  agreed  upon  as  a  compromise  with  the  Deputy  Commissioner),  inas- 
much as  the  Company  regards  the  lots  as  substantially  vacant.  The  prior  lease  by  inadvertence 
provided  that  the  lessor  should  make  repairs  ;  but  this  was  never  intended,  and  was  never  agreed 
to,  being  improperly  inserted  in  the  lease.  The  Croton  rents  have  always  been  payable  by  the 
City.  Your  obedient  servant, 

HENRY  II.  SHERMAN,  Attorney  for  the  Mott  Haven  Company. 


July  24,  1900.] 


3H 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  May 
18,  1900,  and  amended  June  27,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  lots  on  College  avenue  and  East  One 
Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  High- 
ways, be  and  the  same  is  hereby  further  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  from  the  Mott  Haven  Company,  of  premises  on  the  northeast 
corner  of  East  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street,  and  College  avenue  and  seven  lots  on  the 
north  side  of  College  avenue,  now  used  as  a  yard  and  stable  by  the  Department  of  Highways,  in 
the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,500),  payable  quarterly  ;  the  owners  to  comply  with  the  special  orders 
or  directions  of  the  Board  of  Health  issued  prior  to  May  29,  1900,  with  regard  to  the  two  lots  on 
the  northeast  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and  College  avenue  ;  the  City  to  do 
all  other  repairs  and  to  comply  in  all  other  respects  with  the  sanitary  and  other  ordinances  of  the 
City  Government  during  said  term,  and  to  pay  the  water  rent,  if  any,  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of 
the  City  that  such  lease  be  made." 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  on  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the 
Fire  Department  : 

July  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Mr.  John  Reis,  owner  of  premises  in  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  which  are  occupied  as  quarters  for  Engine  50,  submits  the  following  proposal  : 

"  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July  14,  1900. 

'•Mr.  M.  T.  Daly  : 

"  Dear  Sir — In  reference  to  engine-house  at  Parkville,  will  say  that  I  will  execute  a  lease 
from  August  I,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  $550  per  annum  for  5  years,  rent  now  due  from  City  must  be 
paid  at  the  rate  of  $700  per  annum  to  August  I,  1900. 

"  Yours,  etc., 

"(Signed)  JOHN  REIS." 

On  application  for  a  yearly  renewal  of  old  lease,  dated  July  12,  1895,  I  stated  in  my  report  of 
October  31,  1898,  that  the  rental,  5700  per  annum,  was  excessive,  and  recommended  $550  as  a 
very  liberal  yearly  rent  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  December  21,  1898, 
authorized  the  Comptroller  to  pay  for  the  use  and  occupation  of  these  premises  to'January  I,  1899, 
at  the  rate  of  $700  per  annum,  and  requested  the  Fire  Department  to  obtain  other  quarters  as 
speedily  as  practicable. 

Hon.  John  J.  Scannell,  Commissioner  of  the  Fire  Department,  in  communication  of  May 
18,  1900,  calls  attention  to  the  non-payment  of  rent  of  certain  premises  in  Brooklyn,  and  incloses 
a  report  of  Deputy  Commissioner  Tully,  who  says  he  has, continued  the  use  of  the  building 
even  though  the  lease  had  expired,  because  no  other  more  satisfactory  arrangement  could  be 


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[July  24,  1900. 


made  ;  that  the  section  of  the  city  in  which  said  premises  are  located  is  thinly  settled  and  as  a 
result  it  has  been  impossible  to  secure  other  accommodations. 

On  the  request  of  Commissioner  Scannell  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  on  June 
^  1900,  passed  the  following  resolution  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  leases  to 
"  the  City  of  the  following  described  property  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department  : 

*********** 

"  Premises  on  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Parkville,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  tor  a  term 
"  of  two  years  from  January  I,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
"  ($55°)'  Payable  quarterly  ;  John  Reis,  lessor.    *    *    *  " 

This  Mr.  Reis,  the  owner,  refused,  and  submitted  his  proposal  dated  July  14,  1900, 
addressed  to  the  Deputy  Comptroller. 

In  view  of  all  the  facts  and  circumstances,  and  that  Deputy  Commissioner  Tully  has 
expressed  his  approval  to  lease  the  premises  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  August  1,  1900,  I 
would  recommend  that  the  proposition  of  Mr.  Reis  be  accepted,  and  the  resolution  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  of  June  6,  1900,  be  rescinded. 

And  that  the  rent  from  January  1,  1899,  to  August  1,  1900,  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  $700  per 
annum,  and  a  lease  be  made  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  August  I,  1900,  at  a  yearly  rental  of 
$550  ;  lessor  to  make  all  outside  repairs,  pay  all  taxes  and  assessments  and  ground  water  rent  ; 
the  City  to  make  all  interior  repairs,  also  to  pay  for  water  used. 

As  noted  in  my  original  report  of  October  31,  1898,  the  roof  and  apparatus  floor  should  be 
repaired. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meet- 
ing held  June  6,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  on  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street, 
Parkville,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
rescinded  ;  and 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  John 
Reis  the  rental  ot  premises  occupied  by  the  Fire  Department  on  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second 
street,  Parkville,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  at  the  rate  of  seven  hundred  dollars  ($700)  per  annum, 
from  January  1,  1899,  to  August  1,  1900;  and 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  John  Reis,  of  premises  on  Lawrence  avenue,  near  Second  street,  Parkville,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  August  I,  1900,  at  a  yearly  rental  of  five  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  ($550),  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  make  all  outside  repairs,  pay  all  taxes  and 
assessments  and  ground  water  rent  ;  the  City  to  make  all  interior  repairs,  also  to  pay  for  water 
used.  The  lessor  to  repair  the  roof  and  apparatus  floor  before  the  execution  of  the  lease  ;  and 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel, 
as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


July  24,  1900.] 


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The  Comptroller' presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  proposed  lease  of  the  second  floor  of  premises  Nos.  115  and  117  Fifth  street,  Borough  of 
Queens,  for  the  First  District  Magistrate's  Court  : 

Tune  27,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Colek,  Co?nptroller  : 

Sir — I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  on  the  second  floor  of  the 
building  known  as  Nos.  115  and  117  Fifth  street,  in  the  First  Ward,  Borough  of  Queens,  pro- 
posed to  be  leased  by  the  City  for  the  First  District  Magistrate's  Court,  and  beg  to  report  as 
follows  : 

The  building,  which  is  located  on  a  plot  of  ground  50  feet  by  100  feet  on  the  north  side  of 
Fifth  street,  between  Vernon  avenue  and  Jackson  avenue,  is  a  three -story  and  basement  brick 
structure  with  the  height  of  four  stories,  and  is  known  as  St.  Mary's  Lyceum,  and  owned  by 
the  Rev.  John  McGuire. 

The  rooms  proposed  to  be  leased  are  situated  on  the  second  floor,  and  are  seven  (7)  in  number, 
as  follows  : 

Square  Feet. 


Room  1,  Court   940 

"     2,  Stenographers   192 

"    3>Judges   25l 

k'    4,  Storage   243 

"    6,  Prisoners'  Pen   243 

"     7,  Complaint  Clerk   265 

"    8,  Lawyers   202 

Total   2,336 


At  a  rental  of  $150  per  month,  the  rate  per  square  foot  per  annum  would  be  seventy-seven 
cents,  which,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  no  light,  heat  or  services  of  janitor  are  included,  I  should 
consider  excessive. 

Taking  into  account  the  fact  that  a  Magistrate's  Court  does  not  furnish  the  lessor  with  the 
most  desirable  tenants,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  a  rental  of  $100  per  month  would  be  just  and 
fair. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  Rev. 
John  McGuire  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($150)  per  month,  from  month  to  month 
from  the  date  of  occupation,  for  the  use  of  rooms  Nos.  I,  2,  3,  4,  6,  7  and  8  on  the  second  floor 
of  the  building  known  as  Nos.  115  and  117  Fifth  street,  in  the  First  Ward,  Borough  of  Queens, 
occupied  by  the  First  District  City  Magistrate's  Court. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  Justice  Gerard  B.  Van  Wart  relative  to  a 
lease  of  the  church  building  located  on  Bridge  street,  south  of  Myrtle  avenue,  for  the  Second  Dis- 
trict Municipal  Court  : 

June  19,  1900. 

To  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  0/  The  City  oj  ATew  York  : 

The  undersigned,  Justice  of  the  Municipal  Court  of  The  City  of  New  York  respectfully  submits 
the  following  statement  and  application  ; 


[July  24,  1900. 


That  the  undersigned  is  a  Justice  of  the  Municipal  Court  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  and 
for  the  Second  District  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which  Court  is  now  held  on  the  second  floor  of 
a  tenement  house  at  No.  794  Broadway,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  the  lease  of  which  premises  expires 
on  the  first  of  November,  1900. 

The  undersigned  respectfully  requests  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  lease  the 
building  formerly  occupied  as  a  church,  located  on  the  east  side  of  Bridge  street,  about  160  feet 
south  of  Myrtle  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  uses  of  such  court  for  a  term  com- 
mencing the  first  day  of  November,  1900,  which  building  is  now  offered  to  the  City  by  the 
owners,  the  Central  Baptist  Church,  for  the  uses  of  such  court,  at  the  yearly  rental  of  $3,000 
per  year,  their  agent  being  Robert  Lead  better,  Esq.,  whose  address  is  on  the  corner  of  Bridge 
and  Concord  streets,  Brooklyn. 

The  undersigned  further  states  that  the  room  at  present  occupied  by  such  court  is  in  every 
way  unsuitable  for  the  purposes  of  such  court.  The  location  is  unsuitable  for  the  reason  that  it 
is  on  the  extreme  northerly  end  of  the  court  district,  the  opposite  side  of  the  street  being  out  of 
the  court  jurisdiction,  whereas  the  district  extends  more  than  five  miles  in  a  southerly  direction. 
It  is  also  difficult  of  access  irom  other  parts  of  the  district,  it  being  necessary  to  take  from  one  to 
three  lines  of  cars  and  pay  two  or  more  fares  to  get  to  the  court  from  the  southerly  end  of  the 
dislricr.  The  room  occupied  by  the  court  is  too  small  for  the  purposes  of  the  court,  being  only 
about  35  feet  wide  by  about  40  feet  deep.  The  ceiling  is  about  II  feet  high  and  the  stairway 
leading  from  the  street  to  the  court-room  is  about  2  feet  wide.  The  place  is  dark  and  poorly 
ventilated.  The  place  has  been  condemned  by  the  Board  of  Health  and  the  Building  Department, 
as  being  unfit  for  the  uses  of  the  court.  The  elevated  railroad  runs  to  within  a  few  feet  of  the 
front  windows  of  the  building,  and  trolley  cars  also  run  through  the  street. 

The  City  is  paying  $1,000  per  year  rent,  whereas  the  actual  rental  value  of  the  premises  is 
from  $250  to  $300. 

The  building  referred  to  is  a  large,  well  ventilated  brick  building,  formerly  occupied  as  a 
church.  Its  location  is  easy  of  access  by  one  line  of  cars  from  any  point  in  the  judicial  district, 
and  is  very  near  the  centre  of  the  court  district.    The  rent  asked  is  $3,000  per  year. 

The  undersigned  further  desires  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  to  the  sections  of  the  Charter  empowering  such  Commissioners  tc  make  a  lease  of  the 
building  hereinbefore  referred  to,  without  any  action  on  the  part  of  the  Municipal  Assembly. 
Section  54  of  the  Charter  provides  that  the  Municipal  Assembly  may  assign  the  places  where  the 
several  Municipal  Courts  shall  be  held  in  each  district,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law. 
Section  137 1  of  the  Charter  provides  that  the  Municipal  Court  shall  be  held  in  each  district  at 
places  provided  by  the  Municipal  Assembly.  Section  217  of  the  Charter,  however,  provides 
that  applications  must  be  presented  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  and  that  said  Commis- 
sioners may  authorize  the  lease  of  such  premises  as  are  set  forth  in  their  resolution. 

It  is  apparent  that  the  provisions  of  section  137 1  of  the  Charter,  authorizing  the  Municipal 
Assembly  to  provide  places  lor  holding  Municipal  Caurts,  are  without  force  or  effect,  for  the 
reason  that  the  Municipal  Assembly  has  no  power  to  make  leases  and  therefore  cannot  provide 
any  building.  The  provisions  of  section  54.  providing  that  the  Municipal  Assembly  may  assign 
the  places,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  clearly  places  it  in  the  power  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund,  in  their  discretion,  to  lease  premises  for  such  purposes,  being 
within  the  exception  covering  this  case.  If  it  were  otherwise,  the  Municipal  Assembly  might 
continuously  designate  a  place  for  the  holding  of  the  courts  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund  could  continuously  refuse  to  lease,  thus  making  a  conflict  of  power  not  intended  by 
the  Charter. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

G.  B.  VAN  WART, 


July  24,  1900.] 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  : 

July  16,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  G.  B.  Van  Wart,  Justice  ot  the  Second  District  Municipal  Court,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  June  19,  1900,  requests  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  a  lease,  -for  the  use  of  the  said  court,  of  the  church  building  located  on 
the  easterly  side  of  Bridge  street,  150  feet  south  of  Myrtle  avenue,  for  a  term  commencing 
November  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $3,000.  Owners,  Central  Baptist  Church  of  Brooklyn  ; 
Edward  Leadbetter,  President,  Board  of  Trustees. 

Judge  Van  Wart  further  states  that  the  present  location  of  the  court  on  the  second  floor  of 
the  building  No.  794  Broadway,  Williamsburg,  is  unsuitable  for  the  following  reasons  : 

1st.  That  the  location  is  on  the  extreme  northerly  end  of  the  municipal  district,  which 
extends  in  a  southerly  direction  for  a  distance  of  over  five  miles,  and  hence  works  a  great  hard- 
ship on  a  majority  of  those  compelled  to  attend,  on  account  of  the  distance  to  be  travelled  to  and 
from  court,  time  and  expense  being  at  the  maximum. 

2d.  That  the  quarters  are  entirely  inadequate  in  size,  have  insufficient  light,  are  poorly  ven- 
tilated, are  extremely  noisy  on  account  of  the  close  proximity  of  elevated  and  surface  roads  on 
Broadway,  and  have  been  condemned  by  the  Board  of  Health  as  unfit  for  court  purposes. 

3d.  That  the  rental  paid,  $1,000  per  annum,  is  excessive  for  the  accommodations. 

These  defects,  as  enumerated,  appear  to  me  well  founded  in  fact,  and  in  explanation  of  the  exces- 
sive rental  claimed,  I  beg  to  state  that  an  old  lease  made  with  the  former  City  of  Brooklyn  of  these 
premises  for  a  term  of  five  years  at  $1,250  was  renewed  by  The  City  of  New  York  last  year  for 
one  year  expiring  November  1,  1900,  at  the  reduced  rental  of  $1,000,  with  the  condition  that  the 
space  rented  should  be  increased  one-third — the  best  terms  obtainable  uuder  the  circumstances. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  proposed  to  be  leased,  which 
consist  of  a  one-story  and  cellar  brick  church  structure,  with  the  height  of  three  stories,  about 
65  feet  square,  with  a  two-story  brick  extension  30  feet  by  65  feet  in  the  rear,  giving  available 
floor  space  of  7,300  square  feet,  exclusive  of  a  12-foot  gallery  which  runs  on  three  sides  of  the 
main  building. 

The  building  is  heated  by  two  furnaces  in  the  cellar  and  is  in  fairly  good  condition,  and  at 
present  used  for  church  purposes. 

I  have  conferred  with  Mr.  Edward  Leadbetter  of  Bridge  and  Concord  streets,  the  President 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Central  Baptist  Church,  and  on  behalf  of  the  church  he'submits 
a  proposition,  as  follows  : 

To  lease  to  The  City  of  New  York  the  church  building  located  as  above,  for  a  term  of  five 
(5)  years,  with  a  privilege  of  renewal  for  a  like  term,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $2,500  ;  the 
owners  to  paint  the  exterior  of  the  building,  repair  the  railing  and  stone  coping,  and  put  the 
heating  apparatus  in  perfect  repair. 

The  premises  are  valued  on  the  tax  books  for  1900  at  $20,000  and  are  exempt  from  taxation, 
being  used  for  church  purposes. 

I  am  informed  that  the  premises  are  held  at  a  price  of  $40,000,  but  in  my  opinion  the 
market  value  will  not  exceed  $31,000,  which  at  a  rental  of  $2,500  per  annum  is  on  an  8  per  cent, 
basis,  which  I  consider  just  and  fair. 

The  owners  should  be  required,  in  addition  to  making  the  repairs  as  above,  to  keep  the  roof 
and  exterior  in  repair  during  the  term  of  the  lease,  and  in  order  that  such  minor  alterations  as 
shall  be  necessary  to  be  made  by  the  City  may  be  completed  before  November  1,  I  would  sug- 
gest that  the  lease  date  from  October  1,  1900. 


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I  beg  to  call  your  attention  to  another  portion  of  Judge  Van  Wai  t's  letter,  in  which  a  point 
of  law  is  raised  regarding  the  designation  of  the  premises  for  court  purposes. 

Respectfully, 

^  EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  :    Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Which  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  an  opinion  as  to  the  points  raised  in 
Judge  Van  Wart's  letter. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  rela- 
tive to  a  payment  to  Charles  Hart  of  $285  for  extra  work,  etc.  : 

New  York,  July  10,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Armory  Board,  held  July  9,  1900,  the  following  was 
adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  to  pay  to  Charles  Hart  the  sum  of  two  hun- 
"  dred  and  eighty-five  dollars  ($285),  in  full,  for  extra  work  in  connection  with  his  contract  for 
"  the  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  rifle  range  in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Build- 
"  ing,  and  an  alteration  to  the  Seventy-first  Regiment  Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Man- 
iC  hattan,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  respectfully  requested  to  concur  in 
"  the  same." 

The  voucher  is  herewith  transmitted. 

Yours  truly, 

THOS.  L.  FEITNER,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  the  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Armory  Board  at  meeting  held  July  9,  1900,  authorizing  and  requesting  the 
Comptroller  to  pay  to  Charles  Hart  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars  ($285)  in  full 
for  extra  work  in  connection  with  his  contract  for  the  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  rifle 
range  in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building,  and  alteration  to  the  Seventy-first  Regiment 
Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  ot  Manhattan. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  relative 
to  a  payment  to  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  of  $118.56,  for  professional  services,  etc. 

New  York,  July  10,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Armory  Board,  held  July  9,  1900,  the  following  was 
adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  to  pay  to  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery,  archi- 
"  tects,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighteen  dollars  and  fifty-six  cents  ($118.56),  in  full  for 
"  professional  services  in  preparing  plans  and  specifications  and  supervision  of  extra  work  and 
"  contract  work  for  the  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  rifle  range  in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment 
"  Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  an  alteration  to  the  Seventy-first  Regiment 


July  24,  1900.] 


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"  Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
"  Fund  be  respectfully  requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 
The  voucher  is  herewith  transmitted. 

Yours  truly, 

THOS.  L.  FEITNER,  Secretary. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  the  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Armory  Board  at  meeting  held  July  9,  1900,  authorizing  and  requesting  the 
Comptroller  to  pay  to  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and 
eighteen  dollars  and  fifty-six  cents  ($118.56)  in  full  for  professional  services  in  preparing  plans 
and  specifications  and  supervision  of  extra  work  and  contract  work  for  the  alteration  and 
improvement  to  the  rifle  range  in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  and  an  alteration  to  the  Seventy-first  Regiment  Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of 
Manhattan. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  proposed  purchase  by  the  Department  of 
Docks  and  Ferries  from  Maurice  D.  Barry  of  his  half  interest  in  Pier,  old  54,  at  the  foot  of  Jack- 
son street,  East  river. 

July  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  in  communication  of  June  1,  1900.  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  transmits  :  "Copy  of  agreement  entered  into  between  this 
M  Department  and  Maurice  D.  Barry  for  the  purchase  of  his  half  interest  in  Pier,  old  54,  at  the 
"  foot  of  Jackson  street,  East  river,  for  submission  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
"  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  822  of  charter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897." 

The  agreement  is  to  purchase  : 

"  All  the  right,  title  and  interest  in  and  to  the  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easements  and 
"  privileges,  etc.,  appurtenant  to  the  pier  at  the  foot  of  Jackson  street,  known  as  Pier,  old  54, 
"  East  river,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  of  New  York,  not  now  owned  by  The  City  of  New 
"  York,  for  the  sum  of  thirty-three  thousand  (33,000)  dollars  lawful  money  of  the  United  States 
"  of  America,  or  by  warrant  on  the  City  Treasury  for  that  amount." 

"  Subject  nevertheless  to  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund." 

This  half  of  the  old  dilapidated  pier,  which  it  is  proposed  to  purchase,  is  assessed  on  the  tax 
books  at  $6,000,  and  the  price  agreed  upon,  $33,000,  is  5^  times  this  valuation.  I  consider  the 
price  altogether  too  high. 

I  am  of  the  opinion,  that  where  there  are  so  many  uncertain  factors  to  be  considered,  if 
such  property  is  necessary  for  the  improvement  of  the  water-front,  it  ought  to  be  acquired  by 
condemnation  proceedings. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


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[July  24,  1900. 


Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  ot  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  refuse  to  approve  the  agree- 
ment entered  into  by  the  Board  of  Docks  with  Maui  ice  D.  Barry  for  the  acquisition  of  certain 
wharfage  right-,  etc.,  appertaining  to  the  pier  at  the  foot  of  Jackson  street,  East  river. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries 
relative  to  the  purchase  from  James  Keese  of  his  forty-eight  feet  of  bulkhead  westerly  of  the  west- 
erly line  of  Clinton  street,  East  river: 

New  York,  June  1,  1900. 
Hon.  RoiiERT  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  and  Chairman  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Sir— I  transmit  herewith  c  >py  of  agreement  entered  into  between  this  Department  and 
James  Keese  for  the  purchase  of  his  forty-eight  feet  of  bulkhead  westerly  of  the  westerly  line  of 
Clinton  street,  East  river,  for  submission  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  section  822  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 

Yours  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  BURKE,  Secretary. 

This  agreement  made  and  entered  on  the  9th  day  of  May,  1900,  by  and  between  James 
Keese,  party  of  the  first  part,  and  The  City  of  New  York,  acting  by  the  Board  of  Docks  of  said 
City,  party  of  the  second  part,  witnesseth  : 

Whereas,  The  said  party  of  the  first  part  is  the  proprietor  of  all  the  wharfage  rights,  terms, 
easements  and  privileges,  etc  ,  appertaining  to  the  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street, 
beginning  at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Clinton  street  produced  and  run- 
ning thence  westerly  along  the  southerly  side  of  South  street,  about  forty-eight  feet  ; 

Whereas,  By  section  822  of  chapter  378of  the  Laws  of  1897,  the  Board  of  Docks  of  The 
City  of  New  York  is  authorized  to  acquire  by  purchase  in  the  name  of  and  for  ihe  benefit  of  the 
Corporation  of  The  City  of  New  York  wharf  property  in  said  city,  and  all  rights  appertaining 
thereto  not  now  owned  by  th:  Corporation  of  The  City  of  New  York,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  to  pay  to  such  owners  the  price  agreed  ;  and 

Whereas,  The  said  party  of  the  second  part  is  desirous  of  acquiring  said  wharfage  rights,  terms, 
easements  and  privileges  heretofore  described,  not  now  owned  by  The  City  of  New  York,  in 
accordance  with  the  conditions  of  a  certain  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Docks,  passed  the  30th  day 
of  March,  1 900,  and  which  said  resolution  is  as  follows,  to  wit  : 

"  Whereas,  by  section  822  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897,  the  Board  of  Docks  of  The 
'*  City  of  New  York  is  authorized  to  acquire,  in  the  name  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  Corporation 
"  of  The  City  of  New  York,  wharf  property  in  said  City,  and  all  rights,  terms,  easements  aud 
"  privileges  pertaining  thereto,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
"  and  agree  with  the  owners  of  any  such  property  rights,  terms,  easements  or  privileges  upon  a 
'•  price  for  the  same,  and,  in  case  ot  failure  to  agree  upon  a  price  to  initiate  legal  proceedings  to 
"  acquire  the  same  for  the  improvement  of  the  water-front  of  said  city  ;  and 

''Whereas,  The  Board  of  Docks  is  desirous  of  acquiring,  in  the  name  and  tor  the  benefit  of 
"  The  City  of  New  York,  the  following  described  premises,  to  wit  : 

"  All  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easement-*,  emoluments  and  privdeges  appurtenant  to  the 
f*  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street,  beginning  at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the 
"  westerly  line  of  Clinton  street  produced,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  along  the  southerly 
t*  side  of  South  street  about  48  feet  ;  and 


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"  Whereas,  It  appears  that  James  Keese  is  the  owner  in  fee  simple  of  the  above-described 
"  premises,  together  with  all  hereditaments,  including  the  riparian  and  wharfage  rights  ; 

"  Resolved,  That  this  Board  offers  to  pay  for  a  good  and  sufficient  title  thereto,  free  from 
'*  all  incumbrances,  the  sum  of  nine  thousand  six  hundred  dollars,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
"  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  ; 

"  Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  preamble  and  resolutions  be  served  upon  James  Keese, 
"  and  that  he  be  and  hereby  is  requested,  within  ten  days  from  receipt  thereof,  to  notify  this 
"  Board,  in  writing,  whether  he  will  sell  the  said  riparian  and  wharfage  rights  and  interests  as  afore- 
"  said  to  The  City  of  New  York  for  the  price  above-mentioned,  and  in  the  event  that  the  said 
"  James  Keene  shall  fail  to  notify  this  Board  of  his  w  illingness  to  so  convey  the  respective  rights 
"  and  interests  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  deemed  that  no  price  can  be  agreed  upon  for  the  purchase 
"  of  said  property  between  the  owner  thereof  and  this  Department."  . 

Now,  therefore,  this  agreement  witnesseth,  That  the  said  party  of  the  first  part;  for  and  in 
consideration  of  the  premises,  and  in  the  sum  of  one  dollar  to  him  in  hand  paid  by  the  said  party 
of  the  second  part,  the  receipt  whereof  is  hereby  acknowledged,  hereby  agrees  to  sell  and  convey 
by  good  and  sufficient  deeds  of  conveyance  unto  the  said  party  of  the  second  part, 

All  the  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easements  and  privileges  appurtenant  to  the  bulkhead  on  the 
southerly  side  of  South  street,  beginning  at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of  Clinton 
street,  produced,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  along  the  southerly  side  of  South  street  about 
forty-eight  feet,  for  the  sum  of  nine  thousand  six  hundred  dollars,  lawful  money  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  or  by  warrant  on  the  City  Treasury  for  that  amount  ; 

It  being  stipulated  by  the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  is  of  the  essence  of  this  agreement,  that 
the  said  party  of  the  first  part  is  to  convey,  or  cause  to  be  conveyed,  good  title  to  the  said 
wharfage  rights,  terms  easements  and  privileges  in  and  to  the  said  forty-eight  feet  of  bulkhead 
with  the  rights  to  the  lands  under  water  and  riparian  and  other  rights,  if  any,  in  front  thereof 
and  connected  therewith  not  now  owned  by  The  City  of  New  York  or  by  the  People  of  the  State 
of  New  York. 

And  the  said  party  hereto  of  the  second  part  hereby  agrees  to  purchase  the  right,  title  and 
interest  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  of,  in  and  to  said  wharf  property,  and  to  pay  said 
party  of  the  first  part  therefor  the  said  sum  of  nine  thousand  six  hundred  dollars  in  the  manner 
aforesaid  on  the  29th  day  of  June,  1900,  subject,  nevertheless,  to  the  approval  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

And  it  is  further  agreed  that  said  deed  or  deeds  shall  be  delivered  and  the  consideration 
paid  at  the  office  of  the  Comptroller  of  The  City  of  New  York  on  the  29th  day  of  June  at  12 
o'clock  M. ,  and  that  the  consideration  may  be  paid  in  a  warrant  or  warrants  of  the  said  Comp- 
troller drawn  in  favor  of  the  party  of  the  fiist  part,  and  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  on  receiv- 
ing such  payment  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  above  mentioned  shall,  at  his  own  proper  costs 
and  expense,  execute,  acknowledge  and  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  executed,  acknowledged  and 
delivered  to  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  a  proper  deed  for  the  conveyance  and  assurance 
to  them  of  all  the  said  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easements  and  privileges  hereinbefore  men- 
tioned, free  and  clear  in  all  respects  of  all  charges,  liens  and  incumbrances  of  whatever  kind, 
name  or  nature. 

And  it  is  further  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed  by  and  between  the  several  parties  hereto 
that  this  contract  is  made  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and 
the  said  party  of  the  second  part  hereby  agrees  to  submit  this  contracf  to  said  Commissioners  for 
approval,  and  to  serve  written  notice  of  the  action  of  said  Commissioners  upon  the  party  of  the 
first  part  within  days  from  the  date  thereof,  and  that  unless  said  Commissioners  shall 

approve  the  same,  and  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  serve  said  notice  within  thirty 
days  as  aforesaid,  unless  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  complete  this  contract,  if  approved, 


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on  the  29th  day  of  June,  1900,  as  hereinbefore  mentioned,  this  contract  shall,  at  the  option  of 
the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  be  utterly  void,  it  being  expressly  understood  that  time  is  of  the 
essence  of  this  contract,  and  that  the  stipulations  aforesaid  arc  to  apply  to  and  bind  the  successors 
^r  assigns  of  the  respective  parties. 

In  w  itness  whereof,  the  Board  of  Docks  has  executed  these  presents  for  and  on  behalf  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  and  has  caused  the  seal  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  to  be  here- 
unto affixed,  attested  and  proved  by  its  Secretary,  and  the  party  of  the  first  part  has  hereunto  set 
his  hand  and  seal  the  day  and  year  first  above  written,  and  the  parties  hereto  have  executed  this 
agreement  in  four  parts,  one  of  which  is  to  remain  with  the  party  of  the  first  part,  one  with  the 
Board  of  Docks,  one  with  the  Corporation  Counsel,  and  one  with  the  Comptroller  of  The  City  of 
New  York. 

JAMES  KEESE, 
By  Smith  Ely,  his  attorney  in  fact  and  of  record. 
J.  SERGEANT  CRAM,  Commissioner. 
CHARLES  F.  MURPHY,  Commissioner. 
PETER  F.MEYER,  Commissioner. 

Signed  and  sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of  (as  to  the  signature  of  James  Keese) 
Wm.  II.  Ely. 

Daniel  D.  Barry  (as  to  officers  of  the  Board  of  Docks). 
Attest  : 

[seal]  Wm.  H.  Burke,  Secretary. 

Approved  as  to  form  : 

John  Whalen,  Corporation  Counsel. 

State  of  New  York,  City  of  New  York,  County  of  New  York,-  ss.  : 

On  this  291I1  day  of  May,  1900,  before  me  personally  appeared  William  H.  Burke,  to  me  per- 
sonally known,  who  being  by  me  duly  sworn,  did  depose  and  say  : 

I  reside  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  in  The  City  of  New  York  ;  I  am  the  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Docks,  which  execuied  the  above  instrument  ;  I  know  the  seal  of  the  Department  of 
Docks  and  Ferries  ;  the  seal  affixed  10  said  instrument  is  the  common  seal  of  the  Department  of 
Docks  and  Parries  ;  it  was  so  affixed  by  order  of  the  said  Board  of  Docks,  and  I  signed  my  name 
thereto  by  like  order. 

DAN'L  D.  BARRY, 
Commissioner  of  Deeds,  New  York  City,  No.  93. 

State  of  New  York,  County  of  New  York,  City  of  New  York,  ss.  : 

On  this  23d  day  of  May,  19CO,  before  me  personally  came  Smith  Ely,  the  attorney  of  James 
Keese,  known  to  me  to  be  the  individual  described  in  and  who,  as  such  attorney,  executed  the 
within  instrument,  and  acknowledged  that  he  executed  the  same  as  the  act  and  deed  of  James 
Keese  therein  described,  for  the  purposes  therein  mentioned,  by  virtue  of  the  power  of  attorney 
duly  executed  by  the  said  James  Keese,  bearing  date  the  12th  day  of  February  in  the  year  1886  and 
recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Register  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  New  York,  on  the  29th  day 
of  May  in  the  year  1886,  in  Liber  20  ol  Powers  of  Attorney,  page  174. 

[seal]  O.  B.  LEWIS,  Notary  Public,  Kings  County. 

Certificate  filed  in  New  York  County. 


July  24,  1900.J 


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In  connection  therewith,  ihe  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

July  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Colkr,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries,  in  communication  of  June  I,  1900,  to  the  Com- 
"  missioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  submits  "a  copy  of  an  agreement  entered  into  between  the 
"  Department  and  James  Keese  for  the  purchase  of  his  48  feet  of  bulkhead  westerly  of  the 
"  westerly  line  of  Clinton  street,  East  river,  for  submission  to  the  Commissioners  of  the 
"  Sinking  Fund  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  822  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of 
"  1897." 

The  agreeement  is  to  purchase 

"  All  the  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easements  and  privileges  appurtenant  to  the  bulkhead  on 
"  the  southerly  side  of  South  street,  beginning  at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  westerly  line  of 
"  Clinton  street,  produced,  and  running  thence  westerly  and  along  the  southerly  side  of  South 
"  street,  about  forty-eight  feet,  for  the  sum  of  nine  thousand  six  hundred  dollars  lawful  money 
"  of  the  United  States  of  America,  or  by  warrant  on  the  City  Treasury  for  that  amount. 

"  Subject  nevertheless  to  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund." 

The  agreement  is  at  the  rate  of  2%  times  the  tax  valuation,  and  I  consider  it  high,  but  in 
view  of  the  improvements  being  carried  out  in  this  region,  even  at  this  price,  the  value  to  the 
City  when  the  contemplated  improvements  shall  have  been  completed,  in  increased  rents  for 
new  piers  and  bulkheads,  probably  will  be  sufficient  to  justify  the  purchase  at  the  price 
named. 

I  cannot  but  think,  however,  where  there  are  so  many  uncertain  factors  to  be  considered, 
that  all  such  property  should  be  acquired  by  condemnation  proceedings. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  the  purchase  by 
the  Board  of  Docks,  from  James  Keese,  of  forty-eight  feet  of  bulkhead  rights,  etc.,  westerly  of  the 
westerly  line  of  Clinton  street,  East  river,  as  described  in  an  agreement  entered  into  by  the  Board 
of  Docks  with  said  James  Keese,  dated  May  9,  1900. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Corporation  Counsel  relative  to  the  sale 
by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  certain  properties  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  largely 
old  and  abandoned  roads  : 

New  York,  July  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — I  have  received  your  communication  of  May  23,  1900,  which  reads  as  follows  : 

"  I  beg  to  call  your  attention  to  a  number  of  opinions  rendered  me,  in  the  matter  of  the  sale 
"  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  of  certain  properties  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
"  largely  old  and  abandoned  roads. 

"  Under  an  opinoin  dated  June  8,  1899,  you  advised  me  that  the  sale  of  the  City's  interests 
"  in  the  roadbeds  of  Hunter  Fly  road,  Reid's  lane  and  Flatbush  turnpike  could  not  be  made, 
"  pursuant  to  section  205  of  the  Charter,  without  an  ordinance  of  the  Municipal  Assembly. 

"  In  accordance  with  this  opinion,  an  ordinance  was  passed  and  the  property  sold.  I  have 
"  since  asked  for  advice  in  the  manner  of  the  sale  of  other  properties  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 


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"  notably  on  December  21,  1899,  and  two  inquiries  on  April  13,  1900,  and  I  have  your  replies 
"  dated  January  15,  1900,  and  two  dated  April  27,  1900,  in  which  you  advise  me  that  no  action 
by  the  Municipal  Assembly  is  necessary. 

"  As  these  opinions  appear  to  me  to  be  in  a  manner  conflicting,  I  request  to  be  advised  gen- 
"  erally  as  to  when  action  by  the  Municipal  Assembly  is  necessary  in  connection  with  the  sale  of 
"  corporation  real  estate  or  to  the  ?ale  of  the  City's  interest  by  quit-claim  deed. 

"  As  there  are  a  number  of  applications  before  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  the 
"  present  time  for  the  release  of  the  City's  interest  in  and  to  certain  properties,  I  request  that  you 
"  give  this  matter  your  early  consideration." 

In  reply  thereto  I  would  say  that  the  sections  of  the  Charter  whose  construction  is  called  for 
in  your  communication  are  sections  76  and  205.  , 

Sec.  76  is  found  in  a  title  relating  to  franchises  and  reads  as  follows : 

"  Sec.  76.  Nothing  in  this  title  contained  shall  prevent  the  City  from  disposing  of  any  build- 
"  ing  or  parcel  of  land  no  longer  needed  for  public  use,  provided  such  disposition  shall  be 
"  approved  by  the  sinking  fund  commissioners,  and  shall  be  at  public  sale,  and  be  provided  for 
"  by  ordinance." 

Sec.  205  is  contained  in  a  title  relating  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and 
provides  partly  as  follows  : 

"  Sec  205.  The  said  board  shall,  except  as  in  this  act  otherwise  specifically  provided,  have 
11  power  to  sell  or  lease  for  the  highest  marketable  price  or  rental  at  public  auction  or  by  sealed 
"  bids,  and  always  after  public  advertisement  and  appraisal  under  the  direction  of  said  board, 
"  any  city  property  except  parks,  wharves  and  piers  and  land  under  water,  but  not  for  a  term 
"  longer  than  ten  years  nor  for  a  renewal  for  a  longer  period  than  ten  years.    *    *    *  " 

These  sections  seem  to  conflict  in  their  provisions,  and  it  is  necessary  to  so  construe  them  as 
to  give  effect  and  potency  to  each.  Section  205  gives  absolute  power  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Com- 
missioners, except  where  other  provision  is  made.  It  may  be  held  that  section  76  only  refers  to 
such  buildings  and  property  as  may  have  been  acquired  by  the  City  for  public  use,  while  section 
205  may  relate  to  other  descriptions  of  property. 

The  old  roads  mentioned  in  your  communication,  if  any  interest  therein  remains  in  the  City, 
were  old  Dutch  roads,  which  had  been  used  as  highways  in  the  old  colonial  times,  and  were  there- 
fore the  property  of  the  towns  or  municipalities  through  which  they  ran.  These  old  roads  have 
long  since,  either  by  force  of  statutory  provisions  or  by  abandonment  of  them  as  highways,  passed 
out  of  the  control  of  the  municipality.  They  had  been  occupied  for  a  long  series  of  years  by 
private  owners  and  have  been  assessed  by  the  City  for  taxes  and  for  local  improvements,  and  all 
claims  of  municipal  ownership  and  control  have  been  relinquished. 

Applications  were  formerly  made  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  quitclaim  deeds  of  the  interest 
of  said  City  in  these  old  highways  for  the  purpose  of  perfecting  the  title  thereto,  which  might  be 
affected  by  any  possible  claim  of  the  City  ;  and  such  applications  were  invariably  granted  upon 
a  nominal  consideration. 

I  do  not  think  that  this  class  of  property  would  properly  fall  within  the  provisions  of  section 
76,  which  would  require  an  ordinance  of  the  Municipal  Assembly  in  order  to  justify  a  sale  of  the 
interest  of  the  City  therein,  and  I  therefore  advise  you  that  sales  may  be  made  without  the  con- 
curring action  of  that  body. 

I  may  add  that  this  reasoning  would  also  apply  to  such  property  as  has  heretofore  been  pur- 
chased on  behalf  of  the  City  at  tax  sales  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  114  of  the  Laws  of  1893, 
known  as  the  Arrears  Act  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn.    The  property  thus  purchased  was  not 
acquired  for  public  use,  and  therefore  does  not  fall  within  the  provisions  of  section  76. 
Respectfully  yours, 

THEODORE  CONNOLY,  Acting  Corporation  Counsel. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


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The  following  application  was  received  from  William  R.  Pearce  for  a  sale  of  the  interests  of 
the  City  in  a  part  of  the  Clove  road,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Borough  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  February  2,  1899. 
Hen.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  Sir— The  undersigned,  owner  of  the  land  adjoining  Plot  No.  12,  on  Block  46,  in  the 
Twenty-fourth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  which  said  plot  is  a  part  of  the 
Clove  road,  as  shown  on  the  annexed  diagram,  would  respectfully  request  that  upon  the  payment 
of  the  several  amounts  now  due  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  upon  the  above-mentioned  plot,  that 
the  proper  officer  be  instructed  to  prepare  and  deliver  a  quitclaim  deed  for  the  said  plot. 

Respectfully, 

WM.  R.  PEARCE, 
Address,  No.  728  Nostrand  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  New  York. 


DEGRAW  STREET. 


Borough  of  Brooklyn,  April  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  communication  of  February  6,  1899,  which  reads  as  follows  : 
"  Herewith  I  inclose  for  your  consideration  and  advice  application  of  William  R.  Pearce  for 
"  a  certain  quitclaim  deed  for  Plot  No.  12,  on  Block  46,  in  the  Twenty-fourth  Ward,  Borough  of 
"  Brooklyn,  New  York,  upon  the  payment  of  several  amounts  now  due  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

"  Please  detail  an  assistant  to  take  whatever  examination  of  the  claimant  that  may  be  neces- 
«'  sary,  and  advise  the  Comptroller  whether  such  deed  should  be  prepared  and  delivered. 

"  Respectfully, 

"M.  T.  DALY,  Deputy  Comptroller." 


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The  land  in  question  forms  a  portion  of  the  old  Clove  road  which  was  not  recognized  as  a 
street  or  avenue  by  the  Commissioners  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  laying  out  streets  and  avenues  in 
the  late  City  of  Brooklyn.  Chapter  132  of  the  Laws  of  1835  provides,  among  other  things,  that 
Qlove  road  shall  be  closed  from  the  railroad  (Atlantic  avenue)  to  the  city  line  whenever  a  com- 
munication shall  be  made  fit  to  travel  from  the  city  line  northerly  to  Atlantic  avenue  or  Fulton 
avenue,  through  either  Franklin,  Perry,  Rogers  or  Nostrand  avenues.  All  of  the  avenues  in 
question  have  been  open  for  at  least  twenly-five  years. 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  Clove  road  was  what  is  commonly  known  as  a  Dutch  road,  and 
that  title  to  it  now  vests  in  The  City  of  New  York.  That  being  the  case,  the  petitioner  should 
make  application  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  purchase  of  the  property  in 
question.    Until  such  action  is  taken  .the  preparation  of  a  deed  is  unnecessary. 

Very  respectfully, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

Whereas,  William  R.  Pearce  made  application  for  the  purchase  of  the  westerly  half  of  the 
old  Clove  road,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  between  Nostrand  and  New  York  avenues,  running 
from  the  northerly  side  of  Eastern  parkway  to  the  southerly  side  of  Degraw  street  ;  that  part  of 
said  Clove  road  being  known  on  the  Tax  Map  as  Lot  No.  12,  in  Block  46  of  the  Twenty-fourth 
Ward  of  said  Borough  of  Brooklyn  ; 

Whereas,  Said  application  was  made  on  or  about  the  24th  day  of  February,  1899,  and  was 
referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel,  who,  on  the  23d  day  of  April,  1900,  recommended  the  sale  of 
said  property,  as  appears  by  an  opinion  of  the  latter  date  on  file  in  said  Corporation  Counsel's 
office,  the  inclosed  being  a  diagram  of  said  property  ;  and 

Whereas,  Said  Pearce  has  acquired  title  to  the  easterly  side  of  said  Clove  road  and  is  the 
owner  of  the  property  adjoining  the  westerly  side  :  the  said  William  R.  Pearce  again  hereby 
makes  application  for  the  purchase  of  said  property,  and  is  willing  to  pay  therefor  the  amount  of 
the  accumulated  taxes. 

Dated  New  York,  May  10,  1900. 

WM.  R.  PEARCE. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

July  ii,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— The  Corporation  Counsel  in  a  communication  under  date  of  April  23,  1900,  in  reply  to 
an  inquiry  of  February  6  from  this  office,  relating  to  the  City's  interest  in  and  to  a  portion  of  the 
old  Clove  road,  known  and  shown  on  the  Assessment  Maps  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  as  Lot  No. 
12,  in  Block  46,  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Ward,  for  which  an  application  to  acquire  the  same  had 
been  made  to  the  Comptroller  by  William  R.  Pearce,  of  No.  728  Nostrand  avenue,  Brooklyn, 
advises  the  Comptroller  as  follows  : 

1st.  That  the  old  Clove  road  was  what  was  commonly  called  a  Dutch  road. 

2d.  That  title  to  the  same  now  vests  in  The  City  of  New  York. 

3d.  That  the  petitioner  should  make  application  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
tor  the  purchase  of  the  property. 

Under  date  of  May  10,  1900,  William  R.  Pearce  has  made  such  application,  copy  of  which 
is  inclosed,  and  I  beg  to  submit  the  following  statement  in  regard  to  this  property  for  your 
information,  and  such  action  as  you  may  see  fit  to  take  before  reporting  on  the  same  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 


July  24,  1900.] 


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It  would  appear  from  the  records  that  taxes  had  been  levied  upon  this  property  prior  to  July 
I,  1882,  and  that  such  taxes  were  in  arrears.  That  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  114  of  the 
Laws  of  1883,  known  as  the  Arrears  Act,  the  Assessors  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  did  fix  upon  a 
sum  which,  with  interest  to  July  21,  1886,  amounted  to  $155.19,  and  that  on  that  day  the  Registrar 
of  Arrears  did  sell  the  property  at  auction,  which  same  was  purchased  by  the  City  of  Brooklyn 
for  the  said  sum  above  mentioned,  and  a  tax  certificate  (No. 5055)  issued  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn 
for  the  same. 

The  City  of  Brooklyn  did  not  complete  its  title  to  this  property  under  the  Arrears  Law  by 
delivering  a  deed  from  the  Registrar  of  Arrears  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn. 

The  taxes  and  assessments  levied  by  the  City  of  Brooklyn  from  1882  to  1896,  inclusive, 
excepting  the  year  1895,  and  amounting  to  $227.24,  have  been  paid  by  the  City  of  Brooklyn. 

These  sums  with  penalties  and  interest,  together  with  taxes  to  date  unpaid,  will  amount  to 
$1,022.64  on  September  15,  1900. 

It  would  appear  from  the  application  of  the  petitioner  that  he  is  willing  to  pay  such  charges 
upon  the  delivery  to  him  of  a  quitclaim  deed  from  The  City  of  New  York,  and  I  would  therefore 
propose  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  authorize  a  sale  at  auction  of  the  right,  title 
and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  that  portion  of  the  old  Clove  road,  being  the 
westerly  half  thereof,  extending  from  Degraw  street  to  Eastern  parkway,  and  lying  in  block 
between  New  York  and  Nosttand  avenues,  more  particularly  described  as  Lot  No.  12,  in  Block 
46  of  the  Assessment  Map  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Ward,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  same  be  appraised  at  $1,022.64,  the 
purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fees,  and  the  sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  the  expenses 
of  examination,  advertising,  etc. 

The  Comptroller  should  be  authorized  to  refund  from  the  purchase  money  to  the  "  Revenue 
Fund,"  upon  the  consummation  of  this  sale,  the  amounts  paid  by  the  former  City  of  Brooklyn  on 
this  plot,  together  with  interest,  as  shown  by  the  bill  inclosed,  in  the  sum  of  $969.37  ;  and  also  to 
cancel  the  arrears  of  taxes  for  the  years  1895,  1897  and  1899,  as  per  bills  inclosed. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  hereby  is  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash,  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest 
of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  that  porcion  of  the  old  Clove  road,  being  the  westerly  half 
thereof,  extending  from  Degraw  street  to  Eastern  parkway  and  lying  in  block  between  New  York 
and  Nostrand  avenues,  more  particularly  described  as  Lot  No.  12,  in  Block  46  of  the  Assessment 
Map  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Ward,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  the  said  land  be  and  hereby  is  appraised  and 
fixed  at  one  thousand  and  twenty-two  dollars  and  sixty-four  cents  ($1,022.64),  the  purchaser  to 
pay  the  auctioneer's  fees  and  the  sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  the  expenses  of  examination, 
advertisement,  etc. ;  and 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  refund  from  the  purchase- 
money  to  the  "  Revenue  Fund,"  upon  the  consummation  of  this  sare,  the  amounts  paid  by  the 
former  City  of  Brooklyn  on  this  plot,  together  with  interest  thereon,  and  also  to  cancel  the 
arrears  of  taxes  for  the  years  1895,  1897  and  1899. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolutions  unanimously  adopted. 


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[July  24,  1900. 


The  following  application  was  received  from  Messrs.  Man  &  Man,  attorneys  for  John  C. 
Thomas,  for  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  certain  property  in  the  rear  of  No.  991  St.  Mark's 
avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  May  24,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  0/  The  City  of  Ne7u  York  : 

Gentlemen — We  apply  on  behalf  of  our  client,  Mr.  John  C.  Thomas,  of  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, for  a  deed  or  release  from  The  City  of  New  York  of  the  lot  of  land  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  which  in  January,  1891,  was  known  and  described  on  the  Assess- 
ment Map  of  the  Twenty  fourth  Ward  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  as  Lot  No.  15,  on  Block  127, 
which  is  an  interior  lot  some  25  feet  one  way  and  about  50  feet  the  other,  and  which  lies  in 
the  rear  of  No.  991  St.  Mark's  avenue,  in  said  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  of  The  City  of  New  York. 

This  lot  was  sold  July  21,  1886,  for  the  non-payment  of  taxes,  for  the  sum  of  $7.48  to  the 
City  of  Brooklyn,  the  certificate  of  sale,  No.  5373,  on  the  register  of  city  sales,  designated  in 
Liber  83,  in  the  office  of  the  then  Register  of  Arrears  of  said  City  of  Brooklyn,  as  appears  by  the 
notice  of  such  sale  hereto  annexed. 

Mrs.  Deborah  C.  Thomas  was  a  resident  of  Baltimore,  having  certain  property  interests  in 
The  City  of  New  York.  Her  will  was  proved  in  Baltimore,  and  her  son,  John  C.  Thomas, 
qualified  as  executor  there,  where  she  had  lived  and  where  the  bulk  of  her  property  was  situated. 
The  will  was  also  proved  in  New  York,  and  George  D.  Hilyard,  of  this  city,  was  appointed 
ancillary  executor  here. 

Mr.  Hilyard  took  a  mortgage  for  the  estate  upon  No.  991  St.  Mark's  avenue,  Brooklyn,  and, 
on  foreclosure,  was  compelled  to  take  the  property.  He  seems  to  have  thought  that  the  whole 
piece,  the  front  lot,  which  was  25  feet  front  by  127  feet  9^  inches  deep,  with  a  small  dwelling- 
house  thereon  and  the  rear  lot  was  one  lot  for  taxation  purposes,  and  known  by  a  single  ward 
number.  He  paid  the  taxes  regularly  on  the  front  piece,  but  seems  to  have  entirely  neglected  to 
pay  taxes  on  the  rear.    Mr.  Hilyard,  the  executor,  died  January  26,  1898. 

There  has  never  been  any  substantial  income  from  this  whole  property  known  as  No.  991  St. 
Mark's  avenue  since  it  was  taken  in  on  foreclosure.  Any  rents  received  have  no  more  than  paid 
the  taxes,  insurance,  repairs  and  other  incidental  charges.  The  whole  piece  is  now  under  con- 
tract of  sale  for  considerably  less  than  the  original  mortgage  upon  it.  Examination  of  title  on 
behalf  of  the  purchaser  discloses  the  fact  this  rear  piece  above  spoken  of  was  sold  for  taxes  as 
above  set  forth. 

Mr.  John  C.  Thomas,  the  present  sole  executor  of  the  estate  of  Deborah  C.  Thomas,  whose 
money  it  was  that  was  loaned  on  said  mortgage,  resides  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  has  author- 
ized us  to  offer  you  $75  for  a  deed,  release  or  quitclaim  which  shall  practically  amount  to  a 
redemption  from  said  tax  sale  and  of  the  taxes  since  charged  by  the  City  upon  said  rear  lot.  and 
we  request  your  favorable  consideration  of  this  matter.    We  remain,  gentlemen, 

Yours  very  respectfully, 

MAN  &  MAN. 

A  diagram  showing  the  position  of  the  property  in  question  is  hereto  annexed  as  part  of  this 
application.  . 


July  24,  1 900.1 


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All  known  as  No.  991  St.  Mark's  avenue, 
Brooklyn. 

Front  piece  is  Ward  No.  60,  Block  127. 
Rear  piece  is  Ward  No.  15,  Biock  127. 


ST.  MARK'S  AVENUE. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

July  14,  1900. 

Uon.BlRU  S.Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Messrs.  Man  &  Man,  No.  56  Wall  street,  as  attorneys  for  John  C.  Thomas,  of  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  have  made  application  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  under  date  of  May 
24,  1900,  for  a  deed  or  release  from  The  City  of  New  York  of  the  lot  of  land  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  which  in  January,  1891,  was  known  and  described  on  the  Assessment  Map  of  the 
Twenty-fourth  Ward  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  as  Lot  No.  15,  in  Block  127,  which  is  an  interior 
lot  some  25  feet  one  way  and  about  50  feet  the  other,  and  which  lies  in  the  rear  of  No.  991  St. 
Mark's  avenue,  in  the  said  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

The  matter  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel,  who,  in  an  opinion  under  date  of  June 
29,  1900,  states  : 

"  I  would  say  that  the  property  referred  to  by  you  was  sold  on  July  21,  18S6,  to  the  City  of 
M  Brooklyn  at  a  tax  sale  held  in  said  City  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  chapter  114  of  the 


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[July  24,  1900. 


11  Laws  of  1883,  and  a  deed  for  the  same  was  given  to  the  said  city  on  the  8th  day  of  April,  1892, 
"  thus  vesting  in  the  municipality  the  fee  simple  of  the  premises. 

^  '*  The  City  of  New  York  is  therefore  now  the  owner  of  this  property,  and  any  sale  of  the 
"  same  must  be  made  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  205  of  the  Greater  New  York 
"  Charter,  which  vests  the  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  with  the  power  and  duty  of 
"  making  such  sales." 

Taxes  and  assessments  were  levied  on  this  property  from  1882,  and  the  former  City  of 
Brooklyn  paid  such  taxes  and  assessments.  The  sum  so  paid,  together  with  interest  and  penal- 
ties, amounts  to  $174.41,  and  I  would  therefore  propose  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  authorize  a  sale  at  auction  of  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  and 
to  the  premises,  known  on  the  Assessment  Map  of  the  Twenty-fourth  VVard  of  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  as  Lot  No.  15  in  Block  127,  being  an  interior  plot  of  land  25  feet  in  width,  44  feet  2 
inches  on  the  westerly  side,  52  feet  5  14  inches  on  the  easterly  side  and  26  feet  4  inches  on  the 
northerly  side,  be  the  said  several  dimensions  more  or  less,  and  situated  in  the  rear  of  Lot  No. 
60  of  the  same  ward  and  block  ;  also  known  as  No.  991  St.  Mark's  avenue. 

That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  same  be  appraised  at  $174.41,  the 
purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fees. 

The  Comptroller  should  be  authorized  to  refund  from  the  purchase  money  to  the  "  Revenue 
Fund,''  upon  the  consummation  of  this  sale,  the  amounts  paid  by  the  former  City  of  Brooklyn  on 
this  plot,  together  with  interest  ;  and  also  to  cancel  the  arrears  of  taxes  for»the  years  1897  and  1899. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  hereby  is  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  in  and  to  the  premises  known  on  the  Assessment  Map  of  the  Twenty- 
fourth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  as  Lot  No.  15,  in  Block  127,  being  an  interior  plot  of 
land  twenty-five  feet  in  width  forty-four  feet  two  inches  on  the  westerly  side,  fifty-two  feet  five 
and  one-quarter  inches  on  the  easterly  side  and  twenty-six  feet  four  inches  on  the  northerly  side, 
be  the  said  several  dimensions  more  or  less  ;  and  situated  in  the  rear  of  Lot  No.  60  of  the  same 
ward  and  block,  also  known  as  No.  991  St.  Mark's  avenue. 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  the  said  plot  of  land  be  and  hereby  is 
appraised  and  fixed  at  one  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  and  forty-one  cents  ($174.41),  the 
purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fees  ;  and 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  refund  from  the  purchase 
money  to  the  "  Revenue  Fund,"  upon  the  consummation  of  this  sale,  the  amounts  paid  by  the 
former  City  of  Brooklyn  on  this  plot,  together  with  interest,  and  also  to  cancel  the  arrears  of 
taxes  for  the  years  1897  and  1899. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


July  24,  1900.] 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  Marcus  B.  Campbell  relative  to  a  release 
of  certain  property  in  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn  : 

Borough  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  June  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coi.ER,  Comptroller  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

Dear  Sir— Some  time  since  I  wrote  you  in  reference  to  obtaining  a  release  of  Lots  Nos.  94 
and  95,  sold  for  unpaid  assessments  for  the  opening  of  Neptune  avenue,  from  West  Sixth  street 
to  the  Ocean  parkway,  in  the  late  Town  of  Gravesend,  August  9,  1894,  for  the  sum  of  $6. 75  and 
$6.96  respectively,  and  in  reply  received  from  you  a  letter  dated  May  15,  1900,  referring  me  to 
Mr.  Michael  O'Keefe,  Deputy  Collector  of  Assessments  and  Arrears  of  Brooklyn.  I  called  upon 
Mr.  O'Keefe,  but  as  this  is  a  case  in  which  a  lease  had  been  made  and  recorded,  he  is  unable  to 
do  anything  for  me,  as  a  release  under  the  hand  and  seal  of  the  Comptroller  is  required  in  order 
to  remove  the  cloud  on  the  title  caused  by  the  record  of  said  lease. 

This  street  was  opened  under  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Kings  County, 
numbered  eight,  passed  June  13,  1892,  and  the  lease  referred  to  herein  was  made  by  Supervisor  of 
the  Town  William  V.B.Bennett  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  section  16  of  the  said  resolu- 
tion, the  same  not  having  been  redeemed  within  two  years  alter  the  sale  thereof,  which  was  held 
August  9,  1894. 

The  last  clause  of  section  16  also  authorizes  said  Supervisor  in  case  the  same  shall  not  be 
redeemed  within  two  years  after  the  making  of  said  lease  to  dispose  of  the  same  for  the  sum  due, 
together  with  interest  at  six  per  ceni.  per  annum  from  the  time  of  said  sale. 

The  said  Supervisor  was  succeeded  in  the  performance  of  his  duties  after  the  annexation  of 
the  said  town  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  by  the  Comptroller  thereof,  and  by  the  consolidation  of 
the  various  municipalities  composing  The  City  of  N  :w  York  you  have  become  the  successor  of 
the  Comptroller  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  and,  as  to  this  matter,  of  the  Supervisor  of  the  Town 
of  Gravesend. 

Previous  to  the  consolidation  of  Brooklyn  with  the  other  municipalities  composing  Greater 
New  York,  it  was  the  custom  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  said  City  of  Brooklyn  in  pursuance  of  the 
section  herein  referred  to,  and  of  similar  sections  in  resolutions  for  other  improvements,  to  make, 
execute  and  deliver  releases  of  said  sales  in  writing  under  the  corporate  seal  of  said  city,  attested 
by  the  City  Clerk,  and  Mr.  Hubert  G.  Smith,  an  Assistant  Bond  Clerk  in  your  office,  had  charge 
of  these  matters  and  is  familiar  therewith. 

The  said  Comptroller  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  had  prepared  a  printed  form  of  release  in 
these  matters,  a  number  of  which  I  procured  during  his  term  of  office. 

On  February  3,  1899,  a  resolution  of  the  Municipal  Assembly,  No.  123,  was  passed,  which 
empowered  you  to  make,  execute  and  deliver  releases  in  these  matters  ;  but  I  think  this  is  hardly 
necessary,  as  your  power  to  release  was  conferred  by  the  act  which  granted  power  to  the  Super- 
visor to  sell  for  said  assessments. 

Inclosed  please  find  a  copy  of  said  section  16  herein  referred  to  ;  also  an  affidavit  of  ownership 
of  the  applicants  for  this  release,  together  with  a  proposed  form  of  release,  which  is  a  substantial 
copy  of  the  form  of  release  granted  by  the  late  Comptroller  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  except  such 
changes  as  have  been  necessary  by  consolidation. 

Kindly  give  this  matter  your  attention,  as  this  lease  is  of  little  or  no  value  to  the  City,  the 
owners  of  the  fee  being  in  possession  of  the  property,  and  the  residents  of  the  Thirty-first  Ward, 
late  Town  of  Gravesend  being  compelled  to  pay  the  interest  on  these  assessments  when  by  grant- 
ing this  release  the  sum  could  be  paid  into  the  City  Treasury  and  be  earning  interest  to  meet  the 
obligations  issued  by  reason  of  the  non-payment. 


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(July  24,  1900. 


There  are  quite  a  number  of  other  cases  of  assessments  of  this  character  which  are  awaiting 
the  determination  of  this  matter,  and  quite  a  sum  of  money  would  undoubtedly  be  paid  into  the 
City  Treasury  to  discharge  the  same  if  you  will  grant  the  releases  thereof. 

-\  I  will  be  ready  to  pay  the  sum  due  at  any  time  when  you  are  ready  to  deliver  to  me  a  release 
from  the  said  assessments  and  will  notify  me  thereof. 

Kindly  let  me  know  the  amount  required  and  the  time  and  place  to  pay  same,  and  oblige, 

Yours  truly, 

MARCUS  B.  CAMPBELL. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the 
Department  of  Finance  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

July  19,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Marcus  B.  Campbell,  No.  26  Court  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  in  a  communication  to 
the  Comptroller  under  date  of  June  14,  1900,  requests  a  release  of  certain  property,  sold  by  the 
Supervisor  of  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and 
being  more  particularly  described  as  Lots  Nos.  94  and  95  on  the  Assessment  Roll  for  the  opening 
of  Neptune  avenue,  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean  Parkway. 

The  matter  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  an  opinion  as  to  the  Comptroller's 
power  and  duty  in  the  matter,  and  in  a  communication  under  date  of  June  28,  1900,  he  quotes 
section  16  of  the  act  of  the  Supervisors  of  the  County  of  Kings,  passed  June  13,  1892,  as  bearing 
upon  the  time  when  this  property  could  be  redeemed  from  said  sale,  and  decides  that  such  time 
is  past,  and  further  states  : 

"  The  property  under  consideration  became  the  property  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  on  the  an- 
nexation of  the  Town  of  Gravesend  to  the  City.  The  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the  County  of 
Kings  was  abolished  by  chapter  954  of  the  Laws  of  1895.  The  body  having  authority  in  the 
City  of  Brooklyn  to  dispose  of  this  class  of  City  property  was  the  Common  Council,  that  being 
the  legislative  body  of  the  City  and  no  such  power  being  vested  in  any  other  of  the  officers  or 
departments  thereof. 

"By  section  205  of  the  Charter  ot  the  Greater  City,  the  power  to  sell  real  estate  of  The 
City  of  New  York  is  vested  in  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund.  This  section 
provides  that  the  Board  must  sell  city  property  at  public  auction,  for  the  highest  marketable 
price  after  due  advertisement  and  appraisal,  under  the  direction  of  said  Board.  Application 
should,  therefore,  be  made  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  for  the  sale  of  this  property." 

In  accordance  with  the  above  advice,  it  now  becomes  necessary  for  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  to  appraise  the  City's  interest  in  and  to  this  lease  for  100  years,  and  which  might 
be  determined  by  commuting  an  annual  rental  based  upon  the  value  of  the  property. 

It  is  my  opinion,  however,  that  should  the  City  receive  the  sums  paid  out  by  the  former 
Town  of  Gravesend,  with  interest  on  the  same  to  date,  together  with  a  sum  sufficient  to  pay  for 
the  expenses  which  have  been  incurred  on  account  of  this  unpaid  assessment,  notably  the  adver- 
tisement of  sale,  expenses  of  sale,  drawing  and  recording  of  the  deeds,  and  the  further  expenses 
now  incurred  by  the  sale  of  this  property,  that  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  will  be  fully 
protected  without  hardship  upon  the  property-owner. 

I  would  therefore  propose  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  authorize  a  sale  at 
auction  of  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  Vork  in  and  to  the  following  described 
property,  which  it  has  by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  William  V.  B.  Bennett,  Supervisor  of  the  Town 
of  Gravesend,  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which  lease  is  dated  December  24,  1896,  and  recorded  in 
section  21,  block  7251,  liber  3,  page  249,  in  the  Kings  County  Register's  office. 


JULY  24,  I9OO.] 


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All  those  certain  lots  known  as  and  by  the  Nos.  94  and  95  upon  the  Assessment  Roll  for  the 
opening  of  Neptune  avenue,  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean  parkway,  in  the  late  Town  of 
Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  which  were 
sold  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  at  a  sale  for  unpaid  assessments  held  on  the  9th  day  of  August  in  the 
year  1894  for  the  sum  of  $13.71,  being  $6.75  for  said  Lot  No.  94  and  $6.96  for  said  Lot  No.  95, 
and  which  said  lots  were  thereafter  leased  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  one  hundred  years,  as  above. 

That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  and  to  the  same  be  appraised  at  the  sum  of 
$9.22  for  Lot  No.  94  and  $9.51  for  Lot  No.  95  ;  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  in  each 
case  and  $75  for  each  deed  delivered,  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  advertising,  etc. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and^  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest 
of  The  City  of  New  York,  which  it  has  by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  William  V.  B.  Bennett, 
Supervisor  of  the  Town  of  Gravesend,  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which  lease  is  dated  December  24, 
1896,  and  recorded  in  section  21,  Block  7251,  Liber  3,  page  249,  in  the  "  Kings  County  Regis- 
ter's Office,"  m  and  to  all  those  certain  lots  known  as  and  by  the  numbers  94  and  95  upon  the 
assessment-roll,  for  the  opening  of  Neptune  avenue,  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean  parkway, 
in  the  late  town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  The  City  ot  New 
York,  which  were  sold  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  at  a  sale  for  unpaid  assessments,  held  on  the  9th 
day  August,  in  the  year  1894,  for  the  sum  of  thirteen  dollars  and  seventy-one  cents  ($13.71),  being 
six  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  ($6.75)  for  said  Lot  No.  94  and  six  dollars  and  ninety-six  cents 
($6.96)  for  said  Lot  No.  95,  and  which  said  lots  were  thereafter  leased  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for 
100  years. 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  the  said  land  be  and  hereby  is  appraised  and 
fixed  at  the  sum  of  nine  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents  ($9.22)  for  Lot  No.  94  and  nine  dollars  and 
fifty-one  cents  for  Lot  No.  95  ;  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  in  each  case,  and  seventy- 
five  dollars  ($75)  for  each  deed  delivered  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  advertising,  etc. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Co.,  as  agent 
for  Magdalena  Becker,  relative  to  a  release  of  certain  property  in  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend, 
now  Thirty-first  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Brooklyn,  June  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir  As  agent  for  Magdalena  Becker,  owner  in  fee  of  premises  known  as  Lots  Nos.  27  and  28, 

Block  613,  Ward  31,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  which  were  sold  for  $14.37  on  August  9,  1894,  to  the 
Town  of  Gravesend  for  100  years  for  unpaid  assessment  for  opening  Neptune  avenue,  from  West 
Sixth  street  to  Ocean  Parkway,  Assessment  No.  60,  upon  which  a  lease*  was  delivered  to  the  City 
of  Brooklyn  (as  succeJ.sor  by  consolidation  to  said  town)  on  December  24,  1896,  recorded 
December  24,  1896,  in  Liber  3,  section  21  of  Conveyances,  page  249,  in  Kings  County  Register's 
Office,  we  respectfully  apply  for  a  redemption  from  said  assessment  sale  and  a  release  of  the 
nterests  of  The  City  of  New  York  (as  successor  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn)  under  said  lease. 


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Will  you  kindly  inform  us  what  is  the  exact  amount  required,  and  what,  if  any,  further 
application  may  be  necessary  therefor. 

Youis  truly, 

\  D.  S.  COE,  for  the  Company. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

July  19,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company  of  the  Borough  of  Rrooklyn,  as  agent  for 
Magdalena  Becker  in  a  communication  to  the  Comptroller  under  date  of  June  5,  1900,  requests 
a  release  of  certain  property  sold  by  the  Supervisor  of  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend,  now 
Thirty-first  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  being  more  particularly  described  as  Lot  No.  60, 
on  the  Assessment- Roll  for  the  opening  of  Neptune  avenue,  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean 
parkway. 

The  matter  was  referral  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  an  opinion,  and  in  a  communication 
under  date  of  June  28,  1900,  he  advises  the  Comptroller  in  practically  the  same  words  as  in  the 
case  of  Marcus  B.  Campbell,  who  applied  for  a  similar  release,  and  which  matter  has  been  the 
subject  of  a  report  by  me,  under  even  date. 

My  opinion  expressed  therein  covers  this  case,  and  I  would  therefore  recommend  similar 
action,  namely  : 

s  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  authorize  a  sale  at  auction  of  the  right,  title  and 
interest  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  and  to  the  following  described  property,  which  it  has  by 
virtue  of  a  lease  from  William  V.  B.  Bennett,  Supervisor  of  the  Town  of  Gravesend,  to  the  City 
of  Brooklyn,  which  lease  is  dated  December  24,  1896,  and  recorded  in  Section  21,  Block  613, 
Liber  3,  page  249.  in  the  Kings  County  Register's  office. 

All  that  certain  lot  known  as  and  by  the  number  60  upon  the  assessment  roll  for  the  open- 
ing of  Neptune  avenue  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean  Parkway,  in  the  late  Town  of 
Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  which  was 
sold  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  at  a  sale  for  unpaid  assessments,  held  on  the  9th  day  of  August  in 
the  year  1894,  for  the  sum  of  $14.37,  and  which  lot  was  thereafter  leased  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn 
for  one  hundred  years,  as  above. 

That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  and  to  the  same  be  appraised  at  the  sum  of 
$19.63,  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  $75  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  adver- 
tising, etc. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  tor  cash  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest 
of  The  City  of  New  York,  which  it  has  by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  William  V.  B.  Bennett,  Super- 
visor of  the  Town  of  Gravesend,  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which  lease  is  dated  December  24,  1896, 
and  recorded  in  Section  21,  Block  613,  Liber  3,  page  249,  in  the  Kings  County  Register's  office, 
in  and  to  all  that  certain  lot  known  as  and  by  the  number  60  upon  the  assessment  roll,  for  the 
opening  of  Neptune  avenue,  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean  parkway,  in  the  late  Town  of 
Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  which  was 
fiold  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  at  a  sftle  for  unpa'd  assessments  held  on  the  9th  day  of  August,  ir\ 


July  24,  1900.] 


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the  year  1894,  for  the -sum  of  fourteen  dollars  and  thirty-seven  cents  ($14.37),  and  which  lot  was 
thereafter  leased  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  one  hundred  years. 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  said  land  be  and  hereby  is  appraised  and  fixed 
at  nineteen  dollars  and  sixty-three  cents  ($19.63),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and 
seventy-five  dollars  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  advertising,  etc. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  petition  of  Edward  M.  Perry,  attorney  for  Julia  Clementine  Grey,  was 
received,  relative  to  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  a  part  of  the  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush 
Turnpike  road  : 

To  the  Honorable,  the  Commissioners'  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

The  petition  of  Julia  Clementine  Grey  respectfully  shows  that  ^ie  is  the  absolute  owner  in 
fee  simple  of  all  that  portion  of  a  certain  plot  of  land  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  shown  on  the 
accompanying  diagram,  which  lies  northeast  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  the  old  Brooklyn  and 
Flatbush  turnpike  road,  and  which  is  marked  "A"  on  said  diagram,  and  she  has  been  the 
owner  thereof  since  the  year  1885.  As  'the  said  diagram  shows,  that  portion  of  the  said  plot 
which  is  marked  "  B  "  and  which  is  southwest  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  said  old  road,  lies  in 
the  bed  of  the  said  road  and  is  bounded  on  the  southwest  by  the  centre  line  thereof. 

That  your  petitioner  is  in  the  possession  of  the  whole  of  said  plot  and  either  your  petitioner 
or  Emily  L.  Grey,  her  mother  (who  conveyed  the  same  to  her  in  1885)  have  been  in  possession 
thereof  since  the  year  1866,  the  same  having  been  long  ago  fenced  in  and  built  upon.  Moreover, 
for  many  years  that  part  of  said  plot  which  lies  in  the  old  road  has  been  included  in  the  annual 
assessment  rolls,  and  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rates  have  been  levied  and  laid  thereon  ann  have 
been  paid  by  your  petitioner  or  her  said  grantor. 

That  the  said  whole  plot  is  designated  on  the  assessment  map  of  the  Ninth  Ward  of  the  Bor- 
ough of  Brooklyn  as  Lots  Nos.  9  and  10  in  Block  No.  5,  and  is  bounded  and  described  as 
follows,  viz.  :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  where  the  centre 
line  of  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  intersects  the  same,  which  point  is  106  feet 
5  inches  more  or  less  easterly  from  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Altantic  and  Fifth  avenues,  and 
running  thence  easterly  along  Atlantic  avenue  171  feet  7  inches  to  a  point  297  feet  from  the  south- 
westerly corner  of  Atlantic  and  Sixth  avenues  ;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  with  Sixth  avenue 
76  feet  8  inches  more  or  less  to  the  northeasterly  side  of  the  said  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush 
Turnpike  road  ;  thence  southwesterly  and  at  right  angles  thereto  34  feet  2  inches  to  the  centre 
line  of  the  said  old  road  ;  and  thence  northerly  along  the  centre  line  of  said  old  road  185  feet  6 
inches  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

The  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  at  thi;  point  has  not  been  used  as  a  public  highway  for 
a  great  many  years,  and  the  late  City  of  Brooklyn  released  its  interest  in  a  great  part  thereof  in 
this  locality  to  the  abutting  owners,  it  having  been  the  uniform  practice  of  said  city  to  give  quit- 
claim deeds  to  the  abutting  owners  for  a  nominal  consideration  upon  their  application  therefor. 

That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  that  portion  of  said  plot  which  lies  in  said  old 
road  is  not  of  substantial  value,  and  your  petitioner  is  informed  and  believes  that  in  applications 
similar  to  this  the  present  city  has  appraised  its  like  interests  at  a  nominal  sum. 

Therefore  your  petitioner  prays  that  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York 
in  and  to  that  part  of  the  said  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  included  within  the  bound- 
aries of  the  plot  above  described,  lying  northeast  of  the  centre  line  of  said  road,  may  be  offered 


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for  sale,  according  to  law  ;  that  the  interest  of  the  City  therein  and  the  expenses  of  such  sale, 
examinations,  conveyances,  etc.,  be  appraised  and  fixed  ;  that  a  sale  by  auction  be  dispensed 
with  and  petitioner  be  allowed  to  purchase  said  interest  for  the  amount  so  fixed,  if  that  course  be 
lawjful,  and  if  not,  that  said  interest  be  put  up  for  sale  at  public  auction  after  due  notice. 

Dated  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  12,  1900. 

Respectfully, 

JULIA  CLEMENTINE  GREY, 

By  Edward  M.  Perry,  her  attorney. 


ATLANTIC  AVENUE. 


PACIFIC  STREET. 
*  158.10  from  e\st  side  of  Gowanus  road. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

July  18,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler",  Comptroller  : 

Sir— Edward  M.  Perry,  attorney  for  Julia  Clementine  Grey,  states,  in  a  petition  to  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund,  that  "  she  is  the  absolute  owner  in  fee  simple  of  all  that  portion 
"  of  a  certain  plot  of  land  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  shown  on  the  accompanying  diagram, 
"  which  lies  northeast  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road, 
"and  which  is  marked  -'A"  on  said  diagram,  and  she  has  been  the  owner  thereof  since  the 
"  year  1885.  As  the  said  diagram  shows,  that  portion  of  the  said  plot  which  is  marked  "  B," 
"  and  which  is  southwest  of  the  northeasterly  line  of  said  old  road,  lies  in  the  bed  of  the  said 
"  road,  and  is  bounded  on  the  southwest  by  the  centre  line  thereof. 

"  That  your  petitioner  is  in  the  possession  of  the  whole  of  said  plot,  and  either  your 
"  petitioner  or  Emily  L.  Grey,  her  mother  (who  conveyed  the  same  to  her  in  1885),  have  been 
"  in  possession  thereof  since  the  year  1866,  the  same  having  been  long  ago  fenced  in  and  built 
"  upon.  Moreover,  for  many  years  that  part  of  said  plot  which  lies  in  the  old  road  has  been 
"  included  in  the  annual  assessment  rolls,  and  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rates  have  been 
"  levied  and  laid  (hereon,  and  have  been  paid  by  your  petitioner  or  her  said  grantor. 

"  That  the  said  whole  plot  is  designated  on  the  assessment  map  of  the  Ninth  Ward  of  the 
*'  Borough  of  Brooklyn  as  Lots  Nos,  9  and  10,  in  Block  No.  5, 


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"  The  Brooklyn' and  Flatbush  turnpike  at  this  point  has  not  been  used  as  a  public  highway 
"  for  a  great  many  years,  and  the  late  City  of  Brooklyn  released  its  interest  in  a  great  part  thereof 
"  in  this  locality  to  the  abutting  owners,  it  having  been  the  uniform  practice  of  said  city  to  give 
"  quit-claim  deeds  to  the  abutting  owners  for  a  nominal  consideration  upon  their  application 
"  therefor. 

"  That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  that  portion  of  said  plot  which  lies  in  said 
"  old  road  is  not  of  substantial  value,  and  your  petitioner  is  informed  and  believes  that  in  applica- 
"  tions  similar  to  this,  the  present  City  has  appraised  its  like  interests  at  a  nominal  sum. 

"  Therefore  your  petitioner  prays  that  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New 
"  York  in  and  to  that  part  of  the  said  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  Turnpike  road  included  within  the 
"  boundaries  of  the  plot  above  described,  lying  northeast  of  the  centre  line  of  said  road,  may  be 
"  offered  for  sale,  according  to  law  ;  that  the  interest  of  the  City  therein  and  the  expenses  of  such 
"  sale,  examinations,  conveyances,  etc.,  be  appraised  and  fixed  ;  that  a  sale  by  auction  be  dis- 
"  pensed  with  and  petitioner  be  allowed  to  purchase  said  interest  for  the  amount  so  fixed,  if  that 
"  course  be  lawful  ;  and  if  not,  that  said  interest  be  put  up  for  sale  at  public  auction  after  due 
"  notice." 

The  matter  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  his  opinion  as  to  the  interest  of  The 
City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  described  premises,  whether  it  be  material  or  nominal,  and  in  a 
communication  under  date  of  July  14,  1900,  he  advises  the  Comptroller  that  the  City's  interest  is 
merely  nominal,  and  also  cites  an  instance  of  the  procedure  by  the  former  City  of  Brooklyn,  in 
giving  quit-claim  deeds  for  portions  of  old  roads. 

I  would,  therefore,  propose  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  authorize  a  sale  at 
auction  of  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  and  to  the  following  described 
premises  : 

All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ninth  Ward  of  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  known  and  designated  on  the  Assessment  Map  of  said  War^  as  Lot 
No.  9,  in  Block  5,  and  which  is  more  particularly  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southwesterly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  where  the  centre  line  of 
the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  intersects  the  same,  which  point  is  106  feet  5  inches 
easterly  from  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Atlantic  and  Fifth  avenues,  and  running  thence  south- 
easterly along  the  southwesterly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  59  feet  1  inch  to  the  northeasterly  side  of 
the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  ;  thence  southerly  along  the  said  northeasterly  side 
of  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  Road  137  feet  1  inch  ;  thence  westerly  and  at  right 
angles  to  said  road  34  feet  2  inches  to  the  centre  lin 1  thereof  ;  thence  northerly  along  the  centre 
line  of  the  said  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  185  feet  6  inches  to  the  point  or  place 
of  beginning  ;  be  the  said  several  dimensions  more  or  less. 

That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the,  above-described  premises  be  appraised 
at  the  sum  of  $1  ;  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  lee,  and  $75  for  the  expenses  of  examination, 
advertising,  etc. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  AIcLEAN.  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  in  and  to  all  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in 
the  Ninth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  known  and  designated  on  the  Assessment  Map 
of  said  ward,  as  Lot  No.  9  in  Block  5,  and  which  is  more  particularly  described  as  follows : 


339  [JULY  24>  I9°°. 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southwesterly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  where  the  centre  line  of  the 
old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  intersects  the  same,  which  point  is  106  feet  5  inches 
easterly  Irom  ihe  southeasterly  corner  of  Atlantic  and  Fifth  avenues  ;  and  running  thence  south- 
easterly along  the  southwesterly  side  of  Atlantic  avenue  59  feet  1  inch  to  ihe  northeasterly  side  of 
the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  ;  ihence  southerly  along  the  said  northeasterly  side 
of  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  137  feet  1  inch  ;  thence  westerly  and  at 
right  angles  to  said  road  34  feet  2  inches  to  the  centre  line  thereof ;  thence  north- 
erly along  the  centre  line  of  the  said  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road  185  feet  6  inches 
to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning,  be  the  said  several  dimensions  more  or  less. 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  the  said  land  be  and  hereby  is  appraised  and 
fixed  at  one  dollar  ($1),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75) 
for  the  expenses  of  examination,  advertisement,  etc. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 

The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  ratify  and  affirm  the  appraisement  and 
fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests  of  the  City  in  premises  on  the  northeasterly 
corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  and  Madison  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  as 
made  by  resolution  adopted  June  27,  1900  : 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests 
of  the  City  in  premises  on  the  northeasterly  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  and 
Madison  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  being  thirty-five  feet  on  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth 
street  and  ninety-nine  feet  eleven  inches^on  Madison  avenue,  at  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars 
($300),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  expenses  of 
sale,  examinations,  conveyance,  etc.,  as  made  by  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  June  27,  1900, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Charles  T.  Wills,  contractor  for  New  Appel- 
late Division  Court-house,  relative  to  a  cancellation  of  his  bond  amounting  to  $159,742  and 
accept  as  substitute  new  bond  for  $32,50x5. 

New  York,  June  14,  1900. 

Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary,  Sinking  Fund  Commission,  No.  280  Broadway,  New  York  : 

Dear  Sir — Under  date  of  May  22,  a  new  bond  was  approved  by  Mr.  George  Hill  of  the 
Corporation  Counsel's  office  and  was  forwarded  to  me  to  be  given  to  your  Commission  in  accord- 
ance with  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  under  date  of  Febru- 
ary 23,  1900.  That  resolution,  however,  as  worded,  calls  simply  for  the  reduction  of  present 
bond,  which  was  given  in  December  of  1897,  and  which  is  in  the  possession  of  the  City.  If  I  now 
deliver  the  new  bond,  I  am  placed  In  the  position  of  having  furnished  two  bonds  for  the  same 
work,  as  the  original  bond  stands  as  reduced  to  $35,250,  while  this  new  bond  provides  for  the 
same  amount.    If  the  old  bond  could  be  canceled  by  resolution  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commis- 


July  24,  1900.  ] 


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sioners,  and  this,  the  new  bond,  accepted  as  a  substitute,  then  there  would  be  but  one  bond  in 
existence,  which  is  all  I  understand  that  the  City  requires. 

The  difference  now  is  that  the  surety  companies  consider  themselves  liable  under  the  original 
bond  and  they  consider  the  bond  now  executed  and  in  my  hands  as  a  second  obligation,  upon  which 
they  require  a  premium  as  well  as  upon  the  original  bond,  claiming  that  the  old  bond  and  the 
new  bond  would  both  be  operative. 

My  contract  with  the  City  is  practically  finished,  and  this  bond  is  a  mere  technicality,  and  I 
therefore  do  not  feel  like  paying  a  surety  company  any  extra  premium,  which,  however,  by  the 
conditions  at  present  obtaining,  they  may  be  technically  correct  in  asking.  I  therefore  ask  that 
the  old  bond  be  considered  as  binding  for  the  reduced  amount,  in  which  case  it  will  not  be 
necessary  to  file  with  you  a  new  bond,  or  that  the  old  bond  be  considered  as  canceled  under  date 
of  February  23,  with  the  new  bond  to  be  operative  from  that  date. 

Yours  very  truly, 

CHARLES  T,.  WILLS. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  opinion  of  the  Corporation 
Counsel  : 

New  York,  July  18,  1900. 

Edgar  J.  Levey,  Esq.,  Secretary  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  communication  of  the  14th  ultimo,  inclosing  a  communication 
from  Mr.  Charles  T.  Wills  in  regard  to  the  reduction  of  his  bond  on  the  contract  for  the  construction 
of  a  new  court-house  of  the  Appellate  Division,  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  adopted  February  23,  1900,  a  copy  of  which  you  inclose.  The  purport 
of  Mr.  Wills'  communication  is,  that  on  May  22,  1900,  a  new  bond  was  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  above  refe^ed  to.  The  said  resolution  merely  calls  for 
the  reduction  of  the  bond  which  was  given  m  December,  1897.  Mr.  Wills  states  that  if  he  delivers 
the  new  bond  he  is  placed  in  the  position  of  having  furnished  two  bonds  for  the  same  work,  fie 
asks  either  that  the  old  bond  be  considered  as  binding  for  the  reduced  amount,  or  that  the  old  bond 
be  considered  as  canceled  under  date  of  February  14,  with  the  new  bond  to  be  operative  from 
that  date.  # 

You  ask  to  be  advised  whether  or  not  there  is  any  objection  to  complying  with  Mr.  Wills' 
request.    In  reply  thereto,  I  beg  to  inform  you  thac  in  so  far  as  the  interests  of  the  City  are 
concerned,  I  see  no  objection  in  adopting  either  course  suggested  by  Mr.  Wills. 
Respectfully  yours, 

THEODORE  CONNOLY,  Acting  Corporation  Counsel. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  a  refund  of 
Croton  water  rents  paid  in  error  : 

July  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Applications  have  been  made,  as  per  statement  herewith,  for  the  refund  of  Croton 
water  rents  paid  in  error.  The  applications  are  severally  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of 
Water  Supply,  the  Receiver  of  Taxes  or  the  Clerk  of  Arrears,  and,the  amount  so  paid,  eleven 
hundred  and  seventy-seven  dollars  and  fifty-six  cents,  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to 
the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

L  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


341  ClwtV  24,  1900. 

Water  Registrar. 

Julius  J.  &  A.  Lyons,  attorneys   $35  40 

Herman  Wendt   24  50 

Joseph  H.  Beams   171  20 

Joseph  V.  Jordan   212  40 

Charles  F.  Schmidt  ,   18  00 

Charles  E.  Wading   36  00 

Jacob  Lawson   40  65 

James  J.  McKenna     16  20 

Sarah  J.  Brooks   32  00 

Henry  Michaelis   15  00 

Hiram  Rinaldo   107  80 

Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company   49  00 

Frederick  Zittel,  agent   1600 

  $774  15 

Receiver  of  Taxes. 

William  Sugaman   $59  80 

Estate  of  Pompeo  Maresi,  deceased   51  80 

Patrick  Donlon   17  25 

Collector  of  Assessments  and  Arrears   no  10 

Henry  Roloff   10  00 

Charles  V.  Gabriel .    20  10 

Estate  of  Robert  E.  Dietz,  deceased  ,   58  00 

Oscar  Schmidt   14  35 

Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company   11  20 

  35*  60 

Clerk  of  Arrears. 

New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River  Railroad  Company   $7  56 

Simon  Jacobs   34  45 

Harriet  A.  Heylman,  as  executrix   8  80 

 50  81 

Total  .   $1,177  56 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the 
City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  eleven  hundred  and  seventy-seven 
dollars  and  fifty-six  cents  ($1,177.56),  for  deposit  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  "Croton 
Water  Rents,  Refunding  Account,"  for  refunding  erroneous  and  over-payments  of  Croton  Water 
Rents. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the  New 
York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

July  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Dear  Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  months  of  May  and  June,  and  by  the  City 
Magistrates'  Court,  First,  Fifth  and  Sixth  Districts,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  May,  1900  2 


July  24,  )goo.] 


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Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division. 

May  22.  Minnie  Polackoff   $10  oo 

"     22.  David  Saffer   10  oo 

June  7.  Nicola  Mireglia   50  oo 

"    12.  John  Gallagher   5000 

"    19.  Morris  Fallik   25  00 

"    27.  Mollie  Hollender   25  00 

■  $170  00 

City  Magistrates'  Court,  First  Division. 

May  8.  Joseph  Abrahams,  First  District  ,   $25  00 

"    23.  Moses  Faifenkopf,  Fifth  District   25  00 

"    18.  Gussippi  Difielipo,  Sixth  District   25  00 

  75  00 

Total   $245  00 


The  returns  of  the  courts  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  Pursuam  to  section  5,  chapter 
122,  Laws  of  1876,  said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  Society. 

The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children,  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty-five  dollars  ($245),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for 
cruelty  to  children,  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the 
months  of  May  and  June,  and  in  the.  First,  Fifth  and  Sixth  Districts,  City  Magistrates'  Courts, 
in  the  month  of  May,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122, 
Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement,  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable 
to  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

July  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  and  Second  District  Magistrates'  Court,  Second  Division,  in 
the  month  of  June,  1900,  viz.  : 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division. 

June   4.  Angelo  Arrato    $10000 

"    13.  John  Quinn   10  00 

I   $110  00 


343  I  July  24,  1900. 

Second  District  Magistrates''  Court,  Second  Division. 
June  12.  Lee  Soye   10  00 

Total   $120  00 


The  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children,  as  appears  by  certificates  of  clerks  of  said  courts,  hereto  attached. 

Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122.  Laws  of  1876,  the  said  society  is  entitled  to  the  amount  of 
such  fines. 

The  amount  collected  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children,  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  ($120),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for 
cruelty  to  children  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  and 
Second  District  City  Magistrates'  Court,  Second  Division,  in  the  month  of  June,  1900,  and 
payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122.  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable 
to  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

July  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir— The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  animals  were  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  month  of  June,  1900,  viz.  : 


Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division. 

June  6.  Jacob  Wetkin   $25  00 

"      6.  Frank  Gerasaruola   15  00 

M     13.  Sisto  Balloe   10  00 

"     13.  Edward  Quinn   15  oo 

"     27.  Joseph  Glaser     35  00 

6.  Barnett  Schellen  (paid  Warden  City  Prison)   25  00 

"     27.  John  J.  Scully  (paid  Warden  Workhouse)   35  00 

  $160  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division. 

June  27.  Samuel  Giiler  (Brooklyn)   ,   $50  00 

"     27.  Frank  Dotterweirk  (Brooklyn)   1000 

"     27.  Abraham  Giiler  (paid  Sheriff,  Kings  County)   75  00 

"     21.  James  Brown  (Richmond)   10  00 

  145  00 

Total   $305  00 


July  24,  1900. J 


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The  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  and  the  amount  of  fines  recovered  is  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  6, 
chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

The  total  amount  above  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  for  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  five  dollars  ($305),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for 
cruelty  to  animals  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second 
Divisions,  during  the  month  of  June,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section 
6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable 
to  the  New  York  Medical  Society  : 

July  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  illegally  practising  medicine  were  imposed  and  collected  by 


Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  June,  1900,  viz.: 

June  4.  Eustratios  Kockoros  ,   $50  00 

"      7.  Crescitelli  Raff  aele  \   5000 

"    11.  Demosthenes  Generalis   5000 

11    15.  Maria  Marmara   150  00 

"    25.  Caterina  Merolla  ,   15000 


$450  00 

The  cases  were  each  prosecuted  by  the  New  York  Medical  Society,  which  Society  is  entitled 
to  the  amount  of  said  fines  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

The  amount  of  above  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  the 
sum  of  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($450),  being  the  amount  of  fine's  for  violations  of  medical 
law  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  June, 
1900,  and  payable  to  said  society,  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 


Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable 
to  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  : 

July  7,  1900. 

fioH.  Bird  S.  Colek,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  June  5,  1900,  Harry  Salomon  was 
convicted  and  fined  $50,  for  illegally  practising  dentistry.  The  amount  of  said  fine  was  deposited 
in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City 
Debt. 

The  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  their  counsel,  claim  the  amount  of  said  fine 
under  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  Irom  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the  sum 
of  fifty  dollars  ($50),  being  amount  of  fine  for  illegally  practising  dentistry,  imposed  upon  and 
collected  from  Harry  Salomon,  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  June  5,  1900, 
and  payable  to  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  for 
violations  of  Agricultural  Law  : 

July  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Law  (chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893)  were 
imposed  and  collected  by  the  Courts  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the 
month  of  June,  1900,  viz. : 


Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division. 
June  11.  Max  Krause   $25  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division. 

June  6.  Henry  Meyer,  Brooklyn   $100  00 

"     11.  Terence  McGovern,  Brooklyn   25  00 

*'     15.  Henry  Feck,  Brooklyn   100  00 

"     25.  Matthew  Werndorfer,  Brooklyn   100  00 

"     27.  William  Shelltell,  Brooklyn   100  00 

u    27.  John  G.  Larson,  Brooklyn   75  00 

"     27.  Matthew  Kaicher,  Brooklyn     50  00 

•    550  OO, 

"     12.  Herman  Schaefer,  Queens   $25  00 

"     12.  Francis  McGee,  Queens   50  00 

"     19.  George  Schluter,  Queens    75  00 

  150  00 

Total   $725  00 


July  24,  1900.] 


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The  total  amount  of  the  above  tines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  section  9  of  chapter  338  of  the  Laws  of  1893,  one-half  of  the  above  fines  is  pay- 
able to  the  State,  the  residue  is  payable  to  the  pension  funds  of  the  Police  and  Fire  departments, 
and  to  the  General  Fund  of  the  City, 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRET  r,  General  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain,  for  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  dollars  ($725),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  Agricultural  Taw  imposed  and 
collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  month  of  June,  1900, 
to  be  deposited  by  him  to  the  credit  of  account  entitled  "  State  Agricultural  Law,  Fines,"  for  the 
purpose  of  distributing  the  said  amount  pursuant  to  section  9,  chapter  338,  Laws  of  1893, 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  for  viola- 
tion of  Fisheries,  Game  and  Forest  Law. 

July  7,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — On  December  19,  1898,  in  Court  of  Special  Session,  First  Division,  J.  C.  Winters  was 
convicted  and  fined  $25  for  violation  of  Fisheries,  Game  and  Forest  Law.  The  fine  was  paid 
and  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  section  238  of  the  Fisheries,  Game  and  Forest  Law,  the  amount  of  said  fine  is 
payable  to  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission,  as  per  application  of  J.  W.  Pond,  Chief  Pro- 
tector, herewith  submitted. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission  for  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  dollars  ($25),  being  amount  of  fine  for  violation  of  Fisheries,  Game  and  Forest  Law 
imposed  upon  and  collected  from  J.  C.  Winters  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division, 
December  19,  1898,  and  payable  to  said  Commission  pursuant  to  section  238  of  chapter  31  of  the 
General  Laws. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  at  No.  1006  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  July  21,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinkijig  Fund  : 
Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater 
New  York  Charter,  as  amended  by  section  744  of  the  Laws  of  1900,  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease 


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from  B.  McGarry  of  the  store  of  premises  1006  Fourth  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a 
term  of  three  years  from  May  1,  1900,  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  were  contained  in  the 
lease  of  the  same  premises  from  Mr.  McGarry  expiring  May  1,  1900,  except  as  to  special  pro- 
visions for  repairs  by  the  lessor,  which  were  complied  with,  for  the  use  of  this  department  as  a 
Section  Station,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $350,  payable  quarterly. 

It  was  through  an  inadvertence  that  the  request  for  the  renewal  of  this  lease  was  not  made 
to  your  Board  before.    The  department  has  continued  to  be  in  possession  of  the  premises. 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  from 
B.  McGarry,  of  the  store  of  premises  No.  ico6  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of 
three  years  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($350), 
payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  previous 
lease  thereof,  except  as  to  the  special  provisions  for  repairs  by  the  lessor,  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests 
of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Hon.  George  L.  Ingraham,  relative  to  an 
extension  of  the  contract  of  Charles  T.  Wills,  for  construction  of  Appellate  Division  Court-house  : 

New  York,  July  16,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

I  inclose  herewith  a  letter  from  Mr.  Wills,  the  contractor  of  the  building,  which  explains  the 
delay  in  furnishing  two  statues  upon  the  exterior  of  the  Court-house  Building.  This  delay  has 
been  entirely  occasioned  by  the  artist  who  was  employed  under  the  direction  of  the  Justices  of 
the  Appellate  Division,  the  contractor  having  in  all  other  respects  completed  the  contract  before 
the  time  provided  for  in  his  contract.  The  Justices  of  the  Appellate  Division  recommend  that 
this  extension  be  granted.  I  understand  that  the  statues  will  be  placed  in  position  during  this 
month. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

GEO.  L.  INGRAHAM. 

June  20,  1900. 

Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  of  The  City  of  New  York,  No.  280  Broadway,  Manhattan  : 

Gentlemen — On  December  22,  1897,  I  entered  into  contract  with  your  Board  to  erect  a 
court-house  for  the  Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court,  in  the  First  Department,  at  Twenty- 
fifth  street  and  Madison  avenue,  in  accordance  with  the  plans  and  specifications  of  Mr.  James 
Brown  Lord,  architect,  agreeing  to  complete  all  the  work,  including  statuary,  before  the  expira- 
tion of  thirty  months  from  the  date  thereof.  The  constructive  work  has  been  completed  for 
some  time  as  per  the  certificate  of  the  architect,  and  the  building  occupied  by  the  court  for  the 
uses  for  which  it  was  intended,  but  of  the  statuary,  the  two  pieces  which  are  to  be  placed  on  the 


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blocks  at  each  side  o*f  the  Twenty-fifth  street  entrance  are  not  finished,  and  as  will  be  seen  from 
the  copy  of  the  marble  cutter's  letter,  hereto  attached,  cannot  be  put  in  place  before  the  latter 
part  of  July.  I  would  therefore  pray  you  that  an  extension  of  the  time  limit  fixed  by  the  contract 
until  August  1,  1900,  be  granted  me. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

CHARLES  T.  WILLS. 

Approved  : 

Jas.  Brown  Lord,  Architect. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  and  approve 
as  to  form  a  contract  to  be  entered  into  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  with  the 
contractor,  for  the  new  Appellate  Division  Court-house,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  2  of 
chapter  196  of  the  Laws  of  1897,  which  shall  extend  the  time  for  the  completion  of  said  contracts 
to  August  1,  1900,  and  which  shall  provide  for  a  waiver  on  the  part  of  the  contractor  of  any 
defense  to  the  forfeiture  clause  which  he  may  have  up  to  the  time  of  the  execution  of  such 
contract. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  petition  of  William  H.  Barron  was  received  relative  to  a  sale  of  the  City's 
interest  in  a  portion  of  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  road. 

To  the  Honorable  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 
The  petition  of  William  H.  Barron  respectfully  shows  : 

That  the  petitioner  is  the  owner  of  record  of  two  lots  of  land  in  the  Ninth  Waid  of  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  known  on  the  Assessor's  Map  of  the  said  borough  as  Lots  Nos.  4  and  85  in 
Block  15  and  Lot  No.  107  in  Block  14,  as  shown  on  the  map  hereto  annexed. 

These  lots  are  a  portion  of  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  or  plank  road,  which  has 
been  closed  and  in  possession  of  the  petitioner  and  his  grantors  for  more  than  forty  years  past. 
The  City  of  Brooklyn  has  received  the  annual  taxes  levied  on  this  property  ever  since  it  ceased 
to  be  a  road.  The  present  owner  of  record  has  received  a  deed  from  the  Registrar  of  Arrears  of 
the  old  City  of  Brooklyn  under  a  sale  for  taxes  held  in  1883.  Taxes  annually  assessed  since  then 
have  also  been  paid.  In  searching  the  title,  the  question  has  arisen  as  to  what  rights,  if  any,  the 
City  of  Brooklyn  might  have  in  this  old  road,  it  having  been  the  custom  of  the  old  City  of 
Brooklyn  before  the  consolidation  to  give  quit-claim  deeds  for  lots  on  this  old  road  upon  applica- 
tion, without  expense. 

The  petitioner  therefore  prays  for  a  quit-claim  deed  to  clean  up  the  title,  as  requested  from 
him  by  the  Title  Company. 

WILLIAM  H.  BARRON, 

No.  24  Hudson  street,  N.  Y. 

May  26,  1900. 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

July  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler  Comptroller  : 

Sir — William  H.  Barron  of  No.  24  Hudson  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  in  a  petition  to 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  under  date  of  May  26,  1900,  states  :  "  That  the  petitioner 
"  is  the  owner  of  record  of  two  lots  of  land  in  the  Ninth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  known 
"  on  Assessor's  Map  of  the  said  borough  as  Lots  Nos.  4  and  85,  in  Block  15,  and  Lot  No.  107,  in 
"  Block  14,  as  shown  on  the  map  hereto  annexed. 

"  These  lots  are  a  portion  ot  the  old  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush  turnpike  or  Plank  road,  which 
"  has  been  closed  and  in  possession  of  the  petitioner  and  his  grantors  for  more  than  forty  years 
"  past.  The  City  of  Brooklyn  has  received  the  annual  taxes  levied  on  this  property  ever  since  it 
"  ceased  to  be  a  road.  The  present  owner  of  record  has  received  a  deed  from  the  Registrar  of 
' 4  Arrears  of  the  old  City  of  Brooklyn  under  a  sale  for  taxes  held  in  1883.  Taxes  annually 
u  assessed  since  then  have  also  been  paid.  In  searching  the  title,  the  question  has  arisen  as  to 
"  what  rights,  if  any,  the  City  of  Brooklyn  might  have  in  this  old  road,  it  having  been  the  custom 
"  of  the  old  City  of  Brooklyn  before  the  consolidation  to  give  quitclaim  deeds  for  lots  on  this  old 
"  road  upon  application  without  expense. 

"  The  petitioner  therefore  prays  for  a  quitclaim  deed  to  clean  up  the  title,  as  requested  from 
"  him  by  the  title  company." 

It  would  appear  from  the  above  that  the  petitioner  had  title  to  the  land  in  question  prior  to 
1883,  and  that  failing  to  pay  taxes  on  the  same,  it  was  subsequently  sold  by  the  City  of  Brooklyn 
under  authority  of  the  Arrears  Act  (chapter  114  of  the  Laws  of  1883),  and  bought  in  by  the  peti- 
tioner. 

That  later,  in  pursuance  of  said  act,  the  petitioner  applied  for  a  deed  and  that  such  deed  was 
given  by  the  Registrar  of  Arrears  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which  conveyance  the  said  law  pro- 
vided should  be  in  fee  simple. 

It  would  appear  that  the  petitioner  thus  acquired  at  that  time,  by  such  instrument,  all  the 
right,  title  and  interest  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  in  and  to  the  said  premises,  and  that  The  City  of 
New  York,  as  the  successor  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  has  no  interest  or  claim  therein  which  it  can 
properly  dispose  of,  unless  a  confirmatory  deed  should  be  required  to  correct  some  irregularity. 

The  matter  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  his  opinion,  and  in  reply  under  date 
of  July  5,  1900,  he  advises  the  Comptroller  as  follows  : 

"  No  notice  of  the  tax  sale  was  given  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  in  pursuance  of  chapter  114  of 
"  the  Laws  of  1883,  under  which  act  the  sale  was  had.  I  do  not  think  under  these  circumstances 
"  a  sale  and  a  tax  deed  thereunder  would  deprive  the  City  of  Brooklyn  of  any  rights  that  it 
"  might  have  in  the  premises  by  reason  ot  ownership,  and  if  there  are  any  such  rights  outstanding, 
"  either  notice  must  be  served  in  accordance  with  law  or  a  quit  claim  deed  of  the  premises  must 
"  be  given  by  the  City  to  the  purchaser.  As  to  the  giving  of  such  quit  claim  deed,  I  have  already 
"  advised  you  in  similar  cases  that  application  therefor  must  be  made  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Com- 
"  mis^ioners,  pursuant  to  section  205  of  the  Charter.  I  may  add  that  the  interest  of  The  City  of 
"  New  York  in  this  land,  if  it  has  any,  is  simply  nominal." 

It  would  appear  from  this  opinion  that  a  deed  was  necessary  to  perfect  the  petitioner's  title 
to  the  premises  in  question,  and  I  would  therefore  propose  that  ,the  Commissioners  ot  the 
Sinking  Fund  authorize  a  sale  at  auction  of  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New 
York  in  and  to  the  following  premises  : 

First  Parcel — All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ninth 
Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  known  and  designated  on  the  assessment 


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map  of  the  said  ward  as  Lot  No.  107  in  Block  14,  and  being  an  interior  lot,  formerly  a  part 
of  the  northerly  half  of  the  old  Flatbush  turnpike. 

Second  Parcel — All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ninth 
Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  known  and  designated  on  the  assessment 
map  of  the  said  ward  as  Lots  Nos.  4  and  85  in  Block  15,  said  lots  having  a  frontage  of  41  feet, 
more  or  less,  on  the  easterly  side  of  Sixth  avenue,  and  being  a  portion  of  the  northerly  half  of 
the  old  Flatbush  turnpike. 

That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  above  premises  be  appraised  at 
the  sum  of  $1  for  each  parcel  ;  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fees  and  $75  for  the 
expenses  of  examination,  advertising,  etc.,  upon  each  deed  delivered. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  following  premises  : 

First  Parcel— All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ninth 
Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  known  and  designated  on  the  Assessment 
Map  of  the  said  ward  as  Lot  No.  107  in  Block  14,  and  being  an  interior  lot,  formerly  a  part  of 
the  northerly  half  of  the  old  Flatbush  turnpike. 

Second  Parcel — All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ninth 
Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  known  and  designated  on  the  Assessment 
Map  of  the  said  ward  as  Lots  Nos.  4  and  85  in  Block  15,  said  lots  having  a  frontage  of  41  feet, 
more  or  less,  on  the  easterly  side  of  Sixth  avenue,  and  being  a  portion  of  the  northerly  half  of  the 
old  Flatbush  turnpike. 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  for  such  land  be  and  hereby  is  appraised  and 
fixed  at  one  dollar  ($1)  for  each  parcel,  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fees  and  seventy-five 
dollars  ($75)  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  advertisement,  etc.,  upon  each  deed  delivered. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted  : 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  the  redemption  and  cancellation  of  assessment  bonds  payable  on  or  after  November  1,  1890  : 

July  23,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — Three  per  cent,  assessment  bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York  as  constituted 
prior  to  January  I,  1898,  amounting  to  thirty  thousand  dollars  ($30,000),  were  issued  in  the  year 
1888  for  improving  and  constructing  Riverside  avenue.  These  bonds  were  made  payable  on  or 
after  November  1,  1890. 

Money  to  redeem  said  bonds  was  provided  by  assessments  on  property  benefited,  and  such 
assessments  as  collected  were  paid  into  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt, 
No.  1. 


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It  appears  that  there  has  been  a  sufficient  amount  of  such  assessments  collected  to  redeem 
said  bonds,  and  I  therefore  present  herewith  a  resolution  authorizing  the  cancellation  of  said 
bonds,  which  are  held  as  an  investment  by  the  Sinking  Fund  from  which  they  are  to  be 
redeemed. 

Respectfully, 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

Whereas,  Sufficient  money  has  been  collected  from  assessments  levied  therefor  and  paid  into 
the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  to  redeem  three  per  cent,  assessment 
bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York,  as  constituted  prior  to  January  1,  1898,  issued  for  improving 
and  constructing  Riverside  avenue,  amounting  to  thirty  thousand  dollars  ($30,000)  which  were 
made  payable  on  or  after  November  1,  1890  : 

Whereas,  Said  bonds  are  held  as  an  investment  by  said  fund  from  which  they  are  payable  ; 
therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  authorized  to  cancel  said  bonds 
on  August  1,  1900. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adop:ed. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries 
relative  to  the  issue  of  $3,000,000  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York  for  the  uses  and 
purposes  of  that  Department. 

New  York,  July  20,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  VAN  Wyck,  Mayor  and  Chairman  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — On  January  26,  1900,  a  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Docks  requesting  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  pursuant  to  the  authority  vested  in  them  by  section  180  of 
chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897,  to  direct  the  Comptroller  to  prepare  and  issue  Corporate  Stock 
of  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  amount  of  $3,000,000,  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  this  Depart- 
ment for  the  year  1900. 

As  it  is  absolutely  necessary  that  the  bonds  shall  be  sold  in  order  that  the  proceeds  thereof 
may  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  this  Department,  I  have  been  directed  by  the  Board  to  again 
request  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  issue  said 
Corporate  Stock. 

Yours  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  BURKE,  Secretary. 

Which  was  referred  to  the  Comptroller. 


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July  24,  1900. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  of  leases  and  City  property  sold  at  public 
auction  since  January  I,  1898  : 


Statement  Showing  City  Property  Sold  at  Public  Auction  from  January  1,  1898,  to  July  20, 

1900. 


LuCATlON  OB  PRJI'ERTY. 


Bounded  by  West  street,  Duane  ; 
street,  Washington  street  and  \ 
Reade  street,  Fifth  Ward...  I 

No.  70  Grove  street  

Gore  of  land  at  corner  formed  by  1 
the  intersection  of  Great 
Jones  street  with  the  westerly  | 
side  of  Kim  street,  being  j 
of  an  inch  at  Great  Jones  \ 
street  and  8  feet  4^  inches  in 
the  rear  by  ico  teet  6  inches  | 
on     Elm    street,    Fifteenth  | 

Ward  j 

v  n  the  easterly  side  of  Columbia 
street,  distant  25  feet  north-  ■ 
erly  from  the  nor.heast  cor-  ! 
ner  of  Columbia  and  Baltic  f 
streets  (price  includes  $50,  ex- 
penses of  sate)  j 

The  following  lan  Js  hereto'ore  ac- 
quired for  purposes  of  th« 
new  Croton  Aqueduct  : 
Parcel  No.  t — Shatt  site  No. 2, 
Town  of  Newcastle,  Par- 
cels Nos  841  and  841^.. 
Parcel  No.  2 — Shaft  site  No.3, 
Town  of  Newcastle.  Par- 
cels No?.  817  and  818  

Parcel  No.  3  —Shaft  site  No. 4, 
Town  of  Ossining,  Par- 
cel No.  794  

Parcel  No.  4  — Shaft  site  No. 5, 
Town  of  Ossining,  Pai- 
cels  Nos.  771K  and  772.. 
Parcel  No.  5— Shalt  site  No. 6,  i 
To  »n  of  Ossining,  Par- > 

eel  No.  750  ) 

Certain  parcel  of  land,  formerly  "| 
part  of  the  Flatbush  Turn- 
pike,   included  within  the 
boundaries    of    certain    lots  | 
Nos.   6381    to    6385,    Block  j 
126,  on  th=  northerly  side  of 
Flatbush  avenue,  128.40  feet 
southeasterly  of  the  south- 
easterly corner  of  Flatbush 
avenue  and  Avenue  K  (price 
includes  $75,  expenses  of  sale). 
Certain  parcel  of  land,  formerly  ) 
part  of  the  old  Hunter's  Fly 
road,  running  through  certain 
lots  on  R-ilph  avenue,  begin- 
ning on  the  easterly  side  of  [ 
Ralph  avenue,  40  feet  from  f 
the   southeasterly  corner  of  1 
Ralph    avenue    and  Butler 
street  (price  includes  $75,  ex-  | 

penses  of  sale)  J 

Certain  parcel  of  land,  formerly 
part  of  Reid's  lane  or  road, 
beginning  at  the  southwest- 
erly corner  of  Mason  street  j 
and  Reid  avenue  J 


Total. 


Borough  or  County 


Name  of  Puuchaser. 


Borough  of  Manhattan. .  \  Jarvis  H  icks . . 

Maria  Fossier. 


Leo  Schlesinger. 


Borough  of  Brooklyn.. .    Sylvester  Ross. 


County  of  Westchester.   W.  D.  Fitter.  

I  H.B.Green  

Charles  K.Ryder. 
Walter  W.  Lav  .  . 
Martha  J.  Ward.  . 


Borough  of  Brooklyn... 


(  Germania  Real  Es- 
■<  tate  and  lmprove- 
(     ment  Company  . . . 


Ella  H.  Leffman. 


Carl  Ernest. 


Date  of 
Sale. 


Purchase 
Price. 


May  4,  1898  8453,000  00 
July  26,  1899  274  45 

Feb.  13,  1900         8,600  00 


Apr.  30,  " 

Nov.  23,  1899 
"    23,  '« 

"      23.  " 

"  23,  " 
"   23,  " 

Jan.  22,  1900 


316  00 


160  oo 


76  00 


76  00 


76  00 


$463,«48  45 


July  24,  1900.] 


354 


The  above  amounts  were  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  "  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption 
of  the  City  Debt  No.  I,"  except  $12,146,08  paid  to  the  Collector  of  Assessments  and  Arrears  for 
unpaid  taxes. 

Statement  Showing  City  Property  leased  at  Public  Auction  from  January  1,  1898,  to.  July 

20,  1900. 


Location  r  f  Property. 


On  Bradford  street,  185  feet ) 
north  ot  Atlantic  avenue. J 

112  acres  on  Barren  Island  

On  the  southeast  corner  of 
Amsterdam  avenue  and  ' 
One  Hundred  and  Fitty-  , 
second  street  | 

On  north  side  of  One  Hun-1 
dred  and  Fifty-second  ! 
street,  225  feet  east  of  [ 
Amsterdam  avenue  J 

Cellar  No.  1,  Centre  Market. . . 

Cellar  No.  5,  Centre  Market . . . 

On  north  stae  of  West  One  1 
Hundred  and  Fifty-first  I 
street,  125  feet  east  of  f 
Amsterdam  avenue  J 

Cellar  No.  3,  Centre  Market. . . 

Cellar  No.  4,  Centre  Market. . . 
Cellar  No.  6,  Centre  Market. . . 
Cellar  No. 7,  Centre  Market... 

Upper  part  of  Centre  Market. . 

Second  and  third  floors  of) 
Jefferson  Market  j 

Old  Harlem  Market  Square — \ 
126  feet  2  inches  on  Third 
avenue  by  100  feet  on 
One   Hundred  and| 
Twenty-first  street,  and  | 
connecting   in   the   rear  ^ 
with  lot  on  the  north  side 
of   One    Hundred  and 
Twentieth     street,  100 
feet  west  of  Third  ave- 
nue, 25  feet  bv  100  feet  10 
inches  

On  southeast  corner  of  Bed- 
ford and  Metropolitan 
avenues,  being  the  same 
premises  on  which  form- 
erly stood  the  old  Forty- 
seventh  Regiment 
Armory  J 


Total. 


Borough  of 


Brooklyn , 


Manhattan 


Brooklyn. 


Name  of  Purchaser. 


Twenty-sixth  Ward 
Homeopathic  Dis- 
pensary  

P.  White's  Sons  


James  F.  McGowan. 

Mahony  Bros  

John  Dougherty.... 
Elias  Rappaport. . . , 

James  G.  MiOcahy. . 

John  Dougherty. . . . 
H.W.  Schr.eder.... 
P. Fahy   

B.  G.  Hughes  


The  National  Enamel- 
ing and  Stamping 
Company  ...  .... 


Date  of 
Sale. 


1899. 
Feb.  1 

Apr.  27 


27 
"  27 

May  1 1 


1900. 
Apr.  9 


July  20 


Terms  of  Lease. 


Period. 


10  years,  from 
Feb. 15,  1899. 


5  vears, 
May  1, 

5  years 
May  1.  \\ 


from  I 
1899.  ] 

from' 


{5  years 
May  1, 

\  5  year?, 
(  May  t, 
(5  years, 
I  May  1, 

\   May  i, 

j  5  years 
)  May  1, 
j  5  years, 
I  May  1, 
j  5  years, 
"j  May  1, 
(5  years, 
I  May  i, 
j  5  years, 
{  May  1, 
•  5  years, 
\  May  1, 


from  I 
1899.  » 

from  I 
>89Q.  j 

from  I 
1899.  J 

from  I 
1899.  f 
from  I 

1899-  J 

from  I 
1899  f 

from ) 
1899.  J 

from  I 
1&99.  I 

from  I 
1899.  f 

from ) 
1899.  ( 


5  years,  from  1 
May  1,  190c.  I 


5  years,  from 
July  20,  1900. 


Which  was  ordered  filed. 


355 


[July  24,  1900. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance, 
relative  to  the  proposed  purchase  by  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  from  James  G. 
Wallace  of  certain  property  on  the  westerly  side  of  Eleventh  avenue,  between  Eighteenth  and 
Nineteenth  streets,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

July  23,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Deparment  of  Docks  and  Ferries  in  communication  of  May  15,  1900,  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  transmits  "agreement  duly  executed  by  the  Board  of 
"  Docks  and  James  G.  Wallace,  dated  May  14,  1900,  for  the  purchase  of  his  property  and 
"  bulkhead  rights  between  Eighteenth  and  Nineteenth  streets,  westerly  of  Eleventh  avenue, 
"  for  submission  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval  as  provided 
"  by  law." 

The  following  is  the  property  proposed  to  be  purchased  : 

"All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  with  the  buildings  and  improvements  thereon, 
"  situate  between  Eighteenth  and  Nineteenth  streets.  Eleventh  and  Thirteenth  avenues,  in  The 
"  City  of  New  York,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  which  said  piece  or  parcel  of  land  is  bounded 
"  and  described  as  follows  : 

"  Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  easterly  line  of  Thirteenth  avenue,  where  the  same  is  inter- 
"  sected  by  the  southerly  line  of  Nineteenth  street  ;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  southerly 
"  line  of  Nineteenth  street,  177  feet  7^  inches  to  the  westerly  line  of  Eleventh  avenue  ;  thence 
"  southerly  along  the  westerly  line  of  Eleventh  avenue  138  feet  ;  thence  westerly  parallel  with 
"  Nineteenth  street  70  feet  5  inches;  thence  southerly  parallel  with  Eleventh  avenue  23  feet  ; 
"thence  easterly  parallel  with  Nineteenth  street  2  feet  8*A  inches;  thence  southerly  parallel 
"  with  Eleventh  avenue  23  feet  to  the  northerly  line  of  Eighteenth  street  ;  thence  westerly 
"  along  the  northerly  line  of  Eighteenth  street  67  feet  9^  inches  to  the  easterly  line  of  Thir- 
"  teenth  avenue  ;  thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  Thirteenth  avenue  188  feet  9  inches 
"  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning  ;  together  with  all  the  bulkhead  and  wharfage  rights  along 
"  the  westerly  side  of  Thirteenth  avenue  fronting  on  said  premises,  gnd  between  the  northerly 
"line  of  Eighteenth  street  and  the  southerly  line  of  Nineteenth  street,  in  length  about  188  feet 
' 1  and  9  inches,  for  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars  ($320,000),  lawful 
"  money  of  the  United  States  of  America,  or  by  warrant  on  the  City  Treasury  for  that  amount." 

"  Subject,  nevertheless,  to  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund." 

This  property  is  valued  on  the  tax  books  as  follows  : 

The  bulkhead,  188  feet  9  inches,  at  ,   $55,000  OO 

The  tax  valuation  of  the  whole  block  between  Eighteenth  and  Nineteenth 
streets,  Eleventh  and  Thirteenth  avenues,  28,814.40  square  feet,  is  $90,000. 
The  portion  included  in  the  proposed  purchase  amounts  to  25,637.64  square  feet, 

and  the  proportion  of  the  tax  valuation  due  to  this  part  is   80,074  89 

Making  the  total  tax  valuation  of  the  proposed  purchase.   $135,074  89 

The  price  named  in  the  agreement  is  $320,000,  which  is  2.37  times  the  tax  valuation. 

If  we  allowed  $600  per  foot  for  the  188  feet  9  inches  of  bulkhead,  this  will  amount  to 
$113,250,  leaving  for  the  land  $206,750,  which  would  be  at  the  rate  of  $8.06  per  square  foot,  or 
$20,150  per  city  lot,  25  by  100. 

I  consider  that  the  price  agreed  upon,  $320,000,  is  excessive. 


July  24,  1900.] 


356 


My  opinion  is  that  where  there  are  so  many  uncertain  factors  to  be  considered  such  property 
should  in  all  cases  be  acquired  by  condemnation  proceedings. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  decline  to  approve  the 
agreement  entered  into  on  the  14th  day  of  May,  1900,  between  the  Board  of  Docks  and  James 
G.  Wallace,  for  the  purchase  of  certain  property  on  the  westerly  side  of  Eleventh  avenue,  between 
Eighteenth  and  Nineteenth  streets,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a  lease 
of  the  building  known  as  the  Queens  Lyceum,  in  the  Borough  of  Queens. 

New  York,  July  18,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  copy  of  report  and  resolutions  adopted  by 
the  Board  of  Education  on  July  16,  1900,  requesting  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  P'und  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  known  as  the  Queens  Lyceum,  Queens, 
Borough  of  Queens. 

Respectfully, 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings  respectfully  reports  that  on  April  28,  1900,  old  Public  School 
34,  Borough  of  Queens,  was  destroyed  by  fire,  and  the  Local  Committee  of  the  School  Board  of 
the  Fourth  Ward,  consistii*g  of  Messrs.  Thombury  and  Maure,  immediately  hired  the  building 
known  as  the  Queens  Lyceum,  Queens,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  school  purposes,  at  the  rate  of 
$5  per  school  day,  including  janitor's  services,  the  building  being  fully  equipped  with  furniture. 
This  action  was  approved  by  the  School  Board  by  its  resolution  adopted  on  May  1,  1900,  and  also 
on  June  7,  1900. 

As  this  was  clearly  a  case  of  necessity  and  the  only  thing  to  be  done  to  avoid  disbanding  the 
school,  your  Committee  believes  that  the  action  of  the  School  Board  should  be  approved,  and 
submits  the  following  resolutions  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  action  of  the  School  Board  for  the  Borough  of  Queens,  in  sanctioning 
the  hiring  of  the  building  known  as  the  Queens  Lyceum,  Queens,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  twenty- 
two  school  days,  from  April  30  to  May  29,  1900,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  of  five  dollars  per  day,  to 
accommodate  the  children  in  attendance  at  old  Public  School  34,  destroyed  by  fire,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  approved  ;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  known  as  the  Queens  Lyceum, 
Queens,  Borough  of  Queens,  occupied  by  the  pupils  of  Public  School  34,  from  April  30  to  May 
29,  1900,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  of  five  dollars  for  each  school  day  and  janitor's  services,  or  a  total 
of  one  hundred  and  ten  dollars.  Owners,  the  Ladies'  Co-operative  Guild  of  Queens,  S.  E.  L. 
Nichols,  Treasurer. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  July  16,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 


357 


[July  24,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

July  24,  1900. 

Hon,.  Bird  S.  Colek,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  by  resolution  adopted  July  16,  1900,  requested  the  Commis- 
sioneis  ol  the  Sinking  Fund  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  building  known  as  the  Queens  Lyceum, 
Queens,  Borough  of  Queens,  occupied  by  the  pupils  of  Public  School  34,  from  Aprd  30  to 
May  29,  1900,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  of  $5  for  each  school  day  and  janitor's  services,  or  a  total  of 
$110  ;  owners,  Ladies'  Co-operative  Guild  of  Queens,  S.  E.  L.Nichols,  Treasurer;  would  report  : 

The  building  consists  of  a  two-story  frame  building,  42  feet  by  55  feet,  in  good  condition. 
The  rental  of  $5  per  day  I  consider  high,  but  since  it  was  an  accommodation  I  would  recommend 
that  the  rental  asked  be  allowed. 

Respectfully, 

CHAXDLER  WTTHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Treasurer  of  the  Department  of  Education  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  pay  to  the  Ladies'  Co-operative  League  of  Queens,  S.  E.  L.  Nichols,  Treasurer,  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  and  ten  dollars  ($1 10),  being  the  rental  of  the  building  known  as  the  Queens 
Lyceum,  occupied  by  the  pupils  of  Public  School  34,  from  April  30  to  May  29,  1900,  inclusive. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


A  communication  was  received  from  the  Board,  of  Armory  Commissioners  relative  to  an 
appropriation  of  $60,000  for  the  erection  of  a  building  for  permanent  quarters  for  the  Second  Naval 
Battalion  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Which  was  reterred  to  the  Comptroller. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  the  Public 
Teachers'  Retirement  Fund  : 

July  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Pursuant  to  chapter  296,  Laws  of  1894,  as  amended  by  chapter  874,  Laws  of  1895,  and 
section  1083  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended  by  chapter  91,  Laws  of  1898,  the 
interest  and  income  of  the  "  Public  School  Teachers'  Retirement  Fund"  shall  become  part  of 
said  fund. 

I  hereby  certify  that  from  December  31,  1899  (p«  M-)>  tne  date  °f  tne  ^ast  adjustment,  to  June 
30,  1900  (p.  m.),  the  interest  earned  by  the  cash  to  the  credit  of  said  fund  was  five  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  three  dollars  and  sixty-eight  cents,  as  per  statement  hereto  attached. 

This  interest,  together  with  all  interest  on  deposits  to  the  credit  of  the  "  City  Treasury  "  has 
been  received  and  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  "  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1." 

Respectfully, 

JOSEPH  HA  AG,  Chief  Bookkeeper. 


July  24,  1900.] 


358 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  "  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  No.  1,"  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  rive  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  three  dollars  and  sixty-eight  cents  ($5,703.68),  to  be  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the 
credit  of  the  "  Public  School  Teachers'  Retirement  Fund,"  pursuant  to  chapter  296,  Laws  of  1894, 
as  amended  by  chapter  874,  Laws  of  1895,  and  section  1083  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as 
amended  by  chapter  91,  Laws  of  1898. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 


EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


359 


[August  8,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE   SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's  Office ',  at 
II.30  o'clock  A.  M.,  on  Wednesday,  August  8,  1900. 


Present — Randolph  Guggenheimer,  Acting  Mayor  ;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ;  Patrick 
Keenan,  Chamberlain,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman,  Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


The  reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  July  24,  1900,  was  dispensed  with. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  new  armory  for  the  First  Battery, 
N.G.,  N.  Y.  : 

February  27,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Thomas  L.  Feitner,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners,  in  com- 
munication of  February  20,  1900,  transmits  the  following  resolution  adopted  by  the  Armory 
Board  on  that  date,  viz.  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  plans  of  Messrs.  Morgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  as  submitted  by  the 
"  committee  in  its  report  of  February  14,  1900,  for  an  armory  for  the  First  Battery,  N.  G.,  N.  Y., 
11  on  the  site  on  the  southerly  side  of  Sixty-sixth  street,  one  hundred  and  fitty  feet  east  of  Colum- 
"  bus  avenue,  be  and  are  hereby  adopted,  and  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  transmit  to  the 
"  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  the  plans  thus  submitted  and  adopted,  with  the  request 
"  that  they  be  approved  and  an  issue  of  bonds  to  the  amount  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars 
"  (S20o,ooo)  be  authorized  for  the  erection  of  the  building." 

The  plans  of  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery  for  the  building  were  also  transmitted. 

These  are  not  full  architects'  plans  for  construction,  but  only  sketches.  They  are  sufficiently 
in  detail,  however,  to  give  a  clear  idea  of  the  contemplated  building,  which  appears  to  me  well 
designed. 


August  8,  1900.  | 


360 


According  to  the  description  furnished  by  the  architects  "the  building  will  be  ioo  feet  in 
"  depth  and  175  feet  front.  The  basement  will  contain  a  pistol  range,  magazine,  stalls  for  about 
"  60  horses,  feed  room,  etc.  The  first  story  will  consist  of  the  large  drill  hall,  175  feet  by  75  feet  ; 
"  also  the  Quartermaster's  office  and  supply  room,  the  First  Sergeant's  room,  reception  room, 
"  Captain's  office,  Surgeon's  office  and  Officers'  room.  The  second  floor  includes  non-commis- 
"  sioned  officers' room,  lavatory,  locker  room,  mess  hall,  gymnasium  and  kitchen.  The  third  floor 
"  will  contain  the  offices  of  the  First  Brigade,  and  will  include  the  Clerk's  room,  Board  room  and 
"  General  Butt's  private  room.  The  building  will  be  constructed  of  brick  ;  the  front  to  be  of 
"  granite  for  one  story  and  yellow  brick  with  granite  trimmings  for  the  rest  of  the  front. 

"  We  approximate  the  cost  of  the  new  armory  for  the  First  Battery,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  on  the  south 
"  side  of  Sixty-sixth  street,  between  Columbus  avenue  and  Central  Park,  West,  at  about  two  hun- 
"  dred  thousand  dollars  ($200,000).    The  building  will  be  of  fireproof  construction  throughout." 

There  appears  to  me  no  reason  why  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  should  not  con- 
cur in  the  resolution  and  comply  with  the  request  of  the  Board  in  accordance  with  chapter  212, 
section  134,  Laws  of  1898. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  Tliat  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  the  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  on  February  20,  1900,  reading  as  follows  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  plans  of  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  as  submitted  by  the 
"  committee  in  its  report  of  February  14,  1900,  for  an  armory  for  the  First  Regiment,  N.  G.,  N.  Y., 
"  on  the  site  on  the  southerly  side  of  Sixty-sixth  street,  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  east  of 
"  Columbus  avenue,  be  and  are  hereby  adopted,  and  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  transmit  to 
"  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  the  plans  thus  submitted  and  adopted,  with  the  request 
"  that  they  be  approved  and  an  issue  of  bonds  to  the  amount  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars 
"  ($200,000)  be  authorized  for  the  erection  of  the  building  ;  "  and 

Resolved,  That,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  means  for  the  payment  therefor,  the  Comptroller 
be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  134  of  chapter 
212  of  the  Laws  of  1898,  to  issue  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  the  manner 
provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  to  the  amount  of  two  hundred  thousand 
dollars  ($200,000),  the  proceeds  whereof  to  be  applied  to  the  payment  of  the  expenses  aforesaid. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  the  issue  of  $1,500,000  bonds  for  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries. 

August  4,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — On  January  26,  1900,  the  Board  of  Docks  requested  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  issue  of  Corporate  Stock  to  the  amount  of  three  million  dollars 
($3,000,000)  for  the  general  uses  and  purposes  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries.  This 
request  was  repeated  on  July  20,  1900,  and  both  communications  have  been  referred  to  the 
Comptroller.    Thus  far  in  the  year  1900  no  bonds  for  dock  purposes  have  been  authorized. 


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It  may  be  necessary  and  advisable  before  the  close  of  the  current  year  to  authorize  the  full 
amount  of  S3, 000,000  requested  ;  but  for  the  present  I  recommend  authorizing  the  issue  of  only 
Si, 500,000,  and  a  resolution  for  this  purpose  is  herewith  submitted. 

Respectfully, 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

R.esolved,  That,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  180  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter, 
the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  from  time  to  time,  as  may  be  required,  Cor- 
porate Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater 
New  York  Charter,  to  the  amount  of  one  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($1,500,000),  the 
proceeds  whereof  shall  be  applied  to  the  uses  and  purposes  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and 
Ferries. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  of  the  Chief  Bookkeeper  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  a  transfer  of  $1,500,000  from 
Interest  Fund  to  Redemption  Fund  : 

July  27,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — I  hereby  certify  that  there  was  on  deposit  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of 
the  "Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the  City  Debt,"  at  close  of  business, 
July  21,  1900, 

the  sum  of   $2,942,963  05 

That  the  liability  of  said  fund  for  payment  of  interest  due  August  1  and  October  1, 

1900,  and  refunds  authorized  to  the  latter  date,  will  not  exceed   200,000  00 

Leaving  a  surplus  of   $2,742,963  05 

Respectfully, 

JOSEPH  HAAG,  Chief  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  "  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,"  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  one  million  five  hundred 
thousand  dollars  ($1,500,000),  to  be  by  him  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  "  Sinking  Fund  for  the 
Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.  1,"  thereby  transferring  this  amount  of  surplus  revenues  of 
the  ;'  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the  City  Debt,"  to  the  "  Sinking  Fund  for  the 
Redemption  of  the  City  Debt,  No.  1,"  pursuant  to  section  209  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  /rom  the  Special  Commissioner  of  Jurors,  Kings 
County,  relative  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  at  Nos.  375  to  379  Fulton  street,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  August  1,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

My  Dear  Sir— Mr.  Julius  Lehrenkramp,  Treasurer  of  the  Germania  Savings  Bank,  Kings 
County,  the  owner  of  the  building  in  which  ihis  Department  has  its  offices,  informs  me  no  lease  has 


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been  executed  for  the  rental  of  said  offices  for  the  current  year,  Irom  July  15,  1900,  to  July  15, 
1901.  Please  have  the  proper  resolution  laid  before  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  for  the  lease 
of  offices,  known  as  rooms  Nos.  20  and  21,  on  premises  Nos.  375  to  379  Fulton  street,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  at  rental  $1,000  per  annum,  being  same  as  present  rental. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

EDWARD  J.  DOOLEY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  from  the  Germania  Savings  Bank  of  Kings  County  of  rooms  Nos. 
20  and  21  on  the  second  floor  of  the  Germania  Savings  Bank  Building,  Nos.  375  to  379  Fulton 
street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the  Special  Commissioner  of  Jurors,  Kings  County,  for 
a  term  of  one  year  from  May  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000),  payable 
quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interest  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communications  were  received  from  Messrs.  Hoadly,  Lauterbach  &  Johnson, 
relative  to  the  granting  of  two  lots  of  city  property  to  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  in  fee  simple  : 

April  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  of  The  City      New  York  ; 

Dear  Sir — I  beg  herewith  to  submit  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  through  you,  an 
application  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  to  change  the  two  leaseholds  which  the  Mount  Sinai 
Hospital  holds  on  the  north  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street  to  a  grant  under  the  legislation  known 
as  chapter  166  of  the  Laws  of  1900,  which  you  approved  as  Mayor. 

The  legislation  as  well  as  the  proposed  resolution,  which  we  herewith  inclose,  is  in  exactly 
he  same  form  as  the  legislation  with  reference  to  the  balance  of  their  property  on  the  south  side 
of  Sixty-seventh  street,  the  property  now  intended  to  be  covered  having  been  omitted  from  the 
original  legislation  by  mistake. 

Thanking  you  for  any  attention  you  may  give  to  the  matter,  I  am, 

Very  truly  yours, 

EDWARD  LAUTERBACH. 

April  10,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — We  beg  herewith  to  submit  to  you  for  passage  a  proposed  resolution  with 
reference  to  the  property  heretofore  leased  by  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital 
on  the  north  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street,  at  or  near  Lexington  avenue. 

Precisely  the  same  resolution  was  passed  by  your  Board  on  June  9,  1898,  with  reference  to  the 
main  hospital  building  on  the  east  side  of  Lexington  avenue,  between  Sixty-sixth  and  Sixty-seventh 
streets,  under  chapter  257  of  the  Laws  of  1898. 

By  an  oversight  the  two  small  plots  on  the  north  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street,  at  or  near  Lex- 
ington avenue,  were  omitted  in  that  legislation;  and  chapter  166  of  the  Laws  of  1900  with  almost 


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the  identical  phraseology  was  passed  so  as  to  afford  the  same  relief  to  the  two  small  plots  omitted 
in  the  original  legislation. 

The  resolution  herewith  submitted  is  in  exactly  the  same  form  as  the  resolution  passed  by 
ytair  Board  with  reference  to  the  main  building  on  June  9,  1898. 

On  behalf  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  we  therefore  most  urgently  request  the  passage  of  the 
resolution  herewith  submitted. 

The  petition  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  verified  by  Isaac  Wallach,  President,  is  herewith 
submitted. 

Yours  truly, 

HOADLY,  LAUTERBACH  &  JOHNSON. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York : 


In  the  Matter 
of 

The  Application  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  to  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York 
for  a  grant  of  premises  on  the  north  side  of  Sixty-seventh 
Street  and  the  east  side  of  Lexington  Avenue. 


The  petition  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  respectfully  shows  : 

That  it  is  a  corporation  organized  and  existing  under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
under  the  provisions  of  an  act  for  the  incorporation  of  benevolent,  charitable,  scientific  and  mis- 
sionary societies,  passed  April  12,  1848. 

The  object  of  said  corporation  is  to  furnish  medical  and  surgical  aid  to  poor  persons,  and 
such  purposes  as  will  more  fully  appear  from  the  certificate  of  incorporation  as  modified  by  chapter 
651  of  the  Laws  of  1857,  and  other  provisions  of  law  affecting  said  corporation. 

The  name  of  said  corporation  was  changed  by  chapter  627  of  the  Laws  of  1866  to  Mount 
Sinai  Hospital. 

The  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  the  City  of  New  York,  on  or  about  the  first  day 
of  January,  1894,  leased  to  your  petitioner  the  following  premises,  to  wit  : 

All  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  City  of  New  York, 
and  bounded  and  described  as  follows,  namely  : 

Beginning  at  the  point  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Sixty-seventh 
street  with  the  easterly  side  of  Lexington  avenue  :  running  thence  northerly  along  the  said  east- 
erly side  of  Lexington  avenue  100  feet  5  inches  ;  thence  easterly  and  parallel  to  Sixty-seventh 
street  58  feet  ;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  to  Lexington  avenue  100  feet  5  inches  to  the  north- 
erly side  of  Sixty-seventh  street  ;  thence  westerly  along  the  northerly  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street 
58  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning, 

— which  said  lease  is  dated  on  that  day,  and  is  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  the  City 
and  County  of  New  York  on  the  23d  day  of  October,  1894,  in  Block  Series  Conveyances,  section 
5,  liber  31,  page  234. 

And  at  about  the  same  time  duly  leased  to  your  petitioner  the  following  premises,  to  wit  : 

All  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  The  City  of  New  York 
and  bounded  and  described  as  follows,  namely  : 


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Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street,  distant  115  feet  easterly 
from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  said  northerly  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street  with 
the  easterly  side  of  Lexington  avenue,  and  running  thence  northerly  parallel  with  Lexington 
avenue  100  feet  5  inches  to  the  centre  line  of  the  block  ;  thence  westerly  along  said  centre  line 
of  the  block  57  feet  ;  thence  southerly  parallel  with  Lexington  avenue  ioo  feet  and  5  inches  to 
the  said  northerly  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street,  and  thence  easterly  along  the  said  northerly  side 
of  Sixty-seventh  street  57  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning, 

— which  said  lease  is  dated  on  the  1st  day  of  January,  1894,  and  is  recorded  in  said  Register's 
office  on  the  23d  day  of  October,  1894,  in  Block  Series  of  Conveyances,  section  5,  liber  31, 
page  237. 

Both  of  said  leases  extended  for  a  term  of  ninety-nine  years  from  the  1st  day  of  January, 
1894,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1. 

Your  petitioner  thereupon  entered  into  the  possession  of  said  premises,  which  taken  together 
are  bounded  and  described  as  follows  : 

All  that  certain  plot  of  ground  in  the  City  and  County  of  New  York  bounded  and  described 
as  follows,  to  wit : 

Beginning  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Lexington  avenue  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  in  said 
county,  running  thence  eastwardly  along  the  northerly  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street  115  feet  ;  thence 
northwardly,  parallel  with  Lexington  avenue,  100  feet  and  5  inches  to  the  centre  line  of  the  block  ; 
thence  westwardly,  parallel  with  said  street,  1 15  feet  to  the  easterly  side  of  Lexington  avenue, 
and  thence  southwardly  along  the  easterly  side  of  Lexington  avenue  100  feet  and  5  inches  to  the 
point  or  place  of  beginning, 

— and  erected  upon  a  portion  of  said  premises  a  substantial  and  valuable  building  used  as  a 
dispensary  and  training  schcol  for  nurses  in  conjunction  with  the  hospital  of  your  said  petitioner, 
which  is  erected  upon  the  block  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  Lexington  avenue,  extending  from 
Sixty-sixth  to  Sixty-seventh  street,  in  said  county,  and  the  said  premises,  thus  leased  to  your 
petitioner,  have  since  been  used  and  occupied  for  the  charitable  and  benevolent  purposes  for 
which  your  petitioner  was  incorporated, 

The  said  hospital  proved  insufficient  as  to  space  and  accommodations  to  supply  the  demand 
made  on  said  hospital,  and  your  petitioner,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  building  of  much  larger 
proportions  and  accommodations,  purchased  with  its  own  fund?  the  entire  square  block,  extending 
from  One  Hundredth  to  One  Hundred  and  First  street,  and  from  Fifth  to  Madison  avenue,  upon 
which  plot  your  petitioner  is  now  erecting  a  hospital  building  to  be  used  for  the  charitable  and 
benevolent  purposes  for  which  your  petitioner  was  incorporated. 

The  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  were  authorized  by 
chapter  166  of  the  Laws  of  1903  to  change,  modify  or  alter  the  leases  hereinbefore  set  forth,  to 
a  grant  of  said  premises,  and  so  as  to  permit  and  authorize  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  to  sell  and 
convey  in  fee  simple  absolute  the  whole  or  any  part  of  said  premises,  or  to  lease  the  said  property, 
or  any  part  or  portion  thereof,  for  such  term  or  terms  as  shall  be  deemed  proper  by  said  hospital, 
the  said  hospital  devoting  the  proceeds  of  sale  or  the  income  to  the  maintenance  and  support  of 
its  hospital,  as  will  more  fully  appear  from  said  act,  a  copy  of  which  is  hereto  annexed  as 
Exhibit  A. 

Your  petitioner  further  states  that  it  will  be  impossible  to  realize  for  the  said  hospital, 
dispensary  and  training  school  building  and  property  and  for  the  rights  of  your  petitioner  in  and 
to  the  land  hereinbefore  described,  even  if  authority  to  sublet  be  granted,  the  fair  and  reasonable 
value  of  such  property,  while  at  the  same  time  the  remainder,  after  the  expiration  of  such  lease 
and  belonging  to  The  City  of  New  York,  is  of  practically  no  present  value.  If,  however,  a  grant 
of  said  land  should  be  made  by  The  City  of  New  York,  in  lieu  of  the  lease  hereinbefore  referred 
to,  so  as  to  permit  your  petitioner  to  sell  and  convey  the  said  land  with  the  building  erected 


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thereon  in  fee  simple,  a  very  much  larger  sum  would  be  realized  by  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital, 
which  sum  could  be  and  would  he  forthwith  applied  for  the  purposes  of  the  incorporation  of  your 
petitioner  on  a  larger  and  better  scale  in  the  new  hospital  building  about  to  be  erected  by  your 
petitioner. 

The  proceeds  of  such  property  are  necessary  to  enable  your  petitioner  to  fully  and  completely 
utilize  the  larger  hospital  about  to  be  erected  by  your  petitioner,  on  the  property  at  Fifth  avenue, 
between  One  Hundredth  and  One  Hundred  and  First  streets,  above  referred  to. 

Your  petitioner  pledges  itself  to  apply  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  to  the  purposes  and  objects 
of  its  incorporation,  as  set  forth  in  its  certificate  of  incorporation  as  modified  by  the  laws  affecting 
the  same. 

Your  petitioner  therefore  most  earnestly  requests  the  change  of  the  lease  hereinbefore  referred 
to,  to  a  grant,  so  as  to  permit  a  sale  thereof,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  the 
Legislature  hereinbefore  referred  to,  or  to  lease  the  whole  or  any  part  thereof  upon  terms  suitable 
to  your  petitioner. 

And  your  petitioner  will  ever  pray. 

THE  MOUNT  SINAI  HOSPITAL  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK, 

By  Isaac  Wallach,  President. 

County  of  New  York,  ss.  : 

Isaac  Wallach,  being  duly  sworn,  says  he  is  the  President  of  The  Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  the 
corporation  and  petitioner  described  in  the  foregoing  petition,  that  he  has  read  the  petition,  that 
the  same  is  true  of  his  own  knowledge.  This  verification  is  made  by  deponent  because  said 
petitioner  is  a  corporation,  of  which  deponent  is  the  President. 

ISAAC  WALLACH. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  ninth  day  of  April,  1900. 

[seal.]  Joseph  L.  Scherer,  Notary  Public,-  No.  3,  New  York  County. 

Exhibit  "A." 
chapter  166. 

An  Act  for  the  relief  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  of  the  city  of  New  York,  and  to  authorize 
a  change  of  certain  leases  made  by  the  mayor,  aldermen  and  commonalty  of  the  city  of 
New  York  to  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  to  a  grant  to  said  hospital,  and  to  authorize  the 
sale  or  leasing  of  the  property  covered  thereby,  by  the  said  Mount  Sinai  Hospital. 
Accepted  by  the  City.  Became  a  law  March  21,  1900,  with  the  approval  of  the  Gov- 
ernor.   Passed,  three-fifths  being  present. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  New  York,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  do  enact  as 
follows  : 

Section  1.  The  commissioners  of  the  sinking  fund  of  the  city  of  New  York  are  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  change,  modify  or  alter  two  certain  leases  dated  January  first, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-four,  affecting  premises  located  at  or  near  the  northeast  corner 
of  Lexington  avenue  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  made  by  the 
mayor,  aldermen  and  commonalty  of  the  city  of  New  York,  for  a  period  of  ninety- 
nine  years  from  the  first  day  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety  four,  at  an 
annual  rental  ot  one  dollar,  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  register  of  the  county  of 
New  York,  on  the  twenty-third  day  of  October,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-four,  in 
section  five,  liber  thirty-one  of  conveyances,  the  one  on  page  two  hundred  and  thirty-four  and 
succeeding  pages,  and  the  other  on  page  two  hundred  and  thirty-seven  and  succeeding  pages,  to 
a  grant  of  said  premises,  and  so  as  to  permit  and  authorize  the  said  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  to  sell 
and  convey  in  fee  simple  absolute  the  whole  or  any  part  of  said  premises  or  to  lease  the  said 


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property  or  any  part  or  portion  thereof  for  such  term  or  terms  as  shall  be  deemed  proper  by  said 
hospital,  and  said  hospital  shall  thereupon  devote  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  or  the  income  from 
such  lease  or  leases  as  may  be  made  by  it  to  the  maintenance  and  support  of  said  hospital,  but 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  lie  construed  to  compel  the  vendee  or  lessee  to  see  to  the  proper 
application  of  the  purchase  price  or  rent,  nor  shall  any  misapplication  thereof  affect  the  validity 
of  such  deeds  or  leases  by  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

Resolved,  That,  pursuant  to  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and  provided,  the  two  leases  made 
by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  the  City  of  New  York,  to  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital, 
dated  January  I,  1894,  and  recorded  in  the  New  York  Register's  office  on  the  23d  day  of  October, 
1894,  the  one  in  block  series  conveyances,  section  5,  liber  31,  page  234,  the  other  in  section  5, 
liber  31,  page  237,  and  covering  the  following  premises,  to  wit.  : 

All  that  certain  plot  of  ground  in  the  City  and  County  of  New  York,  bounded  and  described 
as  follows,  to  wit.  :  Beginning  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Lexington  avenue  and  Sixty-seventh 
street,  in  said  county  ;  running  thence  eastwardly  along  the  northerly  side  of  Sixty -seventh  street 
115  feet ;  thence  northwardly,  parallel  with  Lexington  avenue,  1 00  feet  5  inches,  to  the  centre  line 
of  the  block  ;  thence  westwardly,  parallel  with  said  street,  115  feet,  to  the  easterly  side  of  Lexing- 
ton avenue,  and  thence  southwardly  along  the  easterly  side  of  Lexington  avenue  100  feet  5  inches 
to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning,  * 
— for  the  period  of  ninety-nine  years,  from  the  first  day  of  January,  1894,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
one  dollar,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  changed  to  a  grant  of  said  premises  to  the  Mount  Sinai 
Hospital,  in  fee  simple  absolute,  so  as  to  permit  and  authorize  the  said  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  to  sell 
and  convey  in  fee  simple,  the  whole  or  any  part  of  said  premises,  or  to  lease  the  said  property,  or 
any  part  or  portion  thereof,  for  such  term  or  terms  as  shall  be  deemed  proper  by  said  hospital, 
provided  that  the  proceeds  of  said  sale  or  sales,  or  the  income  from  such  leases  as  may  be  made  by 
it  shall  be  applied  to  the  maintenance  and  support  of  said  Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  and  to  the  uses  and 
purposes  for  which  said  hospital  is  incorporated,  but  no  purchaser  or  lessee  of  the  whole  or 
any  part  of  said  property,  his  or  their  heirs,  executors,  administrators  and  assigns,  shall  be 
charged  with  the  proper  application  of  said  proceeds  or  rentals,  nor  shall  any  of  said  grants  or 
leases  be  in  any  manner  invalidated  or  affected  by  the  misapplication  of  such  proceeds  or  rentals, 
or  any  part  thereof,  and  further  provided  that  such  lots  and  the  improvements  thereon  which  may 
be  used  for  any  other  purpose  than  for  hospital  purposes  shall  not  be  exempt  from  taxation  ;  it  is 
further 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  requested  to  draw  a  proper  deed  from  The  City 
ot  New  York  to  The  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  in  accordance  with  the  foregoing  resolution,  and  that 
the  proper  officers  of  The  City  of  New  York  are  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  and 
deliver  such  deed  on  behalf  of  said  city. 


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S1XTY-KIGHTH    ST  R  RET 


Public  School  No.  76. 


'§    Fire  Depaktment  Headquarters. 


58'  o' 


>7  0 


Department  of 
Police. 


75  o 


SIXTY-SEVENTH  STREET. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  : 

July  30,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — The  Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  a  corporation,  by  Isaac  Wallach,  its  president,  petitions  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  under  date  of  April  9,  1900,  to  change,  modify  or  alter  two 
leases  from  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  said  corporation,  for  certain  property  situated  on  the 
northeasterly  corner  of  Lexington  avenue  and  Sixty-seventh  street,  to  a  grant  of  said  premises,  so 
as  to  permit  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  to  sell  and  convey  in  fee  simple  absolute  the  whole  or  any 
part  of  the  said  premises,  or  to  lease  the  same  for  such  term  or  terms  as  shall  be  deemed  proper  by 
said  hospital,  the  said  hospital  devoting  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  or  the  income  to  the  maintenance 
and  support  of  this  hospital,  such  action  on  the  part  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to 
be  taken  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  chapter  166  of  the  Laws  of  1900. 

It  would  appear  from  the  petition  that  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  has  secured  another  site  for 
its  hospital,  situated  on  the  block  between  One  Hundredth  and  One  Hundred  and  First  streets 
and  Fifth  and  Madison  avenues,  to  which  it  expects  to  move  when  certain  buildings  are  completed, 
and  therefore  the  plot  of  land  in  question  will  not  be  available  for  hospital  purposes,  and,  in 
consequence,  it  will  be  unable  to  derive  any  benefit  from  the  same  for  the  remaining  term  of  the 
lease. 

The  corporation,  therefore,  desires  to  secure  a  grant  of  this  land  that  it  may  dispose  of  the 
same,  and  use  the  proceeds  for  the  maintenance  of  the  new  hospital  structure. 

The  lands  in  question  are  shown  on  the  annexed  diagram  and  marked  respectively  "A"  and 
"  B."    The  plot  "A"  is  57  feet  front  by  100  feet  and  5  inches  deep,  situated  on  the  northerly 


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side  of  Sixty-seventh  street,  58  feet  east  of  Lexington  avenue,  and  contains  a  building  erected  by 
the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  lease  from  The  City  of  New  York, 
dated  January  I,  1894,  for  a  term  of  ninety-nine  years,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1. 

This  lease  was  authorized  at  a  meeting  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1893  (Minutes,  page  251),  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  chapter  553  01  the  Laws  of  1892. 

The  plot  "  B"  is  situated  on  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Lexington  avenue  and  Sixty-seventh 
street,  being  58  feet  on  Sixty-seventh  street  and  100  feet  5  inches  on  Lexington  avenue.  A  lease 
of  this  plot  was  likewise  authorized  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  December  4, 
1893,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  chapter  45  of  the  Laws  of  1892,  for  a  term  of  ninety-nine  years 
from  January  1,  1894,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1. 

This  lease  contained  the  same  provision  as  regards  the  erection  and  equipment  of  a  free 
hospital  building,  as  the  former  lease,  but  the  plot  of  land  is  still  vacant. 

The  premises  in  question,  are  surrounded  by  other  lands  of  The  City  of  New  York,  upon 
which  are  erected  : 

1st.  A  public  school,  No.  76,  on  the  north. 

2d.  A  police  station,  Twenty-fifth  Precinct,  on  the  east. 

3d.  Fire  Department  Headquarters,  east  of  the  police  station,  all  as  shown  on  the  diagram. 

Plot  "A"  was  first  leased  to  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  by  a  resolution  of  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  passed  April  27,  1888.  The  property  was  duly  appraised  in  the  sum  of 
$21,000  and  an  annual  rental  of  $630,  being  three  per  cent,  of  the  appraised  valuation,  was  fixed 
for  a  term  of  twenty-one  years,  the  lease  to  continue  for  two  further  terms  of  twenty-one 
years  each,  and  the  rental  to  be  fixed  on  a  reappraisement  at  the  end  of  each  term. 

This  lease  was  modified  and  canceled  by  the  provisions  of  chapter  553  of  the  Laws  of  1892, 
as  above,  and  at  the  same  time  application  was  made  for  a  lease  of  plot  "  P>,"  under  chapter  45 
of  the  Laws  of  1892.    Plot  "  B  "  was  at  that  time  (1892)  appraised  at  $45,000. 

The  valuation,  as  shown  on  the  tax  books  for  1900,  is  $48,000  for  plot  "B,"  vacant,  and 
$96,000  for  plot  "  A,"  with  buildings. 

This  property,  under  the  present  ninety-nine  year  lease,  is  restricted  to  use  for  hospital  pur- 
poses ;  if  transferred  to  the  corporation  in  fee  simple  all  control  of  it  will  be  taken  from  the  City, 
and  the  City  property,  the  public  school  adjoining  it  on  the  north  especially,  would  be  liable  to 
the  injury  that  might  result  from  the  occupation  of  the  premises  for  purposes  which  would  be 
objectionable. 

I  think  the  fullest  consideration  of  this  future  possibly  objectionable  occupation  should  be 
given  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  before  adopting  any  resolution  transferring  in 
fee  simple  the  property  now  covered  by  the  two  ninety-nine  year  leases. 

Pursuant  to  chapter  166  of  the  Laws  of  1900,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  are 
authorized  and  empowered  to  change,  modify  or  alter  these  two  certain  leases  aforesaid,  and  it 
would  appear  that  the  granting  of  the  petition  by  altering  the  leases  into  a  deed  of  conveyance 
rests  entirely  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  said  Commissioners. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Which  was  referred  to  the  President  of  the  Council. 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  at  No.  228  Graham  avenue, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn: 

New  York.  July  30,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — I  request  that  you  amend  the  resolution  of  your  Board  of  June  27,  1900,  in  relation  to 
the  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term 
of  three  years  from  May,  1900,  so  as  to  make  the  name  of  the  lessor  read  "John  Tierney,"  instead 
of  "  Marcia  A.  Tierney,  widow  of,  and  John  W.  Tierney,  sole  heir  of  John  Tierney,  deceased." 
It  appears  that  Mrs.  Marcia  Tierney  has  released  her  dower  rights  to  Mr.  John  W.  Tierney,  above 
mentioned,  so  that  he  is  the  only  person  in  interest  in  the  premises  above  mentioned. 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at 
meeting  held  June  6,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  228  Graham  avenue,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  for  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  and  amended  June  27,  1900,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  further  amended  by  again  changing  the  name  of  the  lessor  so  as  to  read  "  John  W. 
Tierney"  instead  of  "Marcia  A.  Tierney,  widow  of,  and  John  W.  Tierney,  sole  heir  of  John 
Tierney,  deceased." 

Winch  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  the  issue  of  $60,000  bonds  for  an  Armory 
of  the  Second  Naval  Battalion  : 

July  28,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Armory  Board  held  July  9,  1900,  the  following  proceedings  were 
had  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies, 
"  being  the  committee  appointed  to  secure  permanent  quarters  for  the  Second  Naval  Battalion,  in 
11  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  be  accepted  and  its  provisions  be  concurred  in  by  the  Armory  Board  ; 
"  that  the  plans,  as  presented,  for  an  armory  building,  be  adopted,  and  that  the  sum  of  sixty 
"  thousand  dollars  ($6o,coo),  as  recommended,  be  appropriated  for  the  erection  of  such  armory 
"  building,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 

The  report  referred  to  above  reads  as  follows  : 
"Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  and  Chairman,  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners: 

"  Dear  Sir — Herewith  I  submit  a  sketch  of  proposed  building  for  an  armory  for  the  Second 
' 1  Naval  Battalion,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  to  be  located  on  the  land  and  property  of  The 
"  City  of  New  York,  in  the  said  borough,  situated  between  Forty-third  and  Forty-fourth  streets 
**  and  First  avenue  and  the  water. 


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"  On  the  27th  of  June,  1900,  this  land  was  assigned  for  the  use  of  the  Second  Naval  Battalion 
"  by  resolution  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

"  I  have  to  suggest  that  the  Armory  Board,  under  and  in  pursuance  of  section  134  of  chapter 
"  212  of  the  Laws  of  1898,  recommend  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  appropriate  the 
'•  sum  of  sixty  thousand  dollars  ($60,000)  for  the  erection  of  an  armory  building  for  the  Second 
"  Naval  Battalion  on  the  above-designated  site. 

"  Respectfully  yours, 

"  (Signed)  HENRY  S.  KEARNEY,  Commissioner." 

The  sketch  submitted  is  by  G.  H.  Wells,  architect,  and  shows  a  one-story  armory  structure 
with  trussed  roof,  having  a  frontage  on  First  avenue  of  200  feet,  and  the  depth  to  be  governed 
by  the  amount  of  the  appropriation  asked  for,  $60,000.  The  water  front  to  be  for  the  present  a 
wooden  partition  temporarily  closing  in  the  same,  and  sufficient  to  protect  the  structure  from  the 
weather  until  funds  can  be  obtained  for  its  completion,  and  the  building  of  that  part  fronting  on 
the  water.    The  sketch  also  shows  a  basement  extending  across  the  full  front  of  the  building. 

There  are  no  detailed  plans  or  specifications  submitted,  but  the  sketch  would  seem  to  show  a 
suitable  building,  presenting  a  pleasing  appearance. 

Section  134  of  chapter  212  of  the  Laws  of  1898  provides  that  the  Armory  Board,  shall 
"  make  its  recommendation  to  the  commissioners  of  the  sinking  fund,  who,  if  they  concur 
"  therein,  shall  specify  the  sums  to  be  appropriated  therefor  and  such  sums  shall  be  included  by 
"  the  comptroller  of  said  city  in  his  departmental  estimates  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  the  board  of 
"  estimate  and  apportionment  and  the  municipal  assembly  are  hereby  directed  to  include  such 
"  sums  in  the  budget  for  the  ensuing  year  ;  or  the  commissioners  of  the  sinking  fund  may,  from 
"  time  to  time,  in  their  discretion  authorize  and  direct  the  comptroller  of  the  city  to  issue  corpor- 
"  ate  stock  of  the  city  in  such  amounts  as  shall  be  necessary  to  provide  such  sums  or  any  part 
"thereof,  and  the  mayor  and  comptroller  of  the  city  are  authorized  and  directed  to  sign  such 
"  stock  which  shall  be  redeemable  in  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  fifty  years  from  the  date  of 
"  issue  and  shall  bear  interest  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  four  per  centum  per  annum." 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  should  the  financial  condition  of  the  City  be  such  as  to  warrant  this 
appropriation,  the  improvement  is  a  desirable  one,  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
may  properly  concur  as  requested  by  the  Armory  Board. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Whereas,  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  at  meeting  held  July  9,  1900,  adopted  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies, 
being  the  Committee  appointed  to  secure  permanent  quarters  for  the  Second  Naval  Battalion,  in 
the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  be  accepted  and  its  provisions  concurred  in  by  the  Armory  Board  ;  that 
the  plans  as  presented  for  an  armory  building  be  adopted,  and  that  the  sum  of  sixty  thousand  dol- 
lars ($60,000),  as  recommended,  be  appropriated  for  the  erection  of  such  armory  building,  and  that 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  requested  to  concur  in  the  same. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  said  resolution,  and 
that  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section 
134  of  chapter  212  of  the  Laws  of  1898,  to  issue  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the 
manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  to  the  amount  of  sixty  thousand 
dollars  ($60,000),  the  proceeds  whereof  shall  be  applied  to  the  payment  of  the  expenses  aforesaid. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Water  Supply  relative  to 
the  renewal  of  three  leases  : 

City  of  New  York,  August  1,  1900. 

Hon.  ROBERT  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayo?;  Chairman,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Dear  Sir — The  following  leases  of  premises  used  by  this  Department  as  repair  shops  and 
stations  for  the  pipe  repair  companies  expire  on  December  31,  1900,  and  I  respectfully  ask  the 
authorization  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  renewal  of  these  leases  for  one 
year,  beginning  January  I,  1901,  on  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  present  leases,  viz.  : 

Premises  on  Third  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-eighth  and  One  Hundred  and 
Eighty-ninth  streets,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  required  as  repair  shop  for  Pipe  Repair  Company 
No.  6  ;  rental  $40  per  month,  payable  monthly  ;  Mary  J.  Lee,  lessor. 

Premises  northeast  corner  of  Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-sixth  street, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx,  required  as  repair  shop  for  Pipe  Repair  Company  No.  5  ;  rental  $600  per 
annum,  payable  quarterly  ;  William  H.  Payne,  lessor. 

Premises  No.  214  West  Thirty-first  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  required  as  repair  shop  for 
Pipe  Repair  Company  No.  2  ;  rental  $780  per  annum,  payable  monthly  ;  lessor,  Andrew  Scherer. 

Very  respectfully, 

WILLIAM  DALTON,  Commissioner  of  Water  Supply. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 
of  the  following  leases  for  the  Department  of  Water  Supply,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January 
1,  1901,  and  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  leases  : 

1.  Premises  on  Third  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-eighth  and  One  Hundred 
and  Eighty-ninth  streets,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  occupied  as  repair  shop  for  Pipe  Repair  Com- 
pany No.  6  ;  rental,  forty  dollars  ($40)  per  month,  payable  monthly  ;  Mary  J.  Lee,  lessor  ; 

2.  Premises  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Washington  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Sixty- 
sixth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  occupied  by  Repair  Company  No.  5  ;  rental,  six  hundred 
dollars  ($600)  per  annum,  payable  quarterly  ;  William  H.  Payne,  lessor  ; 

3.  Ground  floor,  yard  and  stable  at  No.  214  West  Thirty-first  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
occupied  as  repair  shop  for  Pipe  Repair  Company  No.  2  ;  rental,  seven  hundred  and  eighty 
dollars  ($780)  per  annum,  payable  monthly  ;  Andrew  Scherer,  lessor  ; 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable^  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interest  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 


Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Water  Supply  relative 
to  an  extension  of  the  lease  of  premises  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Fulton  street  and  Sheffield 
avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  July  26,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

Dear  Sir — Lease  of  the  premises  Fulton  street  and  Sheffield  avenue,  Twenty-sixth  Ward, 
expires  on  the  31st  day  of  this  month.    I  request  that  you  extend  the  same  for  the  further  period 
of  three  months,  within  which  time  we  hope  to  be  able  to  vacate  the  premises. 
Respectfully, 

JAMES  MOFFETT,  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Water  Supply 

for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  Mr.  John 
H.  Ireland  the  sum  of  forty  dollars  ($40)  per  month,  for  a  period  of  three  months,  from  August  1, 
1900,  for  the  use  and  occupation  of  the  Department  of  Water  Supply,  of  the  offices  on  the  first 
floor  and  the  use  of  the  yard  and  stable  in-  the  rear  of  building  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Fulton 
street  and  Sheffield  avenue,  Twenty-sixth  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  formerly  occupied  by  the 
Long  Island  Water  Supply  Company. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Corporation  Counsel  relative  to  a  resale 
of  lands  belonging  to  the  City  at  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  and  Third  avenue, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx  (see  Minutes  of  May  18,  1900,  page  201)  : 

New  York,  July  18,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  . 

Sir — As  you  may  remember,  you  heretofore  caused  to  be  sent  to  this  office  a  request  that  this 
Department  take  such  steps  as  may  be  necessary  to  place  The  City  of  New  York  in  possession  of 
a  certain  gore  of  land,  the  property  of  The  City  of  New  York,  situated  on  the  east  side  of  Third 
avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  distant  34  feet  8  inches  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by 
the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  with  the  easterly 
line  of  Third  avenue  and  extending  northeasterly  along  the  eastern  line  of  Third  avenue  43  feet 
4  inches,  more  or  less,  upon  which  property  Dr.  James  Ferrier  or  his  wife  Margaret  S.  Ferrier 
have  constructed  a  frame  building. 

Heretofore,  a  notice  and  demand  was  served  upon  Dr.  Ferrier  and  Mrs.  Ferrier,  and  shortly 
thereafter  ^  received  from  Tallmadge  W.  Foster,  Esq.,  attorney  for  Mrs.  Ferrier,  a  communication 
bearing  date  July  10,  1900,  which  reads  as  follows  : 

"  Referring  to  the  notice  and  demand  dated  June  4,  1900,  and  served  June  5  on  Margaret  S. 
Ferrier,  relating  to  a  certain  gore  of  land  lying  on  the  easterly  side  of  Third  avenue,  between 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth  streets,  I  desire  on  behalf  of 
Margaret  S.  Ferrier  to  submit  the  following  statement  : 

Adjoining  the  gore  in  question,  on  its  easterly  side,  is  a  lot  which  has  since  1891  belonged, 
first  to  James  Ferrier  and  subsequently  and  now  to  Margaret  S.  Ferrier,  his  wife. 

After  the  widening  of  Third  avenue  Mrs.  Ferrier,  early  in  1898,  presented  to  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  this  city  a  petition  praying  that  this  gore  be  sold  to  her  Consid- 


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erablc  time  elapsed  before  any  action  was  taken  on  the  petition,  and,  during  the  interval,  believ- 
ing that  the  gore  had  no  value  except  in  connection  with  the  adjoining  premises  owned  by  her,  and 
that  the  sale  of  the  gore  to  herself  would  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  City,  and  that  the  petition 
filed  by  her  as  stated  would  result  in  such  sale,  Mrs.  Ferrier,  who  was  then  building  on  her  adjoining 
S$t,  carried  the  structure  over  the  gore  to  the  line  of  Third  avenue,  not  with  the  intention  of 
appropriating  the  property  of  the  City  without  paying  for  it,  but  in  the  expectation  of  acquiring 
title  from  the  City  in  due  course  by  purchase.  The  petition,  however,  failed  to  receive  favorable 
action,  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  taking  the  position  at  that  time  that  a  sale  could  not  be 
had  without  further  legislation  (City  Record,  July  22,  1898). 

Nothing  further  was  done  until  September  15,  1899,  when  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners 
recalled  Mrs.  Ferrier's  application  from  the  files  and  referred  the  matter  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  # 
for  his  opinion,  and  a  favorable  opinion  having  been  given  by  him  the  sale  of  the  gore  was 
subsequently  authorized  by  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners. 

Mrs.  Ferrier  offered  for  the  gore  $1,000,  which  was  refused,  and  an  upset  price  of  $2,300  was 
placed  upon  it.  The  gore  was  offered  at  public  sale  at  the  New  York  Real  Estate  Salesrooms  on 
February  13,  1900,  at  that  upset  price  and  no  bid  was  received. 

The  price  of  $2,300  for  the  gore  is  at  the  rate  of  about  $9.20  per  square  foot. 

I  beg  to  call  your  attention  to  the  prices  paid  by  the  City  for  land  between  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-fourth  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth  streets  taken  to  widen  Third  avenue  : 

To  Filly,  southeast  corner  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth  street  and  Third  avenue, 


25  by  64   $9  54 

Geisman,  next  south,  25  by  64     7  64 

Hurlbut,  next  south,  50  by  64   8  35 

Spear,  next  south,  16.8  by  71   8  81 

Schuh,  next  south,  16.8  by  70   9  4o 

Hughes,  next  south,  16.8  by  70   8  98 

Rosin,  next  south,  33.4  by  68    8  97 

Dwyer,  next  south,  16.8  by  64   26  32 


These  lots  fronted  on  Third  avenue,  which  was  100  feet  wide,  and  the  prices  paid  covered 
the  building  on  the  respective  lots,  the  variance  in  the  prices  being  doubtless  due  to  the  difference 
in  the  character  of  the  buildings.  At  the  present  time  the  street  in  front  of  the  gore  lies  a 
number  of  feet  below  the  level  of  Third  avenue  or  of  the  bridge,  along  the  easterly  side  of  which, 
from  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  to  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth  street,  in  front  of  the  gore 
and  the  building  on  it  and  at  a  distance  of  about  30  feet  from  it,  runs  a  stone  wall  ranging  in 
height  from  4  or  5  feet  at  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth  street  to  10  feet  or  more  at  One  Hundred 
and  Thirty-fourth  street.  The  effect  of  this  is  that  all  of  the  vehicles  traveling  to  and  fro 
between  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  which  formerly  passed  in  front  of  this  property,  have  been 
diverted  to  the  bridge,  and  this  is  true  of  much  of  the  pedestrian  travel.  Moreover,  all  direct 
communication  between  the  easterly  and  westerly  sides  of  Third  avenue  has  been  entirely  cut  off, 
and  the  street  at  this  point  has  one  side  only. 

Owing  to  this  peculiar  situation,  it  is  submitted  that  this  land  is  much  less  valuable  now  than 
it  was  before  the  widening  of  Third  avenue,  and  that  the  upset  price  placed  upon  it,  vacant  as  it 
now  is,  which  is  greater  than  the  price  paid  for  both  land  and  building  before  the  widening,  is 
excessive,  and  that  the  price,  $[,000,  offered  by  Mrs.  Ferrier,  was  a  fair  one. 

After  a  careful  consideration,  Mrs.  Ferrier  has  concluded  that  if  the  property  were  offered  for 
sale  at  an  upset  price  of  $1,500,  she  would  bid  that  amount. 

I  trust  that  upon  investigating  the  facts  and  circumstances  of  this  matter,  you  will  find  her 
proposition  a  reasonable  one  and  be  able  to  recommend  its  acceptance  by  the  City." 


August  8,  1900.] 


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I  should  be  glad  to  have  you  inform  me  whether  you  are  disposed  to  consider  the  proposition 
suggested  by  Mr.  Fdster,  or  whether  you  have  any  other  proposition  to  offer  in  the  place  thereof, 
or  whether  you  wish  me  to  continue  the  necessary  proceedings  to  place  the  City  in  possession  of 
the  above-described  premises. 

Respectfully  yours, 

THEODORE  CONNOLY,  Acting  Corporation  Counsel. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

August  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Mr.  Theodore  Connoly,  Acting  Corporation  Counsel,  in  communication  to  the  Com  p- 
troller,  July  18,  1900,  relative  to  a  gore  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  Third  avenue,  between  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth  streets,  belonging  to  the  City, 
quotes  a  communication  from  Tallmadge  W.  Foster,  attorney  of  Mrs.  Ferrier,  saying,  among 
other  things,  that  Mrs.  Ferrier  is  now  willing  to  pay  $1,500  for  the  said  gore  of  land.  I  would 
say  that,  possibly,  my  estimate  of  $2,300,  being  at  the  same  rate  at  which  the  City  had  to  pay  for 
it,  may  have  been  too  high,  and,  as  it  failed  to  sell  for  this  price  at  public  auction  I  am  willing 
to  recommend  an  upset  price  of  $1,500,  the  sum  she  now  offers. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  take  such  steps 
as  may  be  necessary  to  sell  at  public  auction  to  the  highest  bidder,  at  the  minimum  or  upset  price 
of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,500),  the  gore  of  land  belonging  to  the  City  and  lying  on  the  east 
side  of  Third  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  distant  thirty-four  feet  eight  inches  northeasterly 
from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth 
street  with  the  easterly  line  of  Third  avenue  and  extending  northeasterly  along  the  easterly  line  of 
Third  avenue  forty-three  feet  four  inches,  more  or  less,  being  a  portion  of  the  premises  heretofore 
acquired  by  the  City  in  the  proceeding  for  the  condemnation  of  property  for  an  approach  to  the 
Third  Avenue  Bridge. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education,  relative  to  a  lease 
of  premises  on  southeast  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh  street  and  Courtlandt  avenue  : 

New  York,  August  1,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller \  No.  280  Broadway,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  SrR — I  have  the  honor  to  inclose  herewith  certified  copy  of  report  and  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  August  1,  1900,  relative  to  leasing  the  store  floor  and 
portion  of  cellar  in  building  on  southeast  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh  street  and 
Courtlandt  avenue,  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  62.  Borough  of  Bronx. 

Respectfully, 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 


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To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  were  referred  resolutions  adopted  by  the  School  Board 
for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  on  July  5,  1900,  requesting  that  necessary  steps  be 
^taken  to  rent  the  store  floor  of  the  new  building  on  the  southeast  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- 
seventh  street  and  Courtlandt  avenue,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  62,  The  Bronx,  for  a 
term  of  two  years,  with  privilege  of  renewal  ;  also,  that  the  premises  be  altered  and  fitted  up  for 
school  use,  respectfully  reports  that  the  matter  has  been  investigated  and  it  is  found  that  the  prem- 
ises in  question  consist  of  a  store  floor,  with  the  exception  of  a  small  office  used  by  the  owner,  and 
a  portion  ot  the  cellar,  about  18  by  24  feet,  and  after  the  necessary  alterations  are  made,  two  class- 
rooms about  23  by  25  feet  will  be -afforded.  The  rental  asked  is  $80  per  month  for  a  term  of  three 
years,  and  $75  per  month  for  a  teim  of  five  years.  This  amount  was  considered  excessive  by  your 
Committee  and  negotiations  were  entered  into  with  the  owner,  who  has  agreed  to  accept  $800  per 
year  and  water  tax  for  a  term  of  three  years. 

In  view  of  the  great  necessity  for  school  accommodations  in  this  neighborhood,  it  is  recom- 
mended that  the  request  of  the  School  Board  be  approved  and  the  following  resolution  is  submitted 
for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store  floor  and  portion  of  cellar  in  the  build- 
ing on  the  southeast  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh  street  and  Courtlandt  avenue,  for 
use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  62,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  three  years  at  an  annual 
rental  of  eight  hundred  dollars  and  water  tax  ;  the  Board  of  Education  to  make  the  necessary 
alterations  ;  the  owner  to  keep  the  outside  of  building  (roof  and  sides)  in  repair.  Owner,  Gustav 
Bartels,  No.  772  Courtlandt  avenue,  The  Bronx. 

Committee  on  Buildings. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  : 

August  7,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  by  resolution  adopted  August  I,  1900,  requests  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store  floor  and 
portion  of  cellar  in  the  building  on  the  southeast  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh  street 
and  Courtlandt  avenue,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  62,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term 
of  three  (3)  years,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $800  and  water  tax,  the  Board  of  Education  to  make  the 
necessary  alterations,  the  owner  to  keep  the  outside  of  the  building  (roof  and  sides)  in  repair. 
Owner,  Gustav  Bartels,  No.  772  Courtland  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  in  question,  which  consist  of  the 
store  floor  of  a  five-story  and  cellar,  brick  and  brownstone  building,  25  feet  by  63  feet,  located  as 
above,  and  immediately  adjoining  Public  School  62  ;  the  upper  portion  of  the  house  being 
occupied  as  flats. 

The  building  is  piped  for  gas  and  flues  are  constructed  for  a  furnace,  but  no  furnace  has  been 
installed,  and  the  Board  of  Education  will  have  to  supply  its  own  heat. 

The  store  floor  contains  about  1,300  square  teet,  which,  at  $800  per  annum,  is  at  the  rate  of 
61  cents  per  square  foot,  which  I  consider  reasonable  and  just. 

The  owner  agrees  to  allow  the  City  to  partition  off  a  space  12  feet  by  25  feet  in  the  cellar  for 
the  storage  of  coal,  etc.    As  the  City  is  to  pay  for  water  used,  it  should  be  made  a  condition  of 


August  8,  1900.] 


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ihe  lease  that  the  lessor  shall  put  in  a  separate  water  meter  at  his  own  expense  for  the  store  floor, 
and  also  that  the  City  shall  be  allowed  to  make  alterations  necessary  for  school  purposes. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  hereby  is  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to 
the  City,  of  the  store  floor  and  portion  of  the  cellar  in  the  building  on  the  southeast  corner  of 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh  street  and  Courtlandt  avenue,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public 
School  62,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  eight  hundred  dollars  ($800),  and  water  tax,  the  Board  of  Education  to  make 
all  necessary  alterations,  the  owner  (Gustav  Bartels)  to  keep  the  outside  of  building  in  repair, 
and  also  to  put  in  a  separate  water  meter  at  his  own  expense  for  the  store  floor  ;  and  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be 
for  the  interest  of  the  City  that  such  lease  should  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as 
provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  lease  of  lot  on  north  side  of  Jane  street  and  east  of  West  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for 
the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning. 

August  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
July  19,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
"  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended  by  chapter  744  of  the 
"  Laws  of  1900,  to  hire  from  month  to  month  from  Samuel  J.  Miner  the  lot  located  on  the  north. 
"  side  of  Jane  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  sixty-two  feet  east  of  West  street,  seventy-five 
"  feet  frontage  and  seventy-five  feet  in  depth,  with  two  entrances,  at  a  rental  of  one  hundred  and 
"  twenty-five  dollars  ($125)  per  month. 

"  The  purpose  of  this  month-to-month  rental  is  to  provide  the  Department  with  a  suitable 
"  storage  yard  for  that  part  of  the  borough.  The  storage  yard  which  the  Department  formerly 
"  had  under  two  leases  was  terminated  under  the  provisions  of  those  two  leases  more  than  a  year 
«  ago." 

The  premises  consist  of  a  plot  of  land  75  feet  front  by  65  feet  7  inches  in  depth,  situated  on 
the  north  side  of  Jane  street,  60  feet  east  of  West  street,  containing  two  open  sheds,  with  an 
entrance  through  an  alleyway  from  West  street,  the  property  being  inclosed  on  the  Jane  street 
side  by  a  high  board  fence. 

I  have  consulted  with  Deputy  Commissioner  Gibson  in  regard  to  the  lease  and  he  deems 
it  necessary  that  a  board  fence,  three  feet  high,  should  be  erected  by  the  lessor  on  the  westerly 
side  of  the  property  leased,  dividing  this  land  from  other  property  of  the  lessor,  with  a  gate  in  the 
same,  and  that  the  lessor  should  give  privilege  of  a  right-of-way  through  the  alley  from  W  est 
street. 


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An  apportionment  of  the  assessed  valuation  of  this  property  on  the  tax  books  for  19CO  would 
be  Sio,5oo,  and  a  fair  market  value  would,  in  my  opinion,  be  between  $18,000  and  $19,000,  upon 
which  a  rental  of  $125  per  month  would  be  full  but  not  excessive. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  Samuel  J. 
Miner,  of  the  lot  on  the  north  side  of  Jane  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  from  month  to 
month,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  ($125),  the  lessor  to  erect  a 
board  fence  three  feet  high  on  the  westerly  side  of  the  property  leased  with  a  gate  in  the  same, 
and  also  give  the  privilege  of  a  right-of-way  through  the  alley  from  West  street  ;  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  hat  it  would  be  for 
the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 

EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


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[September  18,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS    OF    THE    SINKING    FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF    NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's  Office,  at 
11. 30  0" clock  A.  AL,  on  Tuesday,  September  18,  1900. 


Present— Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ;  Patrick  Keenan, 
Chamberlain  ;  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman, 
Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


The  minutes  of  the  meetings  held  July  24  and  August  8,  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  Dt  No.  151  Crosby  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Police 
Department  : 

August  31,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Police  Department  at  meeting  held  August  24,  1900,  passed  the  following 
resolution  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
"  requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  lease  first  loft  of  premises  No.  151  Crosby  street,  for 
"  storage  purposes  for  one  year,  at  the  rate  of  ninety  dollars  per  month.1 ' 

Would  report  the  premises  consist  of  the  first  loft  of  a  six-story  brick  building,  25  feet  by  So 
feet.  There  are  three  windows  each  on  Elm  and  Crosby  streets  ;  the  side  walls  are  wainscoted 
to  a  height  of  six  feet  six  inches  ;  the  remainder  of  the  walls  and  the  ceiling  are  covered  with 
metal.  On  the  Crosby  street  end  is  an  elevator,  toilet  room  and  wash-basin.  Steam  coils  are 
under  the  windows  on  each  end  of  the  room  which  are  ample  to  heat  the  premises.  Height  of 
ceiling  twelve  feet  six  inches. 

Entrance  by  stairs  from  Elm  street  and  by  freight  elevator  on  Crosby  street.  In  my  judg- 
ment, the  premises  are  well  suited  for  the  purposes  of  storage,  and  the  rental  asked,  $90,  although 
full,  is  not  excessive. 

The  rent  includes  heat  and  elevator  service,  and  should  be  incorporated  in  lease.  Mr.  John 
A.  O'Connor,  who  represents  the  owners,  says  he  wishes  the  lease  to  expire  on  February  1st. 


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Therefore  I  would  advise  that  the  lease  be  drawn  from  date  of  occupancy  to  February  I,  1901, 
with  a  privilege  of  renewal,  at  the  same  terms,  for  a  period  of  one  or  more  years.  The  owners 
of  the  property  are  Lillian  N.Dougherty,  Josephine  M.Carney  and  Irene  O'Connor,  represented 
by  James  S.  Carney,  attorney. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Lillian  N.  Dougherty,  Josephine  M.  Carney  and  Irene  O'Connor,  of  the  first  loft  of 
premises  No.  151  Crosby  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  storage  purposes  for  the  Police 
Department,  for  a  term  from  the  date  of  occupation  to  February  1,  1901,  with  the  privilege  of  a 
renewal  on  the  same  terms  for  a  period  of  one  or  more  years,  at  a  rental  of  ninety  dollars  ($90) 
per  month,  the  owners  to  provide  heat  and  elevator  service  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  ana  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City 
that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same 
when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of 
the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communications  were  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to 
amended  specifications  for  the  erection  of  three  station-houses  : 

New  York,  August  6,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  City  of  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — Your  Honorable  Body  by  resolution  adopted  on  April  20,  1900,  approved  of 
the  plans  and  specifications  submitted  to  you  by  the  Police  Board  for  the  erection  of  a  station- 
house,  prison  and  stable  in  the  Thirty-fourth  Precinct. 

By  resolution  adopted  by  your  Honorable  Body  on  June  II,  1900,  you  also  approved  of  plans 
and  specifications  for  the  erection  of  station-house,  prison  and  stables  in  the  Thirty-seventh 
Police  Precinct. 

Subsequently,  the  Police  Board  advertised  for  bids  for  the  erection  of  said  buildings  and 
received  no  bids.  Upon  an  investigation  as  to  the  causes,  the  Board  has  discovered  that  the 
plans  called  for  the  expenditure  of  a  larger  amount  of  money  than  the  amount  limited  by  the 
amount  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  the  erection  of  the  said  buildings. 

Thereupon  the  Board  directed  the  architects  to  make  such  alterations  in  the  specifications 
for  said  buildings  as  would  bring  them  within  the  limit  of  the  appropriation,  such  alterations 
having  been  made  and  submitted  by  the  architects  and  approved  of  by  the  Police  Board.  The 
alterations  so  made  do  not  in  any  respect  alter  the  plans  of  the  buildings  other  than  the  manner 
of  construction  of  the  cell  work  in  the  prison  and  changing  the  material  to  be  used  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  buildings. 

We  therefore  respectfully  ask  that  your  Honorable  Body  may  approve  of  the  specification  as 
altered  for  the  erection  of  the  both  above-mentioned  buildings. 

Respectfully  yours, 

BERNARD  J.  YORK,  President. 


[September  18,  1900. 

New  York,  August  9,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — Your  Honorable  Body  by  resolution  adopted  on  April  20,  1900,  approved  of 
the  plans  and  specifications  submitted  to  you  by  the  Police  Board,  for  the  erection  of  a  station- 
house,  prison  and  stable  in  the  Sixty-fifth  Precinct. 

Subsequently,  the  Police  Board  advertised  for  bids  for  the  erection  of  said  buildings  and 
received  no  bids.  Upon  an  investigation  as  to  ihe  causes,  the  Board  has  discovered  that  the  plans 
called  for  the  expenditure  of  a  larger  amount  of  money  than  the  amount  limited  by  the  amount 
appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  the  erection  of  the  said  buildings. 

Thereupon,  the  Board  directed  the  architects  to  make  such  alterations  in  the  specifications 
for  said  buildings  as  would  bring  them  within  the  limit  of  the  appropriation  ;  such  alterations 
have  been  made  and  submitted  by  the  architects,  and  approved  of  by  the  Police  Board.  The 
alterations  so  made  do  not  in  any  respect  alter  the  plans  of  the  buildings,  other  than  the  manner 
of  construction  of  the  cell  work  in  the  prison,  and  changing  the  material  to  be  used  in  the 
construction  of  the  buildings. 

We  therefore  respectfully  ask  that  your  Honorable  Body  may  approve  of  the  specifications 
as  altered  for  the  erection  of  the  above-mentioned  buildings. 

Respectfully  yours, 

BERNARD  J.  YORK,  President,  the  Police  Board. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

August  14,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Bernard  J.  York,  President,  Police  Department,  in  communications  under  date 
of  August  6  and  August  9,  1900,  submits  amended  specifications  for  the  erection  of  a  station- 
house,  prison  and  stable  in  each  of  the  Thirty-fourth,  Thirty-seventh  and  Sixty-fifth  Precincts, 
and  requests  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  approve  of  the  specifications  as  altered. 

The  original  plans  and  specifications  for  the  Thirty-fourth  and  Sixty-fifth  Precinct  Station- 
houses,  etc.,  were  approved  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  April  20,  1900,  and 
those  for  the  Thirty-seventh  Precinct  on  June  II,  1900. 

It  would  appear  from  the  letters  of  President  York  that  the  contracts  were  advertised  but  no 
bids  were  received,  and  upon  an  investigation  it  was  discovered  that  the  plans  called  for  the 
expenditure  of  a  larger  amount  of  money  than  that  limited  by  the  amount  appropriated  for  the 
purpose  of  the  erection  of  the  said  buildings. 

I  am  informed  that  the  alterations  in  the  specifications,  as  made  by  the  architects  under  the 
direction  of  the  Police  Board,  are  confined  entirely  to  the  construction  of  the  steel  cells,  wherein 
by  the  changing  of  the  locking  device,  the  omission  of  certain  ornamentation  in  the  way  of 
transoms,  cornices,  etc.,  the  substitution  of  a  slate  floor  for  asphalt,  the  increase  in  the  thickness 
of  the  steel  plates  by  1-16  of  an  inch,  it  is  estimated  that  a  saving  of  from  $4,000  to  $5,000  would 
ensue  ;  otherwise,  the  building  is  in  no  manner  changed. 

As  it  would  appear  that  it  is  necessary  to  reduce  the  cost  of  construction  somewhat,  to  fall 
within  the  appropriation  as  made,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  may  properly  approve  the  amended  specifications,  copies  of  which  accompany  this  report. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


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Resolved,  That  the  amended  specifications  for  the  election  of  a  station-house,  prison  and  stable 
in  the  Thirty-fourth,  Thirty-seventh  and  Sixty-fifth  Police  Precincts  respectively,  transmitted  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval  by  the  President  of  the  Police  Department  in 
communications  under  date. of  August  6  and  August  9,  iqoo,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  approved. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Public  Administrator  ot  Richmond  County 
asking  for  additional  office  room  : 

Port  Richmond,  N.  Y.,  August  15,  1900. 

Commissioners  0/  Sinking  Fund,  No.  2S0  Broadway,  New  York  City  : 

Gentlemen — On  the  19th  of  January  last  past,  The  City  of  New  York,  pursuant  to  a  reso- 
lution adopted  by  your  Board  on  the  6th  of  December,  1899,  made  a  lease  by  which  it  hired  from 
Henry  Burrows  the  first  floor  of  the  premises  No.  29  Richmond  terrace,  Port  Richmond,  in  the 
Borough  of  Richmond,  for  my  use  as  Public  Administrator  of  the  County  of  Richmond.  I  have 
found  that  this  store  or  room  is  sufficient  only  for  storage  purposes  for  the  office  held  by  me  and 
that  in  order  to  properly  conduct  my  office  I  should  have  an  office  room  beside.  At  the  time  of 
making  the  application  for  the  office  which  has  been  hired  for  me  I  assumed  that  it  would  be 
sufficient  for  both  office  and  storage  purposes  but  the  accumulations  are  much  greater  than  I  had 
anticipated. 

I  would  therefore  respectfully  request  that  you  make  provision  for  an  office  in  addition  to 
the  storage  room.  Such  an  office  can  be  hired  or  rented  which  will  meet  my  necessities  and 
requirements  at  No.  48  Richmond  terrace,  Port  Richmond,  in  the  Borough  of  Richmond,  and 
only  a  short  distance  from  the  storage  room  already  ocupied  by  me.  I  have  obtained  the  refusal 
of  the  rental  of  said  office  from  the  owner,  Mr.  Owen  McSorley,  at  the  sum  of  $300  per  year,  to 
be  paid  quarterly,  he  to  furnish  light  and  heat  and  to  keep  the  office  in  proper  condition  at  his 
own  expense.  The  room  at  the  above  number  is  17  by  40  feet.  The  landlord  agrees  in  case  a 
lease  is  made  by  the  City  for  me,  to  put  in  suitable  partitions  such  as  I  may  desire  and  to  place 
the  room  in  condition  for  occupancy  as  soon  as  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  will  authorize 
the  proper  authorities  to  make  the  lease. 

I  would  suggest  that  the  lease  be  made  to  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  May,  1904,  as  the 
lease  for  the  storeroom  was  made,  which  time  is  almost  identical  with  the  expiration  of  the  term 
for  which  I  was  appointed. 

I  trust  this  matter  may  receive  your  early  and  favorable  attention  and  should  be  pleased  to 
be  early  advised  of  favorable  action  on  this  request. 

Yours  very  truly, 

WM,  T.  HOLT,  Public  Administrator  of  Richmond  County. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Principal 
Assistant  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

August  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — William  T.  Holt,  Public  Administrator  of  Richmond  County,  in  a  communication 
under  date  of  August  15,  1900,  states  that  the  premises  recently  lifted  for  storage  and  office 
room,  for  the  proper  conduct  of  his  official  duties,  is  insufficient,  and  he  therefore  requests  that 
an  additional  office  be  hired  to  meet  his  necessities  and  requirements,  at  No.  49  Richmond 
terrace,  Port  Richmond  ;  terms,  $300  per  annum,  to  be  pai/l  quarterly  ;  the  owner  to  furnish 


383  (September  18,  1900. 

heat,  light,  and  to  keep  the  office  in  proper  condition  at  his  own  expense,  and  to  erect  suitable- 
partitions  as  may  be  required  by  the  Public  Administrator.  The  lease  to  commence  from  date  of 
occupation  and  to  terminate  on  th<5  first  day  of  May,  1904. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  consist  of  a  store  about  14. 
feet  by  39  feet,  containing  about  563  square  feet,  in  a  three-story  and  cellar  frame  building  ;  the 
upper  floors  being  used  as  living  apartments. 

Mr.  Owen  McSorley,  the  owner,  informs  me  that  it  is  not  his  intention  to  furnish  either  heat, 
light  or  attendance  for  the  price  given,  but  will  put  in  gas  fixtures  and  erect  a  partition  dividing 
the  store  into  two  parts. 

The  rental  asked  is  at  the  rate  of  fifty-three  cents  per  square  foot,  which  I  consider  excessive. 

I  cannot  see  the  necessity  of  larger  quarters  than  that  now  occupied  by  the  Public  Adminis- 
trator, wherein  he  has  704  square  feet  of  office  space,  and  330  square  feet  of  storage  room  ;  of  the 
latter  but  little  of  which  is  now  in  use. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITIIINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  application  of  the  Public  Administrator  of  Richmond  County,  for  addi- 
tional office  accommodations  at  No.  49  Richmond  Terrace,  Port  Richmond,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  denied. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  Messrs.  Foster  &  Foster,  attorneys  for  the 
Astoria  Homestead  Company,  relative  to  lease  of  premises  Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue, 
Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  Fire  Department. 

New  York  City,  July  30,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  of  The  City  of  New  York,  No.  280  Broadway,  New  York  City: 

Dear  Sir — The  Astoria  Homestead  Company  is  in  receipt  of  your  communication  dated  July 
12,  1900,  and  marked  Room  55  of  your  Department,  relative  to  leasing  premises  Nos.  354  and  356 
Flushing  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens,  City  of  New  York,  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department  for 
the  term  of  five  years  from  January  1,  1900.  On  behalf  of  the  Astoria  Flomestead  Company,  we 
respectfully  decline  to  enter  into  the  lease  under  the  conditions  therein  imposed,  for  the  reasons, 
first,  that  the  rent  is  inadequate  ;  secondly,  repairs  should  be  made  by  the  City. 

We  respectfully  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  a  suit  is  now  pending  between  the  City  of 
New  York  and  this  company  for  the  collection  of  the  rent  of  said  fire-house  at  the  rate  of  $1,200 
per  year. 

Your  attention  is  also  called  to  the  fact  that  a  former  lease  with  Long  Island  City  required 
the  City  to  make  its  own  repairs. 

This  building  is  finely  situated,  is  the  largest  building  for  fire  purposes  in  Long  Island  City, 
and  the  rent  asked  is  a  proper  and  reasonable  rent. 

Kindly  give  this  your  immediate  attention  and  oblige, 

Very  truly  yours, 

FOSTER  &  FOSTER,  Attorneys  for  Astoria  Homestead  Company. 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

August  21,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Messrs.  Foster  &  Foster,  attorneys  for  the  Astoria  Homestead  Company,  in  a  communi- 
cation under  date  of  July  30,  1900,  decline,  on  behalf  of  their  client,  to  enter  into  a  lease  for  the 
premises  Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment, as  authorized  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  June  6,  1900. 

The  terms,  as  contained  in  the  resolution,  were  for  a  lease  for  five  years  from  December  I, 
1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $903  ;  the  owners,  before  the  signing  of  the  lease,  to  make  the  neces- 
sary repairs  to  the  plumbing,  and  lay  a  water-tight  floor  under  the  stalls. 

I  have  conferred  with  Mr.  Walter  C.  Foster  of  the  above  firm,  and  on  behalf  of  his  client, 
he  now  submits  an  offer,  as  follows  : 

To  lease  the  premises  to  the  City  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  December  I,  1899,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  $1,000  and  water  rent  ;  the  City  to  make  all  repairs. 

As  stated  previously  in  a  report  made  upon  this  building,  the  fact  that  it  was  especially  con- 
structed for.  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  used,  should  be  taken  into  consideration  in  fixing  a  rental 
value,  and  to  that  I  would  add  that  the  difficulty  evidently  experienced  by  the  Fire  Department 
in  obtaining  othei  quarters,  equally  desirable,  in  this  neighborhood,  must  also  be  considered. 

Under  the  circumstances,  and  in  view  of  the  fact  as  stated  by  Mr.  Foster,  that  the  Depart- 
ment was  duly  notified  before  the  expiration  of  the  old  lease  that  an  advance  in  rental  would  be 
demanded  for  a  renewal,  and  that  the  City  has  still  continued  to  occupy  the  premises  and  does  so 
occupy  them  at  the  present  time,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  offer,  as  now  made,  may  be  properly 
accepted,  and  the  resolution  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  adopted  June  6,  1900, 
may  be  so  amended. 

Respectfully, 

HARRY  P.  NICHOLS,  Assistant  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  June  6,  1900,  authorizing  four  leases  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  amended,  with  respect  to  premises  Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue,  Long  Island  City, 
by  changing  the  same  to  read  as  follows  : 

1.  Premises  Nos.  354  and  356  Flushing  avenue,  Long  Island  City,  for  a  term  of  five  years, 
from  December  I,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($i,ooo),  payable  quarterly, 
and  water  rents,  the  City  to  make  all  repairs  ;  the  Astoria  Homestead  Company,  lessors. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Fire  Department  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  at  No.  1570  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  August  8,  1900. 

Hon.  ROBERT  A.  VAN  WYCK,  Mayor,  and  Chairman  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Sir  — I  have  the  honor  to  request  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  will  please 
authorize  the  leasing  of  six  rooms  on  the  third  floor  of  buildvng  southeast  corner  of  Broadway  and 


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Forty-seventh  street,  Borough  ol  Manhattan,  and  known  as  No.  1570  Broadway,  for  another  term 
of  one  year  from  September  1,  1900,  to  September  1,  1901,  at  a  rental  of  fifty  dollars  (S50)  per 
month,  for  use  as  an  office  and  night  quarters  for  the  Fire  Commissioner  and  Chief  of  Battalion  in 
charge  of  Hospital  and  Training  Stables.  The  lessor  is  Peter  De  Lacy,  No.  19  West  Seventy-first 
s-keet,  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

The  premises  have  been  found  well  adapted  for  the  use  to  which  they  are  put,  and  the  rent  is 
considered  reasonable. 

Yours  respectfully, 

J.  J.  SCANNELL,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  from  Peter  DeLacy,  of  six  rooms  on  the  third  floor  of  building  on 
southeast  corner  of  Broadway  and  Forty-seventh  street,  and  known  as  No.  1570  Broadway, 
occupied  as  an  office  and  night  quarters  for  the  Fire  Commissioner  and  Chief  of  Battalion  in 
charge  of  Hospital  and  Training  Stables,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  September  1,  1900,  at  a 
rental  of  fifty  dollars  (S50)  per  month  ;  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained 
in  the  existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and 
reasonable  and  that  it  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Correction  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  148  East  Twentieth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  August  18,  1900. 

Hon.  ROBERTA.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  C/iairman  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Dear  Sir — I  would  lespectfully  request  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to 
renew  the  lease  of  the  building  No.  148  East  Twentieth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  period 
of  five  years  from  the  termination  of  the  present  lease,  at  a  rental  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000) 
per  annum,  from  the  owner,  Mr.  James  Slater.  The  said  building  to  be  used  as  ♦.he  Central  office 
of  the  Department  of  Correction. 

Yours  very  respectfully, 

FRANCIS  J.  LANTRY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City  from  John  Slater,  of  premises  No.  148  East  Twentieth  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Correction,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from 
April  1,  1 901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,odo),  the  City  to  make  all  necessary 
repairs  ;  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  250  East  Fortieth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

New  York,  August  16,  1900. 

Hon.  Rohert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  oj  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease,  pursuant 
to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  from  Patrick  Purcell,  of  the  ground  floor  and 
the  cellar  of  the  premises  No.  250  East  Fortieth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  from 
September  I,  1900,  to  May  1,  1903,  at  the  annual  rental  of  $600,  payable  quarterly  ;  otherwise 
upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease. 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  ('leaning  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  Patrick  Purcell  of 
the  ground  floor  and  cellar  of  premises  No.  250  East  Fortieth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
for  a  term  of  three  years  from  September  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred  dollars,  pay- 
able quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing 
lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  wStreet  Cleaning  relative  to 
an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  September  4,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Boardof  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund; 

Sir — I  request  that  your  Board  amend  its  resolution  of  April  20,  1900,  approving  of  and  con- 
senting to  the  lease  from  George  Lutz  of  the  store  or  ground  floor  and  yard  of  the  premises 
known  as  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  so  as  to  make  the  term 
be  for  one  year  instead  of  for  five  years  from  May  1,  1900. 

Mr.  Lutz  would  have  executed  a  lease  as  above  for  five  years  at  the  rental  of  $600  per  annum, 
but  positively  refuses  to  lease  for  more  than  one  year  at  the  amount  allowed  by  your  Board,  $480 
per  annum.  Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered- the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  April 
20,  1900,  approving  of  and  consenting  to  the  execution  of  a  lease,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street 
Cleaning,  of  the  store  or  ground  floor  of  premises  No.  404  East  Twenty-first  street,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  amended  by  changing  the  term  of  the  lease  to  "  one  year  from  May  1,  1900/'  instead  of 
for  "  five  years  "  as  in  the  resolution. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted.  .  , 


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[September  18,  1900. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  the  subletting  of  premises  corner  of  Prince  and  Elizabeth  streets,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  September  6,  1900. 

jVon.  ROBERT  A.  Van  WycK,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  oj  the  Sinking 
Fund  : 

Sir— Owing  to  a  rearrangement  of  the  sections  and  districts  of  this  Department  in  the 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  the  section  station  at  the  corner  of  Frince  and  Elizabeth  streets,  leased 
from  Faruolo  and  De  Stefano,  has  become  of  no  further  use  to  this  Department.  These 
premises  are  held  under  a  lease  dated  June  6,  1899,  with  the  approval  of  your  Board  by 
resolution  of  April  7,  1899,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  I,  1899,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
$600,  payable  monthly,  etc. 

Your  Board,  under  date  of  June  27,  1900,  adopted  a  resolution  in  compliance  with  the 
request  of  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  this  Department  for  the  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
approving  of  and  consenting  to  the  surrender  and  cancellation  of  said  lease,  but  the  lessors  do 
not  appear  to  be  willing  to  agree  to  said  cancellation  and  surrender. 

Now  a  proposition  is  made,  a  copy  of  which  I  inclose,  to  accept  a  lease  from  the  City  of  the 
premises  for  the  unexpired  term  of  the  said  lease  at  the  annual  rental  of  $600,  payable  monthly 
in  advance,  the  sum  of  $150  (three  months'  rent)  to  be  deposited  as  security,  etc. 

If  the  above  proposition  shall  seem  to  your  Board  advantageous  to  the  City,  I  request  that 
your  Board  adopt  such  action  as  will  relieve  this  Department  of  any  further  responsibility  in  the 
matter  and  save  the  City  the  amount  of  rent  required  for  the  remainder  of  the  term  of  said  lease. 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

New  York,  September  5,  1900. 

Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  City  of  New  York  : 

Dear  Sir — Having  been  informed  that  the  lease  held  by  The  City  of  New  York  of  the  store 
in  premises  situated  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Prince  and  Elizabeth  streets  contains  no  provisions 
restricting  an  assignment  thereo  for  the  subleting  of  the  premises  therein  mentioned,  and  that  at 
the  present  time  your  Department,  for  which  the  lease  was  made,  is  not  occupying  the  said  store, 
in  behalf  of  my  client,  Salvatore  Romano,  of  this  city,  I  make  the  following  proposition  :  To 
accept  a  lease  fiom  the  City  of  said  store,  for  the  unexpired  term  of  the  above  lease,  at  the  annual 
rental  of  six  hundred  dollars,  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments,  in  advance,  on  the  first  day 
of  each  and  every  month,  and  to  place  with  the  City  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars — 
three  months1  rent — as  security  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  conditions  and  covenants  on 
the  part  of  the  sub-tenant  ;  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  lease  to  be  the  same  as  those  contained 
in  the  lease  held  by  the  City. 

Trusting  you  will  submit  the  above  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  at  the  earliest  possible 
date,  for  their  consideration,  I  am, 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

JOHN  J.  FRESCHI. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

September  ii,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR— Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date 
of  September  6,  1900,  advises  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  that  Faruolo  and  DeStefano, 


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lessors  of  the  premises  on  the  coiner  of  Prince  and  Elizabeth  streets,  leased  by  the  Department  of 
Street  Cleaning  as  a  section  station  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1,  1899,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  $600,  have  declined  to  cancel  the  lease,  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  adopted  June  27,  1900. 

The  Commissioner  now  presents  an  offer  from  John  J.  Freschi,  No.  280  Broadway,  on  behalf 
of  his  client,  Salvatore  Romano,  to  enter  into  a  lease  with  the  City,  for  the  unexpired  term  of  the 
same,  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  in  the  existing  lease. 

It  would  appear  that,  owing  to  a  rearrangement  of  the  sections  and  districts  of  the  Street 
Cleaning  Department,  this  section  station  is  not  desirably  located,  and  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the 
City  is  enabled  to  sublet  without  loss  I  see  no  reason  why  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning 
should  not  be  relieved  from  this  lease  and  the  building  turned  over  to  the  Collector  of  City 
Revenue  to  sublet,  in  accordance  with  the  offer  made  ;  with  the  proviso  that  the  Department  of 
Street  Cleaning  shall  from  their  "  Rent  Account  "  make  good  any  deficit  arising  from  the  sub- 
letting of  the  premises  until  the  end  of  the  term. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAX,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  authorize  the  Comptroller  to 
sublet  the  premises  at  the  corner  of  Prince  and  Elizabeth  streets,  Bjrough  of  Manhattan,  leased 
by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  as  a  section  station,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  May  1, 
1899,  until  the  end  of  the  term,  upon  the  best  terms  obtainable,  and  that  the  Department  of 
S  reet  Cleaning  shall,  from  their  Rent  Account,  make  good  any  deficit  which  may  arise  from  the 
si  bleting  of  said  premises. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Buildings, 
Lighting  and  Supplies  relative  to  the  sub'eting  of  premises  No.  214  East  Ninth  street,  Borough 
of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  May  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  VAN  Wyck,  Mayor.  City  Hall,  Manhattan,  New  York  : 

Dear  Sir — On  February  23,  1900,  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  authorized 
the  leasing  of  the  building  No.  214  East  Ninth  street,  for  the  term  of  two  years,  from  April  I, 
1900,  at  a  rental  of  $2,000  per  year,  for  the  use  of  this  Department  for  testing  gas  meters,  under 
and  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  section  575  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

On  April  23,  1900,  the  State  Legislature  passed  a  bill,  known  as  chapter  629  of  the  Laws  of 
1900,  relieving  this  Department  of  the  duty  of  testing  gas  meters,  and  made  it  the  duty  of  the  State- 
Inspector. 

Since  May  1  this  Department  has  had  no  further  use  for  the  said  building,  and  I  respect- 
fully notify  you  that  it  is  available  for  any  use  that  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  may  see  fit  to 
designate. 

Respectfully  yours, 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 


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[SEPTEMBER  18,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

September  ii,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Henry  S.  Kearny,  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  in 
a  communication  under  date  of  May  24,  1900,  states  that  owing  to  an  act  of  the  Legislature, 
namely,  chapter  629  of  the  Laws  of  1900,  his  Department  is  relieved  from  the  duty  of  testing  gas 
meters,  and,  in  consequence,  the  premises  known  as  No.  214  East  Ninth  street,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan, leased  for  a  term  of  two  (2)  years,  from  April  1,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  $2,000  per  annum 
for  such  purposes,  is  no  longer  required. 

In  view  of  the  facts  as  stated  above  I  would  suggest  that  the  premises  in  question  be  turned 
to  the  Collector  of  City  Revenue  to  sublet,  for  the  best  interests  of  the  City,  until  the  end  of 
the  existing  term. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller.  * 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  authorize  the  Comptroller  to 
sublet,  upon  the  best  terms  obtainable,  the  premises  known  as  No.  214  East  Ninth  street,  Borough 
of  Manhattan,  leased  for  a  term  of  two  years,  from  April  1,  1900,  for  the  Department  of  Public 
Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  until  the  end  of  the  existing  term. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  to  ratify  and  affirm  certain  appraisements 
heretofore  made  : 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price,  for  the  interests 
of  the  City,  in  and  to  the  following  premises  : 

First  Parcel — All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ninth 
Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  known  and  designated  on  the  Assessment 
Map  of  the  said  ward  as  lot  number  107,  in  bl  >ck  14,  and  being  an  interior  lot,  formerly  a  part  of 
the  northerly  half  of  the  old  Flatbush  Turnpike  ; 

Second  Parcel — All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ninth 
Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  known  and  designated  on  the  Assessment 
Map  of  the  said  ward  as  lots  numbers  4  and  85,  in  block  15,  said  lots  having  a  frontage  of  41  feet, 
more  or  less,  on  the  easterly  side  of  Sixth  avenue,  and  being  a  portion  of  the  northerly  half  of 
the  old  Flatbush  Turnpike 

— at  the  sum  of  one  dollar  ($1)  for  each  parcel,  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fees  and 
seventy  five  dollars  ($75)  for  the  expenses  of  examination,' advertisement,  etc.,  upon  each  deed 
delivered,  as  made  by  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  July  24,  1900,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price,  for  the  interests  of 
the  City,  which  it  has,  by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  William  V.  B.  Bennett,  Supervisor  of  the  Town  of 


September  18,  1900.] 


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Gravesend,  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which  lease  is  dated  December  24,  1896,  and  recorded  in 
section  21,  Block  7251,  Liber  3,  page  249,  in  the  Kings  County  Register's  Office,  in  and  to  all  those 
certain  lots  known  as  and  by  the  numbers  94  and  95  upon  the  assessment  roll  for  the  opening  of 
Neptune  avenue  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean  parkway,  in  the  late  town  of  Gravesend,  now 
Thirty-hrst  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  which  were  sold  to  the 
City  of  Brooklyn  at  a  sale  for  unpaid  assessments  held  on  the  g'di  day  of  August,  in  the  year  1894, 
for  the  sum  of  thirteen  dollars  and  seventy-one  cents  ($13.71),  being  six  dollars  and  seventy-five 
cents  for  said  lot  number  94,  and  six  dollars  and  ninety-six  cents  for  said  lot  number  95,  and 
which  said  lots  were  thereafter  leased  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  one  hundred  (100)  years,  at  the 
sum  of  nine  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents  ($9.22)  for  lot  number  94,  and  nine  dollars  and  fifty-one 
cents  ($9.51)  for  lot  number  95,  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  in  each  case  and  seventy- 
five  dollars  ($75)  for  each  deed  delivered,  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  advertising,  etc.,  as  made 
by  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  July  24,  1900,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  confirmed. 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price,  for  the  interests  of 
the  City,  in  and  to  all  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ninth  Ward 
of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  and  known  and  designated  on  the  Assessment  Map  of  said  ward  as 
lot  number  9,  in  block  5,  and  which  is  more  particularly  described  in  resolution  adopted  by  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  at  a  meeting  held  July  24,  1900,  at  the  sum  of  (one  dol- 
lar) $1,  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  of  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  the  expenses  of 
examination  of  the  title,  etc.,  as  made  by  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  July  24,  1900,  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price,  for  the  interests 
of  the  City,  which  it  has,  by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  William  V.  B.  Bennett,  Supervisor  of  the  Town 
of  Gravesend,  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which  lease  is  dated  December  24,  1896,  and  recorded  in 
section  21,  Block  613,  Liber  3,  page  249,  in  the  Kings  County  Register's  Office,  in  and  to  all  that 
certain  lot  known  as  and  by  the  number  60  upon  the  assessment  roll  for  the  operating  of  Neptune 
avenue  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean  parkway,  in  the  late  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty- 
first  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  which  was  sold  to  the  City  of 
Brooklyn  at  a  sale  for  unpaid  assessments,  held  on  the  9th  day  of  August,  in  the  year  1894,  for 
the  sum  of  fourteen  dollars  and  thirty-seven  cents,  and  which  lot  was  thereafter  leased  to  the  City 
of  Brooklyn  for  one  hundred  years  at  the  sum  of  nineteen  dollars  and  sixty-three  cents  ($19.63), 
the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  the  expenses  of 
examination,  advertising,  etc.,  as  made  by  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  July  24,  1900,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price,  for  the  interests 
of  the  City,  in  and  to  that  portion  of  the  Old  Clove  road,  being  the  westerly  half  thereof,  ex- 
tending from  Degraw  street  to  Eastern  parkway,  and  lying  in  block  between  New  York  and  Nos- 
trand  avenues,  more  particularly  described  as  lot  number  12,  in  block  46  of  the  Assessment  Map 
of  the  Twenty-fourth  Ward,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  at  the  sum  Of  one  thousand  and  twenty- 
two  dollars  and  sixty-four  cents  ($1,022.64),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fees  and  the 
sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  advertising,  etc.,  as  made  by  resolu- 
tion of  this  Board  adopted  July  24,  1900,  be  and  the  same  isliereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 


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Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price,  for  the  interests 
of  the  City,  in  and  to  all  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate  in  the  Ninth  Ward  of  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  being  so  much  of  the  northerly  one-half  of  the  former 
Brooklyn  and  Jamaica  Turnpike  road  as  lies  within  the  present  boundary  lines  of  Lot  No.  22,  on 
Block  5,  in  said  ward,  and  more  particularly  described  in  the  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted 
June  27,  1900,  at  the  sum  of  one  dollar  ($1),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and 
seventy-five  dollars  {$75)  for  expenses  of  the  sale,  examinations,  conveyance,  etc.,  as  made  by 
resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  June  27,  1900,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price,  for  the  interests 
of  the  City,  in  the  gore  of  land  belonging  to  the  City  and  lying  on  the  east  side  of  Third  avenue, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx,  distant  thirty-four  feet  eight  inches  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed 
by  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  street  with  the  east- 
erly line  of  Third  avenue,  and  extending  northeasterly  along  the  easterly  line  of  Third  avenue 
forty-three  feet  four  inche-,  more  or  less,  being  a  portion  of  the  premises  heretofore  acquired  by 
the  City  in  the  proceeding  for  the  condemnation  of  property  for  an  approach  to  the  Third  Avenue 
Bridge,  at  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,500),  as  made  by  resolution  of  this  Board  dated 
August  8,  1900,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Which  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company,  as 
agents  for  Philip  Kratzer,  relative  to  a  sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  certain  property  in  the 
former  Town  of  New  Utrecht,  now  Thirtieth  Ward,  Borough  of  Boooklyn  : 

Brooklyn,  June  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Compboller  : 

Sir — As  agent  for  Philip  Kratzer,  owner  in  fee  of  premises  known  as  Lot  No.  8,  Block  1152, 
Ward  30,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  which  was  sold  as  Lot  No.  274  on  map  for  opening  Ninety- 
second  street,  from  the  Shore  road  to  Seventh  avenue,  Town  of  New  Utrecht,  to  said  town  for 
$77.13  for  one  hundred  years  on  September  6,  1884,  for  unpaid  assessment  for  said  improvement, 
upon  which  a  lease  was  delivered  to  said  town  on  September  7,  1886,  recorded  February  8, 
1887,  in  Liber  1715  of  Conveyances,  page  143,  in  Kings  County  Register's  office,  we  respectfully 
apply  for  a  redemption  from  said  assessment  sale  and  a  release  of  the  interests  of  The  City  of 
New  York  (as  successor  to  the  late  City  of  Brooklyn,  said  city  having  succeeded  by  consolidation 
to  said  town's  rights)  under  said  lease. 

Will  you  kindly  inform  us  what  is  the  exact  amount  required  and  what,  if  any,  further  appli- 
cation may  be  necessary  therefor.  Yours  truly, 

D.  S.  COE,  for  the  Company. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  with  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  and  offered  the  following 
resolution  : 

August  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— The  Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  as  agent  for 
Philip  Kratzer,  in  a  communication  to  the  Comptroller  under  date  of  June  5,  1900,  requests  a 


September  18,  1900.) 


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release  of  certain  property  sold  by  the  Supervisor  of  the  former  Town  of  New  Utrecht, 
now  Thirtieth  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  being  more  particularly  described  as 
Lot  No.  274  on  the  assessment-roll,  for  the  opening  of  Ninety-second  street,  from  the  Shore  road 
to  Seventh  avenue. 

The  matter  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  an  opinion  as  to  the  Comptroller's 
power  and  duty  in  the  matter,  and  in  a  communication  under  date  of  June  28,  1900,  he  quotes 
section  18  of  the  act  of  the  Supervisors  of  the  County  of  Kings,  passed  April  13,  1882,  as  bear- 
ing upon  the  lime  when  this  property  could  be  redeemed  from  said  sale,  and  decides  that  such 
time  is  past. 

His  further  opinion  is  the  same  as  that  expressed  in  the  case  of  Marcus  B.  Campbell  on  the 
same  day,  and  which  was  the  subject  of  a  report  by  me  under  date  of  July  19,  1900. 

My  opinion  expressed  therein  covers  this  case,  and  I  would  therefore  recommend  similar 
action,  namely  : 

That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  authorize  a  sale  at  auction,  of  the  right,  title 
and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  following-described  property,  which  it  has 
by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  Cornelius  Furguson,  Supervisor  of  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht,  to  the  Town 
of  New  Utrecht,  which  lease  is  dated  September  7,  1886,  and  recorded  in  Liber  1715  of  Convey- 
ances, page  143,  in  the  Kings  County  Register's  office. 

All  that  certain  lot  known  as  and  by  the  number  274,  upon  the  assessment-roll  for  the  opening 
of  Ninety-second  street,  from  the  Shore  road  to  Seventh  avenue,  in  the  late  Town  of  New  Utrecht, 
which  was  sold  to  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht  at  a  saie  for  unpaid  assessments  held  on  September 
6,  1884,  for  the  sum  of  $77.13,  and  which  lot  was  thereafter  leased  to  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht 
for  one  hundred  years,  as  above. 

That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  same  be  appraised  at  the  sum  of 
$151.69,  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  $75,  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  adver- 
tising, etc. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

By  H.  P.  Nichols,  Assistant  Engineer. 

Law  Department,  1 
Office  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  > 
New  York,  June  28,  1900.  ) 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — I  have  received  your  communication  of  June  12,  1900,  which  reads  as  follows  : 

"  Herewith  I  inclose  for  your  consideration  and  advice  application  of  the  Title  Guarantee 
"  and  Trust  Company,  as  Agent  for  Philip  Kratzer,  to  redeem  from  a  certain  assessment  sale  for 
"  the  opening  of  Ninety-second  street  from  the  Shore  road  to  Seventh  avenue,  Town  of  New 
"  Utrecht,  certain  premises  known  as  Lot  No.  8,  Block  1152,  in  the  Thirtieth  Ward,  Borough  of 
"  Brooklyn,  which  were  sold  as  Lot  No.  274  on  the  map  in  said  proceedings;  and  also  for  a 
"  release  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  said  premises. 

"  Please  detail  an  assistant  to  conduct  such  an  eximination  of  the  claimant  as  is  provided 
"  for  under  section  149  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897,  and  advise  the  Comptroller  as  to  his 
"  duty  in  the  premises." 

It  appears  by  the  communication  addressed  to  you  by  the  Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Com- 
pany that  certain  premises  in  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht  were  assessed  for  the  opening  of  Ninety- 
second  street,  from  the  Shore  road  to  Seventh  avenue  in  said  town,  which  premises  were 
designated  as  Lot  No.  274  on  the  opening  map  of  said  improvement.  This  assessment  was  not 
paid  and  the  premises  were  sold  therefor,  and  were  bought'  in  by  the  Supervisor  of  the  Town 


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and  a  lease  thereof  was  subsequently  delivered  to  the  said  town,  which  lease  was  dated  Septem- 
ber 7,  1886.  This  assessment  was  laid  and  the  sale  for  the  unpaid  assessment  was  made  under 
the  provisions  of  section  18  of  an  acf  of  the  Hoard  of  Supervisors  of  the  County  of  Kings,  passed 
April  13,  1882  (Minutes,  1882,  pp.  2<)6,  300).  This  section  provided  as  follows  : 
\  "  Sec.  18.  The  said  supervisor  shall  give  a  certificate  to  the  purchaser  of  each  parcel  at  such 
"  sale,  who  shall  become  entitled  to  a  lease  of  conveyance  thereof  from  the  supervisor,  unless  the 
"  said  parcel  shall  be  redeemed  within  two  years  from  the  time  of  said  sale  by  the  payment  to 
"  the  supervisor,  for  such  purchaser,  of  the  sum  paid  therefor,  with  interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per 
"  cent,  per  annum.  If  no  person  shall  bid  for  any  such  parcel  the  supervisor  shall  bid  in  the 
"  same,  for  a  term  not  less  than  one  hundred  years,  in  the  name  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  town  ; 
"  and  if  not  redeemed  within  two  years  thereafter  he  may  dispose  of  the  same  for  the  sum  due, 
"  together  with  interest  at  six  per  cent,  per  annum  from  the  time  of  sale.  All  sums  received  by 
"  the  supervisor  in  payment  of  assessments  or  for  lands  sold  under  this  act,  after  deducting  the 
11  necessary  expenses,  shall  be  applied  to  the  payment  of  the  bonds  herein  provided  for,  and  any 
"  balance  not  so  required  shall  be  expended  for  the  ordinary  expenses  of  the  town.  Any  deficiency 
"  required  to  meet  the  principal  and  interest  on  said  bonds  shall  be  made  a  tax  on  the  real  and 
"  personal  estate  of  the  town,  and  collected  in  and  with  the  annual  taxes.  Immediately  upm 
"  receiving  from  the  commissioners  the  return  of  the  unpaid  assessments,  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
"  vided,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  supervisor  to  borrow,  on  the  faith  and  credit  of  the  town,  and 
"  in  its  name  execute  and  issue  bonds  for  such  sums  as  may  be  necessary  to  pay  the  amounts  of 
"  such  unpaid  assessments,  and  he  shall  forthwith  pay  the  same  to  the  said  commissioners." 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  time  to  redeem  from  this  sale  would  expire  in  two  years  from  the  time 
that  the  premises  were  bid  in  by  the  Supervisor,  namely,  two  years  from  September  6,  1884. 
The  time  of  redemption  therefore  expired  on  the  6th  day  of  September,  1886,  and  an  application 
for  a  redemption  from  this  sale  must  be  denied. 

The  property  under  consideration  became  the  property  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  on  the  annexa- 
tion of  the  Town  of  Gravesend  to  said  city.  The  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the  County  of  Kings 
was  abolished  by  chapter  954  of  the  Laws  of  1895.  The  body  having  authority  in  said  City  of 
Brooklyn  to  dispose  of  this  class  of  city  property  was  the  Common  Council,  that  being  the  legislative 
body  of  said  city,  and  no  such  power  being  vested  in  any  other  of  the  officers  or  departments 
thereof. 

By  section  205  of  the  Charter  of  the  Greater  City,  the  power  to  sell  the  real  estate  of  The  City 
of  New  York  is  vested  in  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund.  This  section  provides 
that  the  Board  must  sell  city  property  at  public  auction  for  the  highest  marketable  price  after  due 
advertisement  and  appraisal,  under  the  direction  of  said  Board.  Application  should  therefore  be 
made  to  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  for  the  sale  of  this  property. 

Respectfully, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  which  it  has  by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  Cornelius  Furguson,  Supervisor  of 
the  Town  of  New  Utrecht,  to  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht,  which  lease  is  dated  September  7,  1886, 
and  recorded  in  Liber  17 15  of  Conveyances,  page  143,  in  the  Kings  County  Register's  Office,  in 
and  to  all  that  certain  lot  known  as  and  by  the  number  274  upon  the  assessment-roll  for  the 
opening  of  Ninety-second  street,  from  the  Shore  road  to  Seventh  avenue,  in  the  late  Town  of  New 
Utrecht,  which  was  sold  to  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht  at  a  sale  for  unpaid  assessments  held  on 
September  6,  1884,  for  the  sum  of  seventy-seven  dollars  and  thirteen  cents  ($77.13),  and  which  lot 
was  thereafter  leased  to  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht  for  one  hundred  years. 


September  iS,  1900.] 


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Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  the  said  land  he  and  hereby  is  appraised  and 
fixed  at  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-one  dollars  and  sixiy-nine  cents  ($151.69),  the  purchaser 
to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75.00)  for  the  expenses  of  examination, 
advertising,  etc. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  National  Enameling  and  Stamping 
Company,  asking  permission  to  use  the  side  wall  of  the  Firemen's  Hall  as  a  party  wall  : 

New  York,  August  14,  1900. 

Hon.  R  VNDOLPH  Guggenheimer,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  Sir— Referring  to  the  lease  recently  entered  into  between  The  City  of  New  York  and 
this  company  for  the  property  situate  on  the  corner  of  Metropolitan  and  Bedford  avenues, 
Brooklyn,  and  our  intention  to  erect  a  building  thereon,  one  or  possibly  two  stories  in  height,  we 
would  respectfully  ask  whether  we  could  obtain  the  consent  of  the  authorities  to  use  the  side  wall 
of  the  Firemen's  Hall  as  a  party  wall  and  run  our  beams  into  said  wall  in  the  construction  of  our 
proposed  building.  As  our  operations  must  necessarily  come  to  a  standstill  pending  your  reply, 
we  would  respectfully  ask  that  you  favor  us  with  same  at  the  earliest  possible  moment. 
Very  truly  yours, 

NATIONAL  ENAMELING  aND  STAMPING  CO. 

A.  M.  STEINHARDT,  Assistant  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  opinion  of  the  Corporation 
Counsel  : 

Law  Department,  \ 
Office  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  \ 
New  York,  August  24,  1900.  J 

Hon.  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  Acting  Mayor  : 

Sir — lam  in  receipt  of  a  communication  from  your  Secretary  under  date  of  August  15, 
1900,  stating  that  by  your  direction  he  transmits  a  communication  from  Mr.  A.  M.  Steinhardt 
representing  the  National  Enameling  and  Stamping  Company,  and  he  requests  me  to  inform 
you  whether  Mr.  Steinhardt's  application  for  permission  to  use  the  side  wall  of  the  Firemen's 
I  Jail  as  a  party  wall  can  be  granted. 

In  his  communication  Mr.  Steinhardt  states  that  it  is  the  intention  of  his  company  to  erect  a 
building  upon  the  property  recently  acquired  by  lease  from  the  City,  at  the  corner  of  Metropolitan 
and  Bedford  avenues,  Brooklyn,  and  he  asks  whether  the  company  can  obtain  the  consent  of  the 
authorities  to  use  the  side  wall  of  the  Firemen's  Hall  as  a  party  wall,  and  run  its  beams  into  said 
wall  in  the  construction  of  its  proposed  building. 

I  have  grave  doubts  as  to  whether  such  an  application  can  be  granted. 

No  power  is  expressly  conferred  upon  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissionses  to  make  such  a  grant 
or  to  enter  into  any  such  agreement,  and  it  is  extremely  questionable  whether  such  a  power  is 
necessarily  implied.  At  all  events  it  seems  to  me  that  such  an  application  should  be  referred  to 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  because  if  the  power  to  make  such  an  agreement  resides 
anywhere  it  is  in  that  body. 

Respectfully  yours, 

GEORGE  HILL,  Acting  Corporation  Counsel. 

Which  were  ordered  filed. 


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[September  18,  1900. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Principal  Assistant  Engineer  of  the 
Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  the  compensation  to  be 
paid  by  the  White,  Potter  and  Page  Manufacturing  Company  for  pipe-line  privilege  : 

August  30,  1900. 

f¥on.  Bird  S.  Colkr,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Municipal  Assembly,  by  resolution  adopted  June  12,  1900,  returned  by  the  Mayor 
without  his  approval  or  disapproval  on  June  20,  1900,  "grants  permission  to  the  White,  Potter  & 
"  Page  Manufacturing  Company  to  lay  a  one-inch  pipe  under  carriageway  of  Willoughby  avenue, 
"in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  as  shown  upon  the  accompanying  diagram,  said  pipe  to  be  used 
"for  the  purpose  of  conducting  steam  from  the  premises  at  No.  411  to  the  premises  at  No.  412 
"  Willoughby  avenue,  provided  the  said  White,  Potter  &  Page  Manufacturing  Company  shall  pay 
"  to  the  City  of  New  York,  as  compensation  for  the  privilege,  such  amount  as  may  be  determined 
"as  an  equivalent  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund." 

Would  report  that  it  is  proposed  to  run  two  pipes  across  the  avenue,  within  a  box  about  6 
by  6  inches,  one  for  live  steam  and  the  other  as  a  return. 

The  distance  between  curb  lines  at  this  point  is  34  feet,  and  I  think  $68  per  annum  a  correct 
charge  for  the  privilege  and  $15  fee  for  opening  the  street. 
Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 


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Resolved,  That  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  City  by  The  White  Potter  and  Page 
Manufacturing  Company,  for  the  privilege  of  laying  a  one-inch  pipe  under  the  carriageway  of 
Willoughby  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  said  pipe  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  conduct- 
ing steam  for  the  premises  at  No.  411  to  the  premises  at  No.  412  Willoughby  avenue,  shall  be 
sixty-eight  dollars  ($68)  per  annum,  and  a  fee  of  fifteen  dollars  ($15)  for  opening  the  street,  to  be 


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paid  to  the  Department  of  Highways,  the  opening  of  the  street  and  the  relaying  ol  the  pavement 
to  be  done  at  the  expense  of  said  The  White  Potter  and  Page  Manufacturing  Company,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Highways  and  subject  to  such  conditions  as  he  shall  prescribe, 
provided  also  that  the  said  The  White  Potter  and  Page  Manufacturing  Company  shall  give  a  satis- 
factory  bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  ali  the  conditions  prescribed  by  the  said  Commissioner 
of  Highways  and  by  the  resolution  of  the  Council  adopted  May  23,  1899,  by  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men May  31,  1899,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  June  7,  1899,  said  bond  to  be  approved  by  the 
Comptroller  and  filed  in  his  office,  and  provided  further  that  the  right  be  reserved  to  levoke  such 
conditions  at  any  future  time  if  necessary  for  the  interests  of  the  City. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highway?,  relative  to 
compensation  to  be  paid  by  the  United  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company  for  a  pipe-line  privilege: 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  August  30,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Commissioner  s  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Dear  Sir — A  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  June  20,  by  the  Council, 
August  2,  and  took  effect  August  15,  1899,  permitting  the  United  Electric  Light  and  Power 
Company  to  lay  two  24-inch  pipes,  and  a  masonry  conduit  under  the  same,  from  their  station  No. 
405  East  Twenty-eighth  street  under  said  street  to  the  East  river,  providing  the  said  United 
Electric  Light  and  Power  Company  pay  to  The  City  of  New  York,  as  compensation  for  the 
privilege,  such  amount  as  may  be  determined  as  an  equivalent  by  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund. 

The  company  is  anxious  to  immediately  lay  the  pipes,  and  I  therefore  request  that  the  com- 
pensation to  be  charged  tor  the  privilege  be  fixed,  so  that  a  permit  to  open  the  street  may  be  issued 
without  delay. 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

New  York,  September  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  No.  280  Broadway,  New  York  : 

Dear  Sir — Referring  to  the  resolution  passed  by  the  Municipal  Assembly,  granting  this 
company  permission  to  lay  two  24-inch  pipes,  with  a  masonry  conduit  under  same,  from  our 
station  No.  405  East  Twenty-eighth  street  under  said  street  to  the  East  river,  I  would  state  that 
it  is  not  the  intention  of  this  company  to  avail  itself  at  the  present  time,  if  at  all,  of  the  privilege 
of  placing  the  masonry  conduits  under  the  two  24-inch  pipes  above  referred  to. 

I  would  request,  therefore,  that,  in  determining  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  City  for 
the  privilege,  only  the  space  occupied  by  the  two  24-inch  pipes  be  taken  into  consideration. 

Respectfully, 

C.  11.  JACKSON,  Vice-President  and  Manager. 


397 


[September  18,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Principal 
Assistant  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

September  8,  1900. 

^Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Aldermen,  by  resolution  dated  June  2,  1899,  adopted  by  the  Council 
August  2,  1899,  and  received  from  his  Honor  the  Mayor,  August  15,  1899,  without  his  approval 
or  disapproval  thereof,  grants  "  permission  to  the  United  Electric  Light  and  Pow  er  Company  to 
"  lay  two  twenty-four-inch  pipes  and  a  masonry  conduit  under  the  same  from  their  station  No. 
'*  405  East  Twenty-eighth  street  under  said  street  to  the  East  river,  provided  the  said  United 
"  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company  pay  to  The  City  of  New  York,  as  compensation  for  the 
"  privilege,  such  amount  as  may  be  determined  as  an  equivalent  by  the  Commissioners  of  the 
"  Sinking  Fund." 

Would  report  that  letter  to  the  Comptroller,  dated  September  6,  1900,  C.  H.  Jackson,  Vice- 
President  and  manager  of  the  United  Electric  Light  and  Pow  er  Company,  states  that  it  is  not  the 
intention  of  the  company  to  avail  itself  at  the  present  time,  if  at  all,  ot  the  privilege  of  placing 
the  masonry  conduit  under  the  two  24-inch  pipes. 

It  is  now  proposed  to  lay  two  24-inch  pipes  on  a  bed  of  concrete  from  their  station  at 
No.  405  East  Twenty  eighth  street  to  the  bulkhead-line  of  the  East  river. 

The  distance  from  curb-line  in  front  of  the  premises  of  the  applicant  to  the  point  on  the 
bulkhead-line  w  here  the  pipes  pass  through  same  is  374  feet,  and  I  think  $748  per  annum  a 
correct  charge  for  the  privilege  ot  laying  two  24-inch  pipes  on  a  bed  of  concrete  and  $225 
fee  for  opening  the  street. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WTTHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 


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Resolved,  That  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  City  by  the  United  Electric  Light  and 
Power  Company  for  the  privilege  of  laying  t  wo  twenty-four  inch  pipes  from  their  station  No.  405 
East  Twenty-eighth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  under  said  street  to  the  East  river,  shall  be 
seven  hundred  and  forty-eight  dollars  ($748)  per  annum,  and  a  fee  of  two  hundred  and  twenty-five 
dollars  ($225)  for  opening  the  street,  to  be  paid  to  the  Department  of  Highways,  the  opening  of  the 
street  and  the  relaying  of  the  pavement  to  be  done  at  the  expense  of  the  said  The  United  Electric 
Light  and  Power  Company,  under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Highways  and  subject  to 
such  conditions  as  he  shall  prescribe  ;  provided  also  that  the  said  The  United  Electric  Light  and 
Power  Company  shall  give  a  satisfactory  bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  conditions  pre- 
scribed by  said  Commissioner  of  Highways  and  by  resolution  of  tlv:  Municipal  Assembly  dated 
September  5,  1899,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  September  12,  1899,  said  bond  to  be  approved  by 


399  [September  [8,  1900. 

the  Comptroller  and  filed  in  his  office  ;  and  provided  further  that  the  right  be  reserved  to  revoke 
such  permission  at  any  future  time  if  necessary  in  the  interests  of  the  City. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the  New 
York  Society  tor  the  prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

September  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.COLER,  Comptroller  ; 

Dear  Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  months  of  July  and  August,  1900,  viz.  : 


1900. 

July  3.  Samuel  Trogger   $75  00 

"     5.  Edward  O'Brien,  Sr   25  00 

"     5.  Benjamin  Leffler   5000 

fc'  10.  John  Hayden   500  00 

"  12.  Jacob  Koner    150  00 

■*  24.  Henry  O'Neill  ,   15  00 

"  24.  Charles  Appell   50  00 

$865  00 

Aug.  7.  Albert  Schmelz   50  00 

Total  ,   $915  00 


The  returns  of  the  Court  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122, 
Laws  of  1876,  said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  Society. 

The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt.  • 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  lor  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children 
for  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars  ($915),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to  chil- 
dren imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  months  of  July 
and  August,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  Society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

September,  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coi.er,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  July  30,  1900,  one 
Robert  McKay  was  convicted  and  fined  $50  for  cruelty  to  child.    The  fine  was  paid  to  the  Sheriff 


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of  Kings  County  and  by  him  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
ihe  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

The  certificate  of  the  Deputy  Clerk  of  Court  attached,  ahows  that  the  case  was  prosecuted  by 
the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children. 

Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876,  the  said  Society  is  entitled  to  the  amount 
of  said  fine. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  he  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Brooklyn  Society  tor  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children 
for  the  sum  of  ($50),  being  the  amount  of  fine  for  cruelty  to  child  imposed  upon  and  collected  from 
Robert  McKay  by  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  July  30,  1000, 
and  payable  to  Ihe  said  Society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopte  I. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  U12 
American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

September  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  animals  were  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  months  of  July  and  August,  1900,  viz.: 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division. 


July  11.  Thomas  Reilly   $15  00 

"    11.  Alexander  Miller   25  00 

"    11.  Thomas  Muller   25  00 

"    11.  Max  Schreiner   15  00 

>k    25.  John  Sullivan  \    25  00 

"    25.  Leopold  Greenspon   25  00 

  $130  00 


$25  00 
25  00 
10  00 

  60  00 


$190  00 


Court  0/  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division. 


July  24.  Henry  Geed  (Queens)   $20  00 

"    31.  George  A.  Miller  (Queens)   2500 

  45  00 

"    19.  Addison  D.  Whiting  (Richmond)    $10  00 

Aug.  2.  Charles  II.  Hossmer   1000 

  20  00 

Total  j   $255  00 


Aug.  8.  John  Dempsey.. 
"  22.  Patrick  Donnelly 
"    22..  Matthew  O'Brien 


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[SEPTEMBER   I  8,  1900. 


Tlie  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  and  the  amount  of  fines  recovered  is  payable  to  the  said  Society,  pursuant  to  section  6, 
chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

The  total  amount  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the 
Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

1  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty-five  dollars  ($255),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for 
cruelty  to  animals,  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second 
Divisions,  during  the]months  of  July  and  August,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  Society,  pursuant 
to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  : 

September  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Dear  Sir — In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  July  27,  1900,  Samuel  Arkin  was 
convicted  and  fined  $50,  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry.  The  amount  of  said  fine  was  deposited 
in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  ol  the  Sinking  Fund  (or  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City 
Debt. 

The  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  their  counsel,  claim  the  amount  of  said  fine 
under  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRFTT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the  sum 
of  fifty  dollars  ($50),  being  amount  of  fine  for^allegally  practicing  dentistry,  imposed  upon  and 
collected  from  Samuel  Arkin,  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  July  27,  1900,  anil 
payable  to  said  Society  pursuant  to  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  fines  payable  to  the 
Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  : 

September  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  illegally  practicing  medicine  were  imposed  and  collected  by 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  months  of  July  and  August,  1900,  viz.: 


September  18,  1900. 


402 


July   6.  Jose  Martinez  Ancira    $50  00 

July  12.  Joseph  Knapp   50  co 

July  13.  Louis  Riegel   50  00 

$150  00 

Aug.  1.  Adolfo  Pisani   50  00 

Total   $200  00 


The  cases  were  each  prosecuted  by  the  New  York  Medical  Society,  which  Society  is  entitled 
to  the  amount  of  said  fines  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

The  amount  of  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  tor  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  ($200),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  medical  law 
imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  months  of  July  and 
August,  1900,  and  payable  to  said  Society,  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws 
of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  refunding  of  Croton 
water  rents  paid  in  error: 

*  September  i,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Applications  for  the  refund  of  erroneous  and  overpayment  of  Croton  water  rents  have 
been  made  to  this  Deparlment,  as  per  statement  herewith. 

The  applications  are  severally  approved  by  the  Commissioner  of  Water  Supply,  the  Receiver 
of  Taxes  or  Collector  of  Assessments  and  Arrears.  The  total  amount,  three  hundred  and  eighty 
dollars  and  eighty-five  cents  ($380.85),  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectlully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Water  Registrar. 


Charles  T.  Cook   $12  60 

Edward  Callan  ,   7  00 

Morris  B.  Baer   12  25 

E.  S.  Jaffray  &  Co  t   10000 

James  R.  Keane   29  95 

Joseph  Hyman   45  00 

Albert  Rathfelder  ,   40  00 


403  [September  18,  1900. 

Eugene  H.  Munger   $13  00 

Henrietta  Manning  =   10  00 

$269  80 

Receiver  of  Taxes. 

Estate  of  Samuel  Down   19  10 

Collector  of  Assessments  and  Arrears. 

Rev.  D.  J.  McMahon,  as  Pastor  of  Church  of  The  Epiphany   91  95 

Total   $380  S5 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  eighty 
dollars  and  eighty-five  cents  ($380.85)  to  be  by  him  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of 
"Croton  Water  Rent,  Refunding  Account"  for  refunding  erroneous  and  overpayment  of  Croton 
water  rent  as  per  statement  submitted  herewith. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  refunding  of  overpay- 
ments for  street  vault  permits  : 

September  i,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  applications  have  been  made  for  the  refund  of  amounts  overpaid  for 
street  vault  permits,  viz.  : 

Edward  Uavis,  No.  795  Amsterdam  avenue   $37  50 

John  Daniels  &  Son,  north  side  of  Eighth  street,  no  feet  7  inches  west  of  Broadway.         78  00 

Total   $115  50 

With  each  application  there  is  the  affidavit  of  the  applicant  and  a  certificate  of  a  City 
Surveyor,  and  a  statement  by  the  Superintendent  of  Street  Openings,  Paving  and  Repairing, 
approved  by  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

The  total  amount  paid  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  warrants  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of — 

Edward  Davis,  for   $37  50 

John  Daniels  &  Son,  for   ....  78  00 

Total   $115  50 


— refunding  them  respectively  these  amounts  overpaid  in  error  for  street  vault  permits. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


September  18,  1900.] 


404 


The  Comptroller .  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  a  refund  of 
Si 78. 13  to  Messrs.  Hopkins  &  Co. : 

September  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — On  September  20,  1897,  Messrs.  Hopkins  &  Co.  applied  to  and  received  from  the  then 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works  a  permit  to  construct  a  vault  in  front  of  building  No.  198  West  Broad- 
way, occupying,  as  per  surveyor's  certificate,  426.67  square  feet,  for  which  they  paid  (at  the  rate 
of  $2  per  square  foot)  $853.34. 

Included  within  the  space  of  said  vault  was  an  old  vault  in  area  142.5  square  feet,  for  which 
Messrs.  Hopkins  &  Co.  had  obtained  a  permit  April  20,  1872,  and  paid  for  at  the  then  current 
rate  of  75  cents  per  square  foot,  or  a  total  of  $106.87.  This  amount  was  refunded  on  certificate 
of  Commissioner  of  Highways  by  resolution  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  adopted 
March  II,  1898. 

Messrs.  Hopkins  &  Co.  now  apply  for  a  refund  of  the  additional  $1.25  per  square  foot  paid, 
under  protest,  for  the  area  occupied  by  the  old  vault.  The  Corporation  Counsel,  by  letter  dated 
August  29,  1900,  considers  this  charge  an  error  and  advises  the  refund  of  the  amount  so  paid,  to 
wit  :  $178.13. 

The  amount  paid  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the 
Redemption  of  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  Hopkins  &  Co.  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-eight  dollars 
and  thirteen  cents,  being  the  amount  overpaid  in  error  September  20,  1897,  for  permit  to  con- 
struct vault  in  front  of  premises  No.  198  West  Broadway,  refunded  by  advice  of  Corporation 
Counsel  August  29,  1900. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  a  refund  to 
Messrs.  Wilson,  Baker  &  Wilson  of  $68,  for  assessment  paid  in  error. 

September  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — On  August  22,  1899,  Messrs.  Wilson,  Baker  &  Wilson  paid  to  the  Collector  of  Assess- 
ments and  Arrears  the  sum  of  sixty-eight  dollars  ($68),  the  amount  of  assessment  on  Lots  Nos.  9 
and  10,  Block  91,  for  William  street  opening,  confirmed  May  1,  1848,  and  the  amount  so  paid 
was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt.  It  now  appears  that  this  assessment  was  paid  June  29,  1848,  by  Josephus  Bishop  &  Co., 
and  that  this  second  payment  was  in  error.  Messrs.  Wilson,  Baker  &  Wilson  are  therefore 
entitled  to  a  refund  of  the  amount  paid  by  them. 

The  Collector  of  Assessments  and  Arrears  has  certified  to  the  above. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain,   for  the  sum  of  sixty-eight  dollars  ($68),  to  be  by 


[September  18,  1900. 


him  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  account  "  Refunding  Assessments  Paid  in  Error," 
to  refund  Messrs.  Wilson,  Baker  and  Wilson  this  amount  of  assessment  for  William  street  opening 
by  them  piad  in  error  August  22,  1899. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  horn  the  Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company,  as 
agents  for  Frank  E.  Arndt,  relative  to  a  sale  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  certain  property  in  the 
late  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

Brooklyn,  August  31,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — As  agent  for  Frank  E.  Arndt,  owner  in  fee  of  premises  known  as  lots  numbers  11  and  12, 
Block  612,  Ward  No.  31,  on  the  Tax  Map  of  The  City  of  New  York,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  being 
the  westerly  one-half  of  lot  number  70  on  Neptune  avenue  Opening  Map,  which  said  lot  number 
70  was  sold  August  9,  1894,  for  $9. 73  to  the  Town  of  Gravesend  for  100  years  for  unpaid  assess- 
ment for  opening  Neptune  avenue  from  West  Sixth  street  to  Ocean  parkway,  and  lease  thereupon 
delivered  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  (as  successor  by  consolidation  to  said  town),  dated  December 
24,  1896,  and  recorded  in  Liber  3,  section  21  of  Conveyances,  page  249,  December  29,  1896,  in 
Kings  County  Register's  Office,  we  respectfully  apply  for  a  release  from  The  City  of  New  York 
(as  successor  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn)  of  its  interest  under  slid  Tax  Lease. 

We  will  esteem  it  as  a  favor  if  you  will  request  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  at 
their  next  meeting,  to  authorize  sale  thereof  by  you  in  due  course,  as  prompt  purchase  of  same  is 
desired  to  clear  the  title  to  said  premises. 

Respectfully  yours, 

D.  S.  COE,  for  the  Company. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

September  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  as  agents  for 
Frank  E.  Arndt,  in  a  communication  to  the  Comptroller  under  date  of  August  31,  1900,  requests 
a  release  of  certain  property  sold  by  the  Supervisor  of  the  former  Town  of  Gravesend  for  unpaid 
assessment  for  opening  Neptune  avenue  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean  parkway,  said 
property  being  designated  as  the  westerly  one-half  part  of  Lot  No.  70  on  the  assessment-roll  in 
the  above-named  proceeding,  and  now  known  as  Lots  Nos.  II  and  12,  Block  612,  in  Ward  No.  31 
of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

This  application  is  similar  to  that  made  by  Marcus  B.Campbell  (see  Minutes  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  July  24,  1900,  page  332),  and  I  would  therefore  advise  similar  action,  namely,  that  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  authorize  a  sale  at  auction  of  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  in  and  to  the  following-described  property,  which  has  by  virtue  of  a  lease 
from  William  Y.  B.  Bennett,  Supervisor  of  the  Town  of  Gravesend,  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which 
lease  is  dated  December  24,  1896,  and  recorded  in  section  21,  block  7257,  Liber  3,  page  249,  in 
the  Kings  County  Register's  Office. 

All  that  westerly  one-half  part,  being  40  feet  by  100  feet  in  size,  of  the  lot  known  as  and  by 
the  number  70  upon  the  assessment  roll  for  the  opening  of  Neptune  avenue  from  West  Sixth  street 
to  the  Ocean  parkway,  in  the  late  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward  of  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  the  whole  of  which  was  sold  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  at  a  sale 


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for  unpaid  assessments  held  on  the  9th  day  of  August  in  the  year  1894,  for  the  sum  of  $9.73,  and 
which  .said  lot  was  thereafter  leased  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  100  years. 

That  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  westerly  one-half  of  the  said  lot 
number  70  be  appraised  at  the  sum  of  $6.69  ;  the  purchaser  to  pjy  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  $75 
for  the  expense  of  examination,  advertising,  etc. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell,  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash,  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  "which  it  has  by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  William  V.  B.  Bennett,  Super- 
"  visor  of  the  Town  of  Gravesend  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which  lease  is  dated  December  24, 
"  1896,  and  recorded  in  section  21,  block  7257,  liber  3,  page  249,  in  the  Kings  County  Regis- 
ter's Office,"  in  and  to  all  that  westerly  one-half  part,  being  forty  feet  by  one  hundred  feet  in 
size,  of  the  lot  known  as  and  by  the  number  70,  upon  the  assessment-roll  for  the  opening  of 
Neptune  avenue,  from  West  Sixth  street  to  the  Ocean  Parkway,  in  the  late  Town  of  Gravesend, 
now  Thirty-first  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  .The  City  of  New  York,  the  whole  of 
which  was  sold  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  at  a  sale  for  unpaid  assessments  held  on  the  9th  day  of 
August,  in  the  year  1894,  for  the  sum  of  nine  dollars  and  seventy-three  cents,  and  which  said  lot 
was  thereafter  leased  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  one  hundred  years. 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  the  said  land  be  and  hereby  is  appraised  and 
fixed  at  the  sum  of  six  dollars  and  sixty-nine  cents  ($6.69)  for  the  westerly  one-half  of  Lot  No. 
70,  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  the  expenses 
of  examination,  advertising,  etc. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Fire  Department  relative  to  the  assign- 
ment of  a  plot  of  ground  belonging  to  the  City  on  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  to  that 
Department  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  August  8,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir — I  have  the  honor,  upon  recommendation  of  the  Deputy  Fire  Commissioner,  boroughs  of 
Brooklyn  and  Queens,  to  request  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  will  please  transfer 
to  this  Department  the  plot  No.  294  Myrtle  avenue,  the  property  of  the  City,  and  "known  as  Lot 
No.  30,  Block  104,  Eleventh  Ward,  Borough  of  Brooklyn." 

The  Deputy  Fire  Commissioner,  in  a  communication  dated  the  7th  instant,  a  copy  of  which 
is  herewith  inclosed,  reports  that  the  space  occupied  by  the  repair  shops,  boroughs  of  Brooklyn 
and  Queens,  at  Canton  and  Bolivar  streets,  in  the  former  borough,  is  much  too  small  for  the 
purpose,  and  that  relief  would  be  afforded  by  the  assignment  to  the  Department  of  the  lot  in 
question. 

Early  and  favorable  action  by  your  Honorable  Commission  will  be  appreciated. 

Yours  respectfully, 

J.  J.  SCANNELL,  Fire  Commissioner. 


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[September  18,  1900. 


Brooklyn,  August  7,  1900. 

Hon.  John  T.  ScANNELL,  Fire  Commit sioner,  New  York  City  : 

Sir — The  space  occupied  by  the  repair  shop  of  this  Department  is  much  too  small  tor  the 
-jourpose,  and  in  order  to  afford  some  relief  I  would  ask  that  the  proper  City  authorities  be 
requested  to  transfer  to  this  Department,  for  its  use,  Lot  No.  294  Myrtle  avenue.    This  lot  is  the 
property  of  the  City  and  is  known  as  u  Lot  No.  30,  Block  104,  Eleventh  Ward,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn." 

Respectfully  submitted, 

(Signed)         JAMES  H.TULLY, 
Deputy  Fire  Commissioner,  BorGughs  of  Brooklyn  and  Queens. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  roport  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

September  17,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— Hon.  J.J.  Scannell,  Fire  Commissioner,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  August  8,  19C0, 
requests  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  will  assign  to  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department 
the  plot  of  land  ki.own  as  Lot  No.  30,  Block  104,  in  the  Eleventh  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
the  same  being  the  property  of  The  City  of  New  York.  The  Commissioner  further  states  that  the 
space  occupied  by  the  repair  shops  at  Canton  and  Bolivar  streets  is  much  too  small  for  the  purpose 
and  thai  relief  w  ould  be  afforded  by  the  assignment  of  the  lot  in  question. 

The  lot  contains  the  remains  of  an  old  brick  building  in  a  very  poor  condition,  not  occupied 
by  any  City  Department,  and  I  can  see  no  reason  why  the  request  of  the  Fire  Commissioner  should 
not  be  granted. 

The  plot  is  located  on  the  northerly  side  of  Myrtle  avenue,  70  feet  east  of  North  Elliott  place 
now  Hampden  street). 

Appended  is  a  sketch  of  the  plot  in  question. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAX,  Engineer. 


September  18,  1900. J 


Resolved,  That  the  plot  of  ground  belonging  to.  the  City,  situated  on  the  northerly  side  of 
Myrtle  avenue,  seventy  feet  east  of  North  Elliott  place  (now  Hampden  street),  and  known  as 
Lot  No.  30,  Block  104,  in  the  Eleventh  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  be  and  the  Mime  is 
hereby  set  aside  and  assigned  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department,  said  assignment  to  continue 
during  the  pleasure  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 
Adjourned. 

EDGAR  J.   LEVEY,  Secretary. 


[October  26,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS   OF   THE   SINKING   FUND  OF 
THE   CITY   OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Aleeting  held  at  the  Mayor's  Office,  at 
11.30  o'clock  A.  M.  on  Friday,  October  26,  1900. 

Present— Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Deputy  Comptroller  ;  Patrick 
Keenan,  Chamberlain  ;  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Robert  Muh, 
Chairman,  Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 

On  motion  of  the  Deputy  Comptroller,  Mr.  Reeves  E.  Selmes  was  unanimously  elected 
temporary  secretary  of  the  meeting. 

The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  September  18,  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 

The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  communication  from  Judge  Van  Wart, 
report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  and  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel, 
relative  to  premises  to  be  used  by  the  Second  District  Municipal  Court,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  (see 
page  316)  : 

October  i,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Commissioner  0/  the  Sinking  Fund,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  Sir — Some  time  ago  I  wrote  you  a  letter  recmesting  that  the  premises  at  No.  794 
Broadway,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  be  not  again  leased  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
of  The  City  of  New  York  for  the  uses  of  the  Second  District  Municipal  Court  of  that  borough, 
in  which  letter  I  called  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  rent  now  and  heretofore  paid  by  the 
City  for  the  uses  of  the  alleged  court-room  used  by  that  court  was  greatly  in  excess  of  the  rental 
value  of  the  premises,  being  four  times  as  much  as  the  owner  was  receiving  for  similar  rooms  in 
the  same  building. 

I  have  been  informed  recently  by  the  owner  of  the  building,  one  August  Grill,  that  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  were  about  to  rehire  the  premises  for  a  term  of  four  years  at 
the  present  exorbitant  rent. 

Passing  for  the  present  all  questions  other  than  the  rental  value  of  the  premises,  I  desire  to 
place  myself  on  record  as  having  protested  against  the  City  being  compelled  to  pay  for  these 


October  26,  1900.] 


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premises  the  sum  of  $1,200  or  more,  when  the  rental  value  thereof,  as  fixed  by  the  rental  of 
similar  premises  in  the  same  building,  is  only  $288  per  year  and  not  $1,200  per  year.  I  desire  to 
call  your  attention  to  this  fact  forcibly  and  pointedly,  that  I  may  in  no  way  be  held  responsible 
by  the  public  for  the  payment  of  an  exorbitant  rent  for  unsuitable  premises. 

I  write  you  this  letter  feeling  that  you  are  as  anxious  to  protect  the  Ciiy  from  unfair  and 
improper  expenditure  of  money  as  I  am,  and  trusting  that  if  these  premises  are  rehired  for  the 
uses  of  the  Court,  that  no  larger  rental  will  be  paid  than  could  be  procured  bythe  landlord  from 
individual  tenants. 

I  shall  mail  a  similar  letter  to  this  to  each  member  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission,  and,  in 
order  that  my  position  in  the  matter  shall  not  be  misunderstood  by  the  public,  shall  forward  a 
copy  of  this  letter  to  each  newspaper  published  in  The  City  of  New  York,  with  a  request  that  the 
same  be  published. 

Sincerely  yours, 

GERARD  B.  VAN  WART. 

October  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir— Hon.  Gerard  B.  Van  Wart,  Justice  of  the  Second  District  Municipal  Court,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  October  1,  1900,  states  : 

"Some  time  ago  I  wrote  you  a  letter  requesting  that  the  premises  at  No.  794  Broadway, 
"  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  be  not  again  leased  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The 
"  City  of  New  York  for  the  uses  of  the  Second  District  Municipal  Court  of  that  borough,  in 
"  which  letter  I  called  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  rent  now  and  heretofore  paid  by  the 
"  City  for  the  uses  of  the  alleged  court-room  used  by  that  court,  was  greatly  in  excess  of  the 
"  rental  value  of  the  premises,  being  four  times  as  much  as  the  owner  was  receiving  for  similar 
"  rooms  in  the  same  building. 

"  I  have  been  informed  recently  by  the  owner  of  the  building,  one  August  Grill,  that  the 
"  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  were  about  to  rehire  the  premises  for  a  term  of  four  years 
"  at  the  present  exorbitant  rent. 

"  Passing  for  the  present  all  questions  other  than  the  rental  value  of  the  premises,  I  desire  to 
"  place  myself  on  record  as  having  protested  against  the  City  being  compelled  to  pay  for  these 
"  premises  the  sum  of  $1,200  or  more,  when  the  rental  value  thereof,  as  fixed  by  the  rental  of 
"  similar  premises  in  the  same  building,  is  only  $288  per  year,  and  not  $1,200  per  year.  I  desire 
"  to  call  your  attention  to  this  fact  forcibly  and  pointedly,  that  I  may  in  no  way  be  held 
"  responsible  by  the  public  for  the  payment  of  an  exorbitant  rent  for  unsuitable  premises. 

"  1  write  you  this  letter,  feeling  that  you  are  as  anxious  to  protect  the  City  from  unfair  and 
"  improper  expenditure  of  money  as  I  am,  and  trusting  that  if  these  premises  are  rehired  fur  the 
"  uses  of  the  Court  that  no  larger  rental  will  be  paid  than  could  be  procured  by  the  landlord  from 
"  individual  tenants. 

"  I  shall  mail  a  similar  letter  to  this  to  each  member  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission,  and, 
"  in  order  that  my  position  in  the  matter  shall  not  be  misunderstood  by  the  public,  shall  forw  ard 
"  a  copy  of  this  letter  to  each  newspaper  published  in  The  City  of  New  York,  with  a  request  that 
"  the  same  be  published." 

In  reply  thereto  I  beg  to  repprt  as  follows  : 

On  September  LI,  1899,  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  lease  of  the  premises  Nos.  794  and  796  Broadway,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  used  and  occupied  for  the  purposes  of  the  Second  District  Municipal  Court,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  would  expire  on  the  first  day  of  November  following. 


[October  26,  1900. 


This  lease  was  made  by  the  former  City  of  Brooklyn  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  November 
1,  1894,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1,250. 

In  accordance  with  this  information,  I  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  and 
conferred  with  Judge  Van  Wart  in  reference  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease.  The  Judge  at  that  time 
stated  that  the  accommodations  were  insufficient,  and  I  requested  him  to  consult  with  the  Deputy 
Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  and  make 
such  suggestions  as  to  other  available  quarters  which  might  be  leased  and  that  would  be  suitable 
and  satisfactory  for  court  purposes. 

I  waited  some  time  for  a  reply,  and  was  finally  told  that  Judge  Van  Wart  had  no  recom- 
mendations to  make  in  regard  to  the  matter,  and  as  from  the  report  made  to  me  I  considered  the 
rent  of  the  premises  excessive,  I  sent  for  the  owner,  Mr.  August  Grill,  of  No.  734  Willoughby 
avenue,  Brooklyn,  to  see  what  arrangements  could  be  made  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease. 

To  overcome  the  Judge's  objections  that  the  quarters  were  insufficient,  the  owner  offered  to 
increase  the  premises  leased  by  the  addition  of  an  adjoining  flat,  increasing  the  amount  of  space 
by  one-third  of  the  amount  then  leased,  to  fit  these  premises  up  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Court, 
by  the  removal  of  partitions,  etc.,  and  to  renew  the  lease  for  a  term  of  one  year  at  a  rental 
of  $1,000  per  annum. 

In  my  report  on  this,  dated  October  3,  1899  (see  Minutes  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  October  9, 

1899,  page  410),  I  stated  that  :  "  I  consider  this  offer  far  in  excess  of  a  reasonable  rental,  but  the 
k<  owners  claim  that  the  presence  of  the  Court  depreciates  the  rental  value  of  stores,  and  remaining 

flats  in  the  building  must  be  considered." 

Ag?.in,  the  time  was  so  short  before  the  expiration  of  this  lease  in  which  to  secure  other 
quarters,  that  I  deemed  it  advisable  for  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  to  authorize  a  renewal 
on  the  terms  offered  rather  than  let  this  matter  stand  until  after  November  1,  when,  by  virtue  of 
the  occupation  of  the  premises,  the  City  could  have  been  held  as  a  hold-over  tenant  under  the 
terms  of  the  old  lease. 

In  accordance  with  my  report,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  October  9,  1899, 
authorized  a  renewal  of  the  lease  on  the  new  terms  proposed,  for  one  year. 

Under  date  of  June  19,  1900,  Judge  Van  Wart  requested  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  to  lease  a  church  building  on  the  east  side  of  Bridge  street,  150  feet  south  of  Myrtle  avenue, 
tor  a  term  commencing  November  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $3,oco. 

This  matter  was  the  subject  of  an  examination  and  report  by  me  on  July  16,  1900  (see  Sink- 
ing Fund  Minutes,  July  24,  1900,  page  318),  in  which  I  stated  after  consultation  with  the 
representatives  of  the  Church  that  they  had  agreed  to  make  a  lease  for  a  term  of  five  years,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  $2,500  ;  the  owners  to  paint  the  exterior  of  the  building  and  make  other  neces- 
sary repairs.    This  offer  I  considered  reasonable  and  fair. 

In  Judge  Van  Wart's  letter  a  point  of  law  was  raised  regarding  the  designation  of  the 
premises  for  court  purposes  and  the  matter  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  an 
opinion. 

At  the  present  time  I  am  not  aware  that  any  opinion  has  been  rendered  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel.    All  of  which  is  respectlully  submitted. 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

New  York,  October  18,  1900. 
Hon.  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir— I  am  in  receipt  of  your  two  communications  bearing  date  August  2  and  October  9, 

1900,  respectively,  in  reference  to  the  premises  to  be  used  by  the  Municipal  Court  of  The  City  of 
New  York  for  the  Second  District,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  which  said  court  is  now  held  on  the 


October  26,  1900.] 


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second  floor  of  a  lenem'ent-house  at  No.  794  Broadway,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  the  lease  of  which 
expires  on  the  first  proximo. 

In  your  communication  of  August  2  you  inclosed  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  the  Hon.  G.  B. 
Van  Wart,  Justice  of  said  Court,  in  which  he  requests  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to 
lease  the  building  formerly  occupied  as  a  church,  located  on  the  east  side  of  Bridge  street,  about 
one  hundred  and  sixty  feet  south  of  Myrtle  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

After  advancing  reasons  why  it  would  be  to  the  advantage  of  litigants  in  that  district  that  the 
last-mentioned  property  should  be  leased,  Justice  Van  Wart  goes  on  to  say  : 

"  The  undersigned  further  desires  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
"  Fund  to  the  sections  of  the  Charter  empowering  such  Commissioners  to  make  a  lease  of  the  build- 
"  ings  hereinbefore  referred  to,  without  any  action  on  the  part  of  the  Municipal  Assembly.  Sec- 
"  tion  54  of  the  Charter  provides  that  the  Municipal  Assembly  may  assign  the  places  where  the 
"  several  municipal  courts  shall  be  held  at  each  district,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law. 
"  Section  137 1  of  the  Charter  provides  that  the  Municipal  Court  shall  be  held  in  each  district  at 
"  places  provided  by  the  Municipal  Assembly.  Section  217  of  the  Charter,  however,  provides 
"  that  applications  must  be  presented  to  (he  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  and  that  said  Commis- 
"  sioners  may  authorize  the  lease  of  such  premises  as  are  set  forth  in  their  resolution. 

"  It  is  apparent  that  the  provisions  of  section  137 1  of  the  Charter,  authorizing  the  Municipal 
"  Assembly  to  provide  places  for  holding  municipal  courts,  are  without  force  or  effect,  for  the  rea- 
"  son  that  the  Municipal  Assembly  has  no  power  to  make  leases,  and  therefore  cannot  provide 
"  any  building. 

"  The  provisions  of  section  54,  providing  that  the  Municipal  Assembly  may  assign  the  places, 
"  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  clearly  places  it  in  the  power  of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
"  Sinking  Fund,  in  their  discretion,  to  lease  premises  for  such  purposes,  being  within  the  exception 
"  covering  this  case.  If  it  were  otherwise,  the  Municipal  Assembly  might  continuously  designate 
"  a  place  for  the  holding  of  the  courts  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  could  continu- 
"  ously  refuse  to  lease,  thus  making  a  conflict  of  power  not  intended  by  the  Charter." 

The  point  raised  by  Judge  Van  Wart  was  referred  to  me  for  an  opinion  thereon. 

Upon  examining  the  sections  of  the  Charter  referred  to  in  Judge  Van  Wart's  letter,  I  am 
obliged  to  say  that  I  find  it  quite  impossible  to  concur  with  him. 

I  incline  to  the  opinion  that,  under  sections  54  and  137 1  of  the  Charter,  the  power  to  designate 
where  a  Municipal  Court  shall  be  held  is  lodged  in  the  Municipal  Assembly,  and  that  when  a 
lease  for  such  purposes  is  to  be  authorized  by  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  its  first  duty  is  to 
inquire  if  the  premises  so  to  be  leased  have  been  designated  for  that  purpose  by  the  Municipal 
Assembly.  Of  course,  if  upon  proper  application  the  Municipal  Assembly  should  refuse  or 
neglect  to  make  such  designation,  another  question  would  arise,  which  is  not  now  before  me. 

Respectfully  yours, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

Which  were  ordered  filed,  and  a  copy  of  the  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  together 
with  the  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  transmitted  to  Judge  Van  Wart 
and  also  to  the  Municipal  Assembly. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the'  President  of  the  Council 
relative  to  the  application  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  for  a  grant  of  land  on  the  north  side  of 
Sixty-seventh  street  and  east  of  Lexington  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  (see  pages  67  and  363)  ; 


413     .  [October  26,  1900. 

New  York,  October  18,  1900. 

Hon.  EDGAR  J.  Levey,  No.  280  Broadway,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  Sir — T  am  directed  by  President  Guggenheimer  to  transmit  to  you  herewith  inclosed, 
tb  be  laid  before  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  the  next  meeting,  his  report  on  the 
application  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  for  an  additional  grant  of  land. 
Very  respectfully  yours, 

JOCELYN  JOHNSTONE,  Secretary  to  the  President  of  the  Council. 

New  York,  October  18.  1900. 

As  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  report  upon  the 
annexed  application  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  for  a  grant  of  premises  on  the  north  side  of 
Sixty-seventh  street  and  east  side  of  Lexington  avenue,  I  beg  leave  to  report  that,  having  investi- 
gated the  matter,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  said  application  of  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  should 
be  granted,  subject,  however,  to  a  proviso  in  the  said  grant,  on  account  of  the  proximity  of  a  public 
school,  there  should  be  inserted  a  covenant  against  nuisances,  subject  to  which  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  said  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  shall  take  said  property  by  grant  from  The  City  of 
New  York. 

RANDOLPH  GUGGENHEIMER. 

Whereas,  The  Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  a  corporation  organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  has,  by  its  petition,  through  Isaac  Wallach,  its  President,  applied  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  for  the  relief  hereinafter  granted  ; 
and 

Whereas,  The  said  petition  has  been  referred  to  the  President  of  the  Council  of  The  City  ot 
New  York  ;  and 

Whereas,  The  President  of  the  Council  has  rendered  a  report  in  favor  of  granting  the  relief  in 
the  manner  hereinafter  set  forth  ;  now  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That,  pursuant  to  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and  provided,  the  two  leases  made 
by  The  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital, 
dated  January  1,  1894,  and  recorded  in  the  New  York  Register's  office  on  the  23d  day  of 
October,  1894,  the  one  in  block  series  conveyances,  section  5,  liber  31,  page  234,  the  other  in 
section  5,  liber  31,  page  237,  and  covering  the  following  premises,  to  wit  : 

All  that  certain  plot  of  ground  in  the  City  and  County  of  New  York,  bounded  and  described 
ns  follows,  to  wit  :  Beginning  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Lexington  avenue  and  Sixty-seventh 
street,  in  said  county,  running  thence  eastwardly  along  the  northerly  side  of  Sixty-seventh  street 
one  hundred  and  fifteen  feet  ;  thence  northwardly  parallel  with  Lexington  avenue  one  hundred 
feet  and  five  inches  to  the  centre  line  of  the  block  ;  thence  westwardly  parallel  with  said  street 
one  hundred  and  fifteen  feet  to  the  easterly  side  of  Lexington  avenue,  and  thence  southwardly  along 
the  easterly  side  of  Lexington  avenue  one  hundred  feet  and  five  inches  to  the  point  or  place  of 
beginning. 

— for  the  period  of  ninety-nine  years,  from  the  1st  day  of  January,  1894,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one 
dollar,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  changed  to  a  grant  of  said  premises  to  the  Mount  Sinai  Hos- 
pital, in  fee  simple  absolute  ;  subject,  however,  to  such  covenants  against  nuisances  as  will  suffi- 
ciently protect  the  neighboring  public  school,  so  as  to  permit  and  authorize  the  said  Mount  Siani 
Hospital  to  sell  and  convey  in  fee  simple  the  whole  or  any  part  of  said  premises,  or  to  lease  the 


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414 


said  property  or  any  part  or  portion  thereof  for  such  term  or  terms  as  shall  be  deemed  proper  by 
said  hospital,  provided  that  the  proceeds  of  said  sale  or  sales  or  the  income  from  such  leases  as  may 
be  made  by  it  shall  be  applied  to  the  maintenance  and  support  of  said  Mount  Sinai  Hospital 
and  to  the  uses  and  purposes  for  which  said  hospital  is  incorporated,  but  no  purchaser  or  lessee  of 
the  whole  or  any  part  of  said  property,  his  or  their  heirs,  executors,  administrators  and  assigns 
shall  be  charged  with  the  proper  application  of  siid  proceeds  or  rentals,  nor  shall  any  of  said 
grants  or  leases  be  in  any  manner  invalidated  or  affected  by  the  misapplication  of  such  proceeds 
or  rentals  or  any  part  thereof,  and  further  provided  that  such  lots  and  the  improvements  thereon 
which  may  be  used  for  any  other  purpose  than  for  hospital  purposes  shall  not  be  exempt  from 
taxation  ;  it  is  further 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  requested  to  draw  a  proper  deed  from  The  City  of 
New  York  to  the  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  in  accordance  with  the  foregoing  resolution,  and  that  the 
proper  officers  of  The  Cily  of  New  York  are  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  and  deliver 
such  deed  on  behalf  of  said  City. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report,  together  with  report  of  the  Engineer 
of  the  Department  of  Finance  and  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  relative  to  petition  of 
Charles  L.  Dimon  et  al.,  for  a  confirmatory  deed  of  certain  premises  between  Third  and  Fourth 
streets,  East  river,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  (see  pages  358 
and  475,  Minutes  of  1899) : 

Octoher  26,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fto?d  : 

Gentlemen — A  petition  of  Charles  L.  Dimon,  Caleb  A.  Dyer  and  Frederic  D.  Phillips,  as 
trustees,  etc.,  praying  for  a  deed  of  confirmation  from  the  City  of  certain  premises,  formerly  land 
under  water,  between  Third  and  Fourth  streets,  at  the  East  river,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
was  presented  by  Messrs.  Howland  &  Murray,  attorneys-at-law,  together  with  a  report  thereon  by 
Engineer  McLean  of  the  Finance  Department,  which  were  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel 
for  his  consideration  and  advice  (Minutes,  July  31,  1899,  pages  358  to  365). 

A  communication  was  received  from  the  Corporation  Counsel,  under  date  of  November 
29,  1899,  in  which,  after  a  full  presentation  of  the  facts  relating  to  this  application,  and  the  rights 
of  the  City,  he  concludes  as  follows  : 

"  I  therefore  see  no  objection  to  the  issuance  of  a  confirmatory  grant  to  the  petitioners  of  the 
premises  described  in  the  petition,  excepting  and  reserving  out  of  the  described  premises  Tomp- 
kins street  70  feet  as  laid  out,  said  grant  to  contain  the  covenants  usual  in  water  grants  executed 
by  the  City:  Upon  the  execution  of  the  counterpart  of  the  grant  by  the  petitioners,  the  Depart- 
ment of  Docks  will  be  in  a  position  to  serve  notice  upon  them  to  make  Tompkins  street  through 
the  premises  as  provided  in  said  confirmatory  grant  "  (Minutes,  December  6,  1899,  pages 
475  to  480). 

Subsequently,  the  Comptroller  sought  the  advice  of  the  Coiporation  Counsel  as  to  the 
authority  to  grant  the  application  of  the  petitioners,  and  the  action  uecessary  to  be  taken  in  the 
premises.  The  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  on  these  points  is  submitted  herewith.  He 
advises  that  authority  is  vested  in  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  purpose. 

Following  the  advice  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  I  am  satisfied  that  the  application  should 
be  .granted,  and  accordingly  I  submit  for  adoption  a  resolution  therefor. 


415 


[October  26,  1900. 


A  quit-claim  deed  to  the  City  for  a  public  street  of  the  strip  of  land  lying  within  the  lines  of 
Tompkins  street  has  been  executed  by  the  petitioners  and  tiled  with  the  Comptroller. 
Respectfully, 

s  EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Deputy  and  Acting  Comptroller. 

January  15,  1900. 

Hon.  Biri>  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — In  my  report  of  July  26,  1899,  on  the  petition  of  Charles  L.  Dimon  and  others  lo  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  a  deed  of  confirmation  from  The  City  of  New  York  of 
certain  premises,  formerly  land  under  water,  between  Third  and  Fourth  streets,  at  the  East  river, 
I  said,  in  presenting  the  points  of  the  claim,  as  follows  : 

"  6th.  Tompkins  street  being  discontinued  by  the  resolution  of  1S56  and  a  new  bulkhead  and 
"  street  established  by  the  action  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
"  Fund  in  1S88,  the  line  for  a  confirmatory  deed  becomes  uncertain. 

"  7th.  The  City,  by  section  876  of  the  Charter,  cannot  grant  any  land  under  water  beyond  the 
**  exterior  lines  of  The  City  of  New  York,  as  established  by  the  Law  of  1857,  as  amended  by 
"  subsequent  act,  unless  expressly  authorized  by  acts  passed  subsequent  thereto. 

"  In  view  of  all  the  facts  as  stated  in  the  petition  and  recited  above,  I  believe  that  the 
"  applicants  have  a  good  claim  to  all  the  land  between  Third  and  Fourth  streets,  from  the  lines 
*'  of  the  various  grants  mentioned,  to  a  certain  bulkhead-line,  together  with  the  rights  of  wharf- 
"  age,  etc.,  on  the  bulkhead -line  between  the  streets  named. 

"  Tompkins  street  having  been  discontinued  and  the  bulkhead-line  having  been  established 
"  by  the  Department  of  Docks  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  this  bulkhead-line, 
"  in  my  opinion,  should  be  the  limiting  line  of  any  confirmatory  deed  that  may  be  granted." 

The  matter  having  been  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel,  he,  in  communication  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  November  29,  1899,  gives  the  following  opinion  : 

"  Under  the  grants,  the  acts  of  1813  and  1826,  the  petitioners  and  their  predecessors  in  title 
"  obtained  a  good  title  to  the  lands  under  water  between  the  exterior  lines  of  the  grants  and  the 
"  exterior  line  of  Tompkins  street,  subject  to  the  covenants  in  the  grants  to  make  streets. 

"  Were  it  not  for  the  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  of  1856,  attempting  to  discontinue 
"  and  abandon  Tompkins  street  at  the  locality  in  question,  it  could  not  be  questioned  that  the 
"  giantees  and  their  successors  were  required  under  the  grants  and  statutes  to  make  Tompkins 
"  street. 

"  The  effect  of  this  resolution  has  been  the  subject-matter  of  litigation  in  the  case  of  Duryea 
"  vs.  The  Mayor,  96  N.  Y.,  477,  and  in  that  case  it  was  held  that  where  one  provision  of  an  enact- 
"  ment  of  a  legislative  body  is  invalid  and  the  others  valid,  the  latter  are  not  affected  by  the 
"  void  provision  unless  they  are  plainly  dependent  upon  each  other,  and  so  inseparably  connected 
44  that  they  cannot  be  divided  without  defeating  the  object  of  the  statute.  " 

"  It  was  further  held  m  said  case  that  the  Act  of  1857  annulled  so  much  of  said  ordinance  as 
44  attempted  to  establish  an  exterior  line  easterly  of  the  bulkhead-line  established  by  said  act. 

"  The  portion  of  said  resolution  providing  for  the  discontinuance  and  abandonment  of 
u  Tompkins  street  was  plainly  dependent  upon  and  inseparably  connected  with  that  portion  of 
"  said  resolution  which  provided  f  jr  the  construction  of  East  street,  which  street  was  to  take  the 
44  place  of  and  was  to  be  constructed  by  the  property-owners  in  lieu  of  Tompkins  street. 

•■  I  am  therefore  of  the  opinion  that  said  resolution,  by  the  passage  of  chapter  783 
"  of  the  Laws  of  1857  approving  and  fixing  the  bulkhead-line,  as  reported  to  the  Legislature 
"  by  the  Harbor  Commissioners,  was  annulled  and  rendered  inoperative,  and  that  Tompkins 


October  26,  1900.] 


"  street  remained  thcexterior  street  the  same  as  if  said  resolution  of  December,  1856,  had  never 
"  been  passed  by  the  Council  and  approved  by  the  Mayor." 

The  Corporation  Counsel  also  gives  the  "opinion  that  the  adoption  of  the  plan  by  the 
"  Department  of  Docks,  and  its  subsequent  approval  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
"  has  no  effect  upon  the  title  of  the  petitioners  previously  acquired,  nor  could  the  petitioner  be 
"  called  upon  to  surrender  so  much  of  their  lands  as  falls  within  the  lines  of  any  exterior  wharf, 
"  street  or  place  so  adopted." 

With  regard  to  the  strip  oi  land  lying  outside  of  the  easterly  line  of  Tompkins  street,  as  shown 
on  the  plan  or  survey  of  Mr.  Ford,  the  Corporation  Counsel  gives  the  opinion  "  that  the  petitioners 
have  acquired  title  to  said  strip  by  adverse  possession." 

In  view  of  these  opinions  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  I  think  the  limiting  line  of  any  con- 
firmatory grant  should  be  ihe  "present  bulkhead  or  line  of  solid  filling,"  as  named  by  the  peti- 
tioners, and  I  see  no  objection  to  the  issuance  of  a  confirmatory  grant  to  the  petitioners  of  the 
premises  described  in  the  petition,  excepting  and  reserving  out  of  the  described  premises,  Tompkins 
street,  70  feet  wide  as  laid  out,  said  grant  to  contain  the  covenants  usual  in  water  grants  executed 
by  the  City. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

New  York,  May  II,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  communication  under  date  of  January  17,  1900,  referring  to  my 
opinion  dated  November  29,  1899,  m  regard  to  the  petition  of  Charles  L.  Dimon  and  others  for  a 
confirmatory  deed  from  the  City  to  premises  between  Third  and  Fourth  streets,  East  river. 

An  additional  report  by  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  is  transmitted  and  I  am 
requested  to  advise  you  upon  the  following  points,  viz.  : 

1st.  Under  what  authority  of  law  or  ordinance  can  the  City  grant  the  confirmatory  deed 
requested  ? 

2d.  If  such  authority  exists,  what  action  is  necessary  from  any  board  or  officer  of  the  City 
Government  ? 

The  questions  submitted  have  undoubtedly  arisen  by  reason  of  the  provisions  oi  section  205 
of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  which  in  substance  provides  that  the  Sinking  Fund  Commis- 
sioners shall,  except  as  in  this  act  otherwise  specifically  provided,  have  power  to  sell  or  lease  for 
the  highest  marketable  price  or  rental  at  public  auction  or  by  sealed  bids  and  after  public  adver- 
tisement  and  appraisal  under  the  direction  of  said  Board,  any  City  property  except  parks,  wharves 
and  piers  and  land  under  water. 

The  provisions  of  this  section  have  application  to  the  sale  of  property,  the  title  to  which  is 
vested  in  The  City  of  New  York  at  the  time  the  Charter  went  into  effect.  - 

In  the  case  al  bar  the  title  was  by  act  of  the  Legislature  granted  from  the  City  and  by  opera- 
tion of  law  vested  in  private  individuals,  and  not  in  the  City  at  the  time  the  Charter  went 
into  effect. 

The  petitioners  are  desirous  of  obtaining  a  paper  title  to  the  premises,  title  to  which  is  vested 
in  them  as  above  stated. 

The  provisions  of  the  Consolidation  Act  and  of  laws  previous  (hereto  relating  to  sale  of  lands, 
to  the  effect  that  such  sale  must  be  had  at  public  auction,  have  beemheld  to  have  no  application 
to  a  sale  of  lands  under  water  to  the  riparian  or  adjacent  owner,  for  the  reason  that,  under  various 
acts  of  the  Legislature,  a  preemptive  right  to  a  grant  was  vested  in  such  riparian  or  adjacent 
owner. 

Mayor  vs.  Hart,  16  Hun,  386,  95  N.  Y.,  443.  ' 


417 


[October  26,  1900. 


I  am  therefore  of  the  opinion  that  authority  to  grant  the  confirmatory  deed  requested  is 
vested  in  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  under  the  Charter  and  the  ordinances  relating 
to  the  sale  of  real  estate. 

The  only  action  necessary  is  the  adoption  of  a  resDlution  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
fhg  Fund  authorizing  the  issuance  of  the  confirmatory  deed  and  requesting  its  execution  by  the 
Mayor  and  City  Clerk. 

Yours  respectfully, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 
Resolved,  That  the  petition  of  Charles  L.  Dimon,  Caleb  A.  Dyer  and  Frederic  D.  Philips,  as 
trustees  under  a  certain  trust  deed  dated  December  29,  1898,  be  and  hereby  is  approved  for  a  con- 
firmatory grant  or  deed  of  confirmation  (containing  the  covenants  usual  in  city  water  grants)  of 
their  title  to  the  land  lying  between  the  northerly  line  of  Third  street  and  the  southerly  line  of 
Fourth  street,  and  between  the  easterly  limits  of  the  grants  from  the  Corporation  to  Reeve,  Van 
Wagenen,  Camley  and  Carnley,  Jr.,  mentioned  in  said  petition,  to  and  including  the  now  existing 
bulkhead  or  line  of  solid  filling  along  the  East  river,  together  with  the  right  to  take  wharfage, 
cranage  and  other  emoluments  from  the  said  bulkhead,  reserving  thereout  and  excepting  therefrom, 
for  a  public  street,  the  strip  of  land  seventy  feet  wide  lying  within  the  lines  of  Tompkins  street, 
between  Third  and  Fourth  streets,  as  indicated  upon  the  survey  of  Francis  W.  Ford  annexed  to  said 
petition,  the  said  bulkhead  having  been  erected  and  said  land  filled  in  by  the  petitioners  or  their 
predecessors  in  title  under  authority  of  acts  of  the  Legislature  and  proceedings  of  the  Common 
Council,  and  thereafter  occupied  thereunder  for  more  than  forty  years  past  ;  and  the  Corpora- 
lion  Council  is  requested  to  prepare  such  confirmatory  grant  or  deed  of  confirmation  in  accordance 
herewith  and  in  form  satisfactory  to  him,  and  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk  ate  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  execute  such  confirmatory  instrument  when  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  and 
the  Comptroller  is  authorized  to  deliver  the  same  to  the  petitioners  or  their  attorneys  when  executed 
and  recorded  in  his  office,  upon  payment  of  a  reasonable  amount  to  be  fixed  by  him  for  the 
expenses  attending  the  preparation  and  execution  thereof. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


A  representative  of  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Carter  and  Ledyard  appeared  before  the  Board  and 
requested  that  the  matter  of  the  proposed  purchase  from  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Mis- 
sionary Society  for  Seamen,  of  wharfage  rights  on  South  street,  easterly  of  Market  slip,  East 
river,-  be  taken  up  and  considered.  (See  page  163.)  After  discussion  the  matter  was  referred  to 
the  President  of  the  Council. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Charities  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  Xo.  398  First  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  October  19,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners,  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Secretary  : 

Gentlemen — The  lease  of  the  premises  No.  398  First  avenue,  $2,400  per  annum,  used  by 
this  Department  as  a  Municipal  Lodging-house,  expires  November  1,  1900,  and  we  desire  to 


October  26,  1900.] 


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renew  the  same  for  one  year  from  that  date.  We  hereby  make  application  to  your  Honorable 
Board  for  permission  to  renew  this  lease  for  the  period  named. 

Yours  truly, 

J.  McKEE  BORDEN,  President. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Charles  Siedler,  of  premises  No.  398  First  avenue,  Borough 
of  Manhattan,  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Public  Charities  as  a  municipal  lodging-house,  for 
a  term  of  one  year  from  November  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  twenty-four  hundred  dollars 
($2,400),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Fire  Department  relative  to  the  renewal 
of  five  leases  of  premises  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  October  13,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir— I  have  the  honor,  upon  recommendation  of  the  Deputy  Fire  Commissioner,  Boroughs 
of  Brooklyn  and  Oueens,  to  respectfully  request  that  your  Honorable  Commission  please  authorize 
renewals  of  leases  of  the  following  premises  occupied  by  the  Department  in  the  first-named 
borough,  which  will  expire  with  the  close  of  the  current  year,  for  the  term  of  one  year  from 
January  1,  1901,  the  rentals  to  be  payable  quarterly  ;  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  condi- 
tions as  contained  in  the  present  leases  : 


Quarters. 


Engine  Company  No.  123. . 
Engine  Company  No.  124. . 
Engine  Company  No.  131.. 
Engine  Company  No.  132.. 
Lot  adjoining  Repair  Shop. 


Location. 


Dock  foot  Main  street  

Nos.  153  and  155  Furman  street . 


Lessor. 


$ '  ,000 

00 

900 

00 

1,000 

00 

I, coo 

00 

ICO 

00 

Rate. 


Yours  respectfully, 

J.  J.  SCANNELL,  Fire  Commissioner. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 

of  the  following  leases  of  premises  occupied  by  the  Fire  Department,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 

for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1901,  the  rents  to  be  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the 

same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  leases  : 

1.  A  portion  of  the  pier  on  the  easterly  side  of  the  Catharine  Street  Ferry  Slip,  used  for  the 

Fire  Department  for  the  fire-boat  "  Seth  Low";  annual  rent,  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000); 

the  Union  Ferry  Company,  lessors. 


419  [October  26,  1900. 

2.  Premises  in  the  building  known  as  Nos.  153  and  155  Furman  street  ;  annual  rental,  nine 
hundred  dollars  ($900)  ;  Edward  H.  Squibb  and  Charles  F.  Squibb,  lessors. 

3.  Premises  No.  1772  Eastern  parkway,  occupied  by  Engine  31  ;  annual  rental,  one  thousand 
dollars  ($1,000)  ;  John  Ennis,  lessor. 

4.  Part  of  the  dock  at  the  foot  of  North  Eighth  street,  now  occupied  by  the  Fire  Department 
for  dockage  for  fire-boat  ;  annual  rental,  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  ;  L.  M.  Palmer,  lessor. 

5.  The  plot  of  ground  adjoining  the  hospital  and  training  slables,  located  on  St.  Edward's 
street,  between  Willoughby  and  Bolivar  streets  ;  annual  rental,  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  ;  A.  P. 
Stevens,  lessor. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  relative 
to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  238  Broome  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  October  17,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent"  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter,  for  a  renewal  of  the  lease  from  John  Schween,  of  the  premises  known  as 
No.  238  Broome  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  the  same  being 
16  feet  in  width  in  front,  19  feet  in  width  in  the  rear,  and  54  feet  in  depth,  for  a  term  of  three 
years  from  the  1st  day  of  November,  1900,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning, 
otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease. 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved.  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  of  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from 
John  Schween.  of  the  store  of  the  premises  known  as  No.  238  Broome  street,  in  the  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  November  I,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred 
dollars  ($600),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing 
lease— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Bridges  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  901  East  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-sixth  street,  Borough  of 
The  Bronx  : 

October  3,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  New  York  City  : 

Sir — I  transmit  herewith  request  from  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Bridges  in  the  Borough 
of  The  Bronx  for  renewal  of  lease  of  premises  No.  901  East  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-sixth 


October  26,  1900. J 


420 


street,  used  as  a  Department  stable,  with  my  suggestion  that  a  new  lease  be  made  to  expire 
December  31,  1901,  and  respectfully  ask  that  you  aid  me  in  the  matter. 

Respectfully, 

JOHN  L.  SHEA,  Commissioner  of  Bridges. 

October  i,  1900. 

Hon.  John  L.  Shea,  Commissioner  of  Bridges  : 

Dear  Sir — I  desire  to  inform  you  that  the  lease  of  the  Department  Stable,  No.  901  East 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-sixth  street,  is  about  to  expire  on  October  I,  1900,  and  would  like 
very  much  to  have  same  renewed. 

Kindly  give  this  matter  your  early  attention,  and  oblige, 

Respectfully, 

MATTHEW  HILBORN, 
Deputy  Commissioner  of  Bridges,  Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

October  3,  1900. 

To  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  : 

Please  provide  for  renewal  of  lease  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  request. 

I  respectfully  request  that  the  new  lease  be  made  to  expire  December  31,  1901. 

JOHN  L.  SHEA,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Hannah  Lyng,  of  premises  No.  901  East  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-sixth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Bridges,  for  a  term 
of  one  year  and  three  months  from  October  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  dollars 
($500),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the 
existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Seeming  the  said  rent  fa;r  and  reasonable 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  the 
renewal  of  five  leases  : 

New  York,  September  27,  1900. 
To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  the  following  proceedings 
were  had  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  the  renewal  of  leases  for  the  following-described 
premises,  for  one  year  from  January  1,  1901,  viz.: 

From  Eleanor  C.  Dickerson,  premises  north  side  of  Voorhis  avenue,  about  150  feet  west  of 
Shore  road.  Station-house  for  Sixty-eighth  Precinct,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  at  the  annual  rent  of 
$1,000. 

From  William  Henderson,  Post-office  Building,  Main  street,  Westchester,  one  store  on 
ground  floor  and  eight  rooms  on  second  floor.  Station-house  for  Thirty-eighth  Precinct,  Borough 
of  The  Bronx,  at  the  annual  rental  of  $1,800. 


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[OcTor.ER  26,  1900. 


From  Max  Minsheimer,  agent  for  Mary  A.  Fitzgerald,  portion  of  premises  No.  1786 
Broadway.    Station-house  for  Bicycle  Squad,  at  the  annual  rent  of  $1,500  (Manhattan). 

From  Margaret  McGrath,  on  Nineteenth  avenue,  between  Benson  and  Bath  avenues,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn.    Station-house  and  stable  for  Seventieth  Precinct,  at  the  annual  rent  of  $750. 

From  the  Staten  Island  Savings  Bank,  second  floor  of  Staten  Island  Savings  Bank  Building, 
corner  Beach  and  Water  streets,  Stapleton,  for  Branch  Bureau  of  Elections,  Borough  of  Richmond, 
at  the  rate  of  $20  per  month,  including  light  and  heat. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 
of  leases  to  the  City  of  the  following  premises,  occupied  by  the  Police  Department,  for  a  term  of 
one  year  from  January  1,  1901,  as  hereinafter  described,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  con- 
dition's as  are  contained  in  the  existing  leases  : 

1.  Premises  on  the  south  side  of  Voorhis  avenue,  about  150  feet  west  of  the  Shore  road  ;  annual 
rent,  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000) ;  Eleanor  C.  Dickerson,  lessor. 

2.  Premises  in  the  Post  Office  Building,  Main  street,  Westchester,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  con- 
sisting of  one  store  on  ground  floor  and  eight  rooms  on  the  second  floor  ;  annual  rent,  eighteen 
hundred  dollars  ($1,800)  ;  William  Henderson,  lessor. 

3.  First  floor  of  premises  known  as  No.  1786  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan  ;  annual  rental, 
fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,500)  ;  Max  Minzesheimer,  as  agent  for  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Fitzgerald,  lessor  ; 

4.  Premises  on  Nineteenth  avenue,  between  Benson  and  Bath  avenues,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  ; 
annual  rental,  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($750)  ;  Margaret  McGrath,  lessor. 

5.  Offices  on  second  floor  of  premises  known  as  the  Staten  Island  Savings  Bank  Building, 
corner  of  Beach  and  Water  streets,  Stapleton,  Borough  of  Richmond,  for  branch  Bureau  of  Elec- 
tions ;  annual  rent,  two  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($240),  payable  monihly,  including  light  and 
heat  ;  the  Staten  Island  Savings  Bank,  lessor. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolutions 
relative  to  the  leasing  of  premises  Nos.  38  and  40  and  44  Clinton  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
for  the  use  of  the  Health  Department  : 

October  19,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Health  held  October  10,  1900,  it  was 

"  Resolved,  That  application  be  and  is  hereby  made  to  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of 
"  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  releasing  of  premises  Nos.  38  and  40  Clinton  street,  Borough  of 
"  Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  to  be  used  for  offices  by  the  Department  of  Health,  on  the  following 
"  terms  :    The  rent  to  be  at  the  rate  of  four  thousand  dollars  per  annum  and  the  lease  to  extend 
from  January  1,  1901,  to  December  31,  1903. 


October  26,  1900.] 


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**  Resolved,  That. application  be  and  is  hereby  made  to  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of 
"  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  lease  of  premises  No.  44  Clinton  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  of 
"  New  York,  for  additional  offices  to  be  used  by  the  Department  of  Health,  on  the  following 
"  terms  :  The  rent  to  be  at  the  rate  of  one  thousaud  six  hundred  dollars  per  annum  and  the  lease 
"  to  extend  from  January  1,  1901,  to  December  31,  1903." 

I  would  report  as  follows  : 

First— Nos.  38  and  40  Clinton  street.  These  premises  have  been  occupied  by  the  Health 
Department  of  Brooklyn  since  July,  1882  ;  the  present  lease  expires  January  1,  1901.  The  building 
is  situated  on  a  lot  46  feet  5  inches  by  100  feet  and  is  a  four-story  and  basement  brick  building,  41 
feet  by  60  feet,  with  a  one-story  extension  in  rear,  46  feet  by  40  feet. 

As  reported  by  me  on  February  28,  1898,  I  consider  $4,000  per  annum  a  full  rental  but  not 
excessive  ;  but  before  this  renewal  is  made,  the  lessor,  Edwin  Packard,  should  be  required  to  put 
new  flooring  throughout  the  first  story  of  the  main  building,  remove  old  water-closet  and  fixtures 
connected  with  same  on  second  floor  (stationery  room)  ;  also  repair  ceiling  of  finance  room  on  first 
floor. 

Second — No.  44  Clinton  street.  The  owner,  William  Francis  Campbell,  offers  this  building 
for  a  term  of  five  years  at  a  rental  of  $i,6co  per  annum,  and  he  proposes  to  make  all  necessary 
repairs  and  cut  openings,  connecting  this  building  with  the  present  quarters  of  the  Health  De- 
partment (Nos.  38  and  40  Clinton  street).  The  building  is  a  three-story,  basement  and  cellar 
brick  building  22  feet  6  inches  by  35  feet,  in  a  fairly  good  condition  ;  heated  by  a  hot-air  furnace 
in  cellar.  The  assessed  valuation  of  this  lot  and  building  for  1900  is  $8,000,  and  I  consider  a 
fair  market  value  for  same  to  be  $12,500. 

Therefore,  in  my  opinion,  $i,ioo  will  be  a  full  rental  per  annum,  provided  the  owner  agrees 
to  make  the  necessary  repairs  and  cut  the  three  openings  as  he  proposed. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Edwin  Packard,  of  premises  known  as  Nos.  38  and  40 
Clinton  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  occupied  by  the  Health  Department,  for  a  term  of  three 
years  from  January  1,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  four  thousand  dollars  ($4,000),  payable 
quarterly,  the  lessor  to  put  new  flooring  throughout  the  first  story  of  the  main  building,  remove 
the  old  water-closet  and  fixtures  connected  with  same  on  second  floor  (stationery  room),  also 
repair  ceiling  of  finance  room  on  the  first  floor  ;  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions 
as  contained  in  the  existing  lease,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent 
fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  William  Francis  Campbell,  of  building  known  as  No.  44  Clinton  street,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Health,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  January  I,  1901, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  eleven  hundred  dollars  ($1,100),  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  make  all 
necessary  repairs  and  cut  openings  connecting  this  building  with  the  present  quarters  of  the  Health 
Department  (Nos.  38  and  40  Clinton  street)  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the 
said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be 
made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and 


[October  26,  1900. 


approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New 
York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolutions  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  ot  Education  relative  to  a  lease  of 
premises  known  as  St.  John's  German  Lutheran  Church,  Fulton  avenue,  between  One  Hundred 
and  Sixty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  streets,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

New  York,  October  11.  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller; 

Dear  Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  certified  copy  of  report  and  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  October  10,  1900,  requesting  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  premises  St.  John's  German 
Lutheran  Church,  Fulton  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  and 
Seventieth  streets,  The  Bronx. 

Respectfully, 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

To  the  Board  of  Education  ; 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  requesting  the  Board  of  Education  to 
lease  the  basement  in  the  church  in  rear. of  Public  School  61,  The  Bronx,  or  make  such  other 
arrangements  as  may  be  necessary  to  take  care  of  excess  children,  respectfully  reports  that  the 
matter  has  been  investigated  and  it  is  found  that  the  trustees  of  St.  John's  German  Lutheran 
Church,  Fulton  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth 
streets,  have  offered  to  lease  the  basement  of  the  church  and  their  parish  house  for  school  purposes, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  $1,800,  to  include  light,  heat  and  janitor's  services. 

In  view  of  the  necessity  for  additional  accommodations  for  the  pupils  of  Public  School  61, 
your  Committee  recommends  that  the  premises  be  leased  for  school  purposes  for  a  term  of  one 
year,  at  a  rental  of  $1,800. 

The  following  resolution  is  offered  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  basement  and  parish  house  of  the  St.  John's 
German  Lutheran  Church,  Fulton  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  and  One 
Hundred  and  Seventieth  streets,  directly  in  the  rear  ot  Public  School  61,  The  Bronx,  for  use  as 
an  annex  to  that  school,  for  one  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  eighteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,800),  to 
include  light,  heat  and  janitor's  services  ;  necessary  repairs  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion ;  the  owners,  the  trustees  of  St.  John's  German  Lutheran  Church,  to  have  the  use  of  the 
room  when  not  occupied  for  school  purposes. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  Board  of  Education  on  October  10.  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

OCTOHER  15,  I9OO. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller; 

Sir — The  Board  ot  Education,  at  a  meeting  held  October  10,  19CO,  passed  a  resolution 
requesting  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a 


October  26,  1900.] 


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lease  "of  the  basement  and  parish  house  of  the  St.  John's  German  Lutheran  Church,  Fulton 
"avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  and  Se\entieth  streets, 
"  directly  in  the  rear  of  Public  School  61,  The  Bronx,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  that  school,  for  one 
"year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  eighteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,800),  to  include  light,  heat  and 
"  janitor's  services,  necessary  repairs  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Education  ;  the  owners,  the 
"  trustees  of  St.  John's  German  Lutheran  Church,  to  have  the  use  of  the  room  when  not  occu- 
pied  for  school  purposes." 

The  object  of  this  lease  is  to  provide  an  annex  to  Public  School  No.  61,  where  additional 
accommodations  are  required. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  in  question,  which  consist  of  a  brick 
church  structure  having  a  12-foot  basement  on  a  level  with  the  street  and  also  a  two-story  brick 
building  in  the  rear. 

The  available  floor  space  in  the  basement  of  the  church  building  is  3,160  square  feet,  and  the 
two  floors  of  the  parish  building  will  yield  504  square  feet  each,  making  a  total  of  4,168 
square  feet. 

The  premises  are  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  the  school  in  that  the  basement  of  the  church 
is  lighted  by  eleven  windows  on  either  side,  heated  by  steam,  also  lighted  by  gas  and  electricity. 

The  basement  is  at  present  divided  into  six  rooms  by  sliding  partitions,  which  the  Board  of 
Education  has  the  privilege  of  removing.  The  parish  house  is  heated  by  hot-air  furnaces  and 
lighted  by  gas. 

I  consider  the  rental  asked,  namely  $1,800  per  annum,  the  owners  to  furnish  light,  heat  and 
the  services  of  a  janitor,  the  necessary  repairs  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Education,  to  be  just 
and  reasonable,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  may  properly  approve  of  the 
lease. 

Rt-spectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  the  trustees  of  St.  John's  German  Lutheran  Church,  of  the  basement  and  parish  house 
of  the  St.  John's  German  Lutheran  Church  on  Fulton  avenue,  between  One  Hundred  and  Sixty- 
ninth  and  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  streets,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  directly  in  the  rear  of 
Public  School  61,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  that  school,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  the  date  of 
occupation,  at  an  annual  rental  of  eighteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,800),  payable  quarterly,  the  les- 
sor to  furnish  light,  heat  and  janitor's  services,  and  to  have  the  use  of  the  room  when  not 
occupied  for  school  purposes,  necessary  repairs  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Education  ;  and  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  pro- 
vided by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


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[October  26,  1900. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Hoard  of  Education  relative  to  a 
lease  of  premises  at  Nos.  67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  Borough  of  Queens  : 
To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

■Qo  The  Committee  on  Buildings  respectfully  reports  that  the  lease  of  the  rooms  in  the  building 
Nos.  67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  occupied  by  the  Building  Bureau,  Borough  of  Queens  (rental 
S48  per  month),  will  expire  on  October  15,  1900,  and  as  these  rooms  are  inadequate  for  the 
purpose,  your  Committee  would  recommend  that  three  additional  rooms  be  rented,  which  will 
comprise  the  entire  floor  of  the  building,  at  a  rental  of  $70  per  month,  for  a  term  of  three  years  ; 
heat  to  be  maintained  in  the  rooms  from  9  A.  M.  to  5  v.  M.  at  70  degrees,  and  heating  apparatus  to 
be  kept  in  repair  ;  four  sixteen-candle-power  lights  to  be  furnished  in  each  of  Rooms  4  and  5  in 
addition  to  those  in  rooms  occupied  at  present  ;  new  wash-ba^in  to  be  put  in  Room  5  ;  Janitor's 
services  to  be  furnished  as  follows  :  cleaning  windows  once  a  month,  scrubbing  and  wiping  up 
floors  once  each  week  and  also  dusting  off  furniture  and  furnishings  once  each  week,  washing 
paint  as  often  as  necessary  and  cleaning  halls  ;  floors  of  Rooms  Nos.  4,  5  and  6  to  be  painted  two 
coats,  walls  to  be  repaired,  pointed  up  and  calcimined  and  mouldings  run  around  these  rooms, 
the  same  as  in  rooms  occupied  at  pre-ent;  all  woodwork  in  Rooms  Nos.  4,  5  and  6,  halls  and  toilet- 
rooms  to  be  painted  ;  mouldings  to  be  run  around  halls  to  the  height  of  four  feet,  walls  below  to 
base  to  be  painted  three  coats  and  side  walls  to  be  calcimined. 
The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  second  floor,  consisting  of  eight  rooms,  in  the 
bu;lding  Nos.  67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  three  years,  from 
October  15,  1900,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  seventy  dollars,  for  use  of  the  Building  Bureau  in  that  bor- 
ough, the  owner  to  maintain  heat  in  the  rooms  from  9  A.  M.  to  5  r.  m.  at  seventy  degrees,  and  keep 
heating  apparatus  in  repair  ;  four  sixteen-candle-power  lights  to  be  furnished  in  each  of  Rooms 
Nos.  4  and  5  in  addition  to  those  in  rooms  occupied  at  present ;  new  wash-basin  to  be  put  in  Room 
No.  5  ;  to  furnish  janitor's  services,  consisting  of  cleaning  windows  once  each  month,  sciubbing  and 
wiping  up  floors  once  a  week  and  also  dusting  off  furniture  and  furnishings  once  each  week,  wash- 
ing paint  as  often  as  necessary  and  cleaning  halls  ;  floors  of  Rooms  Nos.  4,  5  and  6  to  be  painted 
two  coats,  walls  to  be  repaiied,  pointed  up  and  calcimined  and  mouldings  run  around  these  roomb 
the  same  as  in  rooms  occupied  at  present  ;  all  woodwork  in  Rooms  Nos.  4,  5  and  6,  halls  and 
toilet-rooms  to  be  painted  ;  mouldings  to  be  run  around  halls  to  the  height  of  four  feet,  walls 
below  to  base  to  be  painted  three  coats  and  side  walls  to  be  calcimined.  Ff.  C.  Wintringham, 
owner. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  September 
26,  19CO. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

October  3,  1900. 

Bon.  BIRD  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Education,  held  September  26,  1900,  the  following  pro- 
ceedings were  had  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
"  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  second  floor,  consisting  of  eight  rooms,  in 
"  the  building  Nos.  67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  three  years 
"  from  October  15,  1902,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  seventy  dollars,  for  use  of  the  Building  Bureau  in 
"  lhat  borough.  The  owner  to  maintain  heat  in  the  rooms  from  9  a.  m  to  5  p.  m.  at  seventy  degrees, 


October  26,  1900.] 


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"  and  keep  heating  apparatus  in  repair  ;  four  sixteen-candle-power  lights  to  be  furnished  in  each 
"  of  Rooms  No.-.  4  and  5  in  addition  to  those  in  rooms  occupied  at  present  ;  new  wash-basin  to  be 
"  put  in  Room  No.  5;  to  furnish  janitor's  services,  consisting  of  cleaning  windows  once  each  month, 
"  scrubbing  and  wiping  up  floors  once  a  week  and  also  dusting  o<if  furniture  and  furnishings  once 
"  each  week,  washing  paint  as  often  as  necessary,  and  cleaning  halls  ;  floors  of  Rooms  Nos.  4,  5 
"  and  6  to  be  painted  two  coats,  walls  to  be  repaired,  pointed  up  and  calcimined  and  mouldings 
"  run  around  these  room?  the  same  as  in  rooms  occupied  at  present  ;  all  woodwork  in  Rooms  Nos. 
"  4,  5  and  6,  halls  ai  d  toilet-rooms  to  be  painted  ;  mouldings  to  be  run  around  halls  to  the  height 
"  of  four  feet,  walls  below  to  base  to  be  painted  three  coats  and  side  walls  to  be  calcimined.  H. 
"  C.  Wintringham,  owner." 

It  would  appear  from  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Buildings,  accompanying  the  resolution, 
that  the  premises  now  occupied  by  the  Building  Bureau,  consisting  of  Rooms  Nos.  1,  2,  3,  6  and  8 
in  the  Clement  Building,  Nos.  67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  were  insufficient  in  size,  and  the  new 
lease  proposed  as  above,  contemplates  including  three  other  rooms,  Nos.  4,  5  and  7,  which  will  then 
include  the  entire  second  floor,  with  a  room  area  of  about  2,500  square  feet. 

The  terms,  $840  per  annum  for  three  (3)  years,  with  the  conditions  as  named  above,  and 
which  conditions  should  be  made  a  part  and  parcel  of  the  lease,  I  consider  reasonable  and  just. 

As  the  present  lease  does  not  expire  until  November  15,  1900, 1  would,  therefore,  recommend 
that  the  new  lease  be  drawn  to  commence  on  that  date. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  heieby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  H.  T.  Wintringham,  of  the  second  Hoor,  consisting  of  eight  rooms,  in  the  building  Nos. 
67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  Borough,  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  the  Building  Bureau  of  the 
Board  of  Education,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  October  15,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  eight 
hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($840),  payable  monthly,  and  upon  the  conditions  named  in  the  resolu- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Education,  adopted  September  28,  1900  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of 
the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute 
the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel  as  provided  by  sections  149 
and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted* 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
lease  of  premises  at  No.  1163  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  i 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  on  July  25,  1900,  recommending  that,  as 
the  new  additions  to  Public  School  133,  The  Bronx,  will  not  be  finished  for  at  least  a  year,  and 
as  additional  room  is  greatly  needed,  stores  in  the  vicinity  suitable  for  school  purposes  be  rented 
to  relieve  the  congested  condition  of  the  present  school  buildhig,  respectfully  reports  as  follows  : 


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[October  26,  1900. 


A  number  of  buildings  available  for  school  purposes  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of 
Public  School  133  have  been  visited,  and  No.  1 163  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  street, 
consisting  of  a  store  floor,  which,  after  the  necessary  alterations  are  made,  will  afford  two  class- 
rooms, has  been  chosen.  This  selection  was  made  by  your  Committee,  as  it  is  not  deemed 
Advisable  to  lease  premises  where  a  large  amount  of  alteration  is  required  to  fit  them  for  school 
use,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  new  addition  to  this  school  will  be  ready  for  occupancy  in  less 
than  one  year. 

The  owner  of  the  property,  Nicholas  Bock,  agrees  to  rent  the  premises  at  an  annual  rental 
of  $420  and  to  make  all  alterations  required  to  fit  them  for  school  purposes. 
The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store  floor  of  the  premises  No.  1163  East  One 
Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  street  for  one  year,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal,  at  an  annual  rental 
of  four  hundred  and  twenty  dollars,  the  owner  to  put  in  two  additional  windows  and  one  door  in 
the  rear  room  and  make  other  necessary  alterations  to  fit  the  premises  for  school  purposes.  Owner, 
Nicholas  Bock. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  September 
26,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

October  3,  19C0. 

Hon,  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  by  resolution  adopted  September  26,  1900,  requests  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store 
floor  of  the  premises  No.  1163  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-ninth  street  for  one  year,  with  the 
privilege  of  renewal,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $420,  the  owner  to  put  in  two  additional  windows  and 
one  door  in  the  rear  room  and  make  other  necessary  alterations  to  fit  the  premises  for  school 
purposes.    Owner,  Nicholas  Bock,  No.  1101  Fox  (Simpson)  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

The  premises  consist  of  the  store  floor  of  a  three-story  and  cellar  frame  building  and  is 
divided  into  a  front  and  rear  room,  the  former  being  about  15  feet  by  35  feet  and  the  latter  about 
20  feet  by  22  feet,  with  a  total  area  of  about  965  square  feet. 

The  building  is  piped  for  gas,  contains  running  water,  a  water-closet,  and  will  have  to  be 
heated  by  stoves. 

Taking  into  consideration  the  alterations  to  be  made  by  the  owner  as  enumerated  above,  I 
consider  the  terms  asked,  namely  $420  per  annum,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  date  of  occupation, 
with  the  privilege  of  renewal,  to  be  full  but  not  excessive. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  from  Nicholas  Bock,  of  the  store  floor  of  premises  No.  1163  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixty- 
ninth  street,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Education,  for  a  term  of  one 
year  from  the  date  of  occupation,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal,  at  an  annual  rental  of  four 
hundred  and  twenty  dollars  ($420),  payable  quarterly,  the  owner  to  put  in  two  additional  win- 
dows and  one  door  in  the  rear  room,  and  make  other  necessary  alterations  to  fit  the  premises  for 


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school  purposes  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and 
reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comp- 
troller is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the 
Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution 
relative  to  a  lease  of  Room  121  in  the  Stewart  Building  for  the  Commissioners  of  Accounts  : 

September  21,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Colkr,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Commissioners  of  Accounts  in  communication  of  September  17,  1900,  to  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund,  request  that  Room  No.  121  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Stewart 
Building  be  leased  for  their  use  at  the  rent  of  $1,600  per  annum. 

The  Commissioners  say  that  "two  Commissioners  and  the  thirteen  employees  above  referred 
"  to,  including  two  Stenographers,  occupy  Rooms  Nos.  114,  115  and  117. 

"  Room  No.  119,  therefore,  is  used  by  the  fifty-nine  Examiners  charged  with  making  Special 
"  Examinations  throughout  Greater  New  York,  and  who  are  frequently  called  by  the  Examiners 
"  in  charge  into  this  room  in  order  to  assist  in  writing  up  their  findings  and  final  reports. 

"  This  room  is  also  used  by  us  in  making  the  Special  Examinations  asked  for  by  his  Honor 
"  the  Mayor,  such  as  that  of  the  Department  of  Education,  during  which  examination  we  had 
"  more  than  sixty  men  at  work,  and  again,  it  is  also  used  in  the  months  of  September  and  October 
"each  year  by  many  Examiners,  both  by  day  and  by  night,  in  preparing  reports  upon  the 
"  Departmental  Estimates  for  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment. 

"  For  lack  of  room,  these  examinations  have  been  greatly  delayed,  and  we  have  been  caused 
"  a  great  deal  of  inconvenience  thereby. 

"  This  room  also  holds  two  immense  closets,  containing  stationery  supplies  for  the  entire  force 
"  of  Examiners,  the  wardrobes  of  the  above-mentioned  number  of  men,  and  serves  as  the 
"  •  Record-Room  '  for  filing  the  accumulated  work  of  this  office — which  has  grown  very  rapidly. 

"Room  No.  119  has  but  two  windows,  and  there  is  constant  contention  and  complaint  on 
"  account  of  lack  of  daylight,  and  men  refusing  to  work  during  the  day  under  gas  or  electric 
"  light. 

"Therefore,  in  order  to  provide  better  light  for  our  men  and  to  store  our  stationery  and  the 
"increasing  accumulation  of  records,  we  respectfully  request  your  Honorable  Board  to  set  aside 
"for  our  use  Room  No.  121,  which  has  three  windows,  in  addition  to  Room  No.  119,  which  it 
"  adjoins." 

I  have  examined  the  rooms  occupied  by  the  Commissioners,  and  they  appear  to  me  unduly 
cramped  for  the  transaction  of  the  business  as  described,  and  I  recommend  that  Room  No.  121  be 
leased,  as  requested. 

I  have  seen  Mr.  Harris,  the  superintendent  of  the  building,  and  he  agrees  to  lease  the  room 
at  $1,600  per  annum,  which  I  consider  very  reasonable,  being  at  the  rate  of  $1.25  per  square  foot 
per  annum,  the  room  containing  1,278  square  feet.  This  rent  includes  heat,  light,  water  and 
janitor's  service.  > 


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[October  26,  1900. 


Mr.  Harris  also  agrees  to  take  down  certain  partitions,  and  to  make  such  alterations  as 
may  in  reason  be  required  by  the  Commissioners. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  ka>e  to  the 
City  of  Room  No.  121,  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Stewait  Building,  No.  280  Broadway,  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  the  Commissioners  of  Accounts,  for  a  term  from  the  date  of  occupation 
to  May  1,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  six  hundred  dollars  ($1,600),  payable 
quarterly  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable, 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  here- 
by authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  amend  resolution  authorizing  a 
lease  of  No.  148  East  Twentieth  street,  for  the  Department  of  Correction  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  at 
meeting  held  September  18,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  from  John  Slater  of  premises  No.  148  East 
Twentieth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  Department  of  Correction,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  amended  by  changing  the  name  of  the  lessor  so  as  to  read  u  James  Slater  "  instead  of 
"  John  Slater  "  as  in  the  resolution. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communications  were  received  from  John  C.  Rodgers,  relative  to  his  application 
for  a  grant  of  land  and  land  under  water  at  Kingsbridge  (see  page  226)  : 

New  York,  October  19,  1900. 

Hon.  Co7nmissioners  of  Sinking  Fund,  City  of  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — Referring  to  my  application  for  land  under  water  adjacent  to  the  uplands  owned 
by  me  on  the  Harlem  river,  Manhattan  Island,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  which  was  acted  upon 
May  18,  1900,  by  your  Honorable  Board,  my  attention  has  been  called  to  a  report  made  by  Mr. 
Eugene  E.  McLean,  Engineer  of  the  Finance  Department,  New  York  City,  in  which  he  states  that 
in  his  opinion  the  upset  price  per  lot  for  said  land  under  water  should  be  $1,000  per  lot,  owing  to 
the  fact  that  in  his  opinion  the  bulkhead  lots  which  are  now  revenue  producing  give  as  much 
value  to  the  premises  as  those  fronting  on  the  streets. 

I  herewith  inclose  you  an  affidavit  made  by  my  bookkeeper  showing  the  receipts  and  disburse- 
ments for  the  past  year  for  about  five  hundred  (500)  feet  of  bulkhead  upon  the  Harlem  river  at  this 
point,  by  which  you  will  see  that  it  does  not  more  than  pay  the  expenses  of  the  care  and  collection 
at  said  point  (I  have  therefore  withdrawn  the  man  and  turned  it  over  to  a  local  agent  to  collect  on 
percentage,  as  it  would  not  pay  the  compensation  for  the  man  caring  tor  it),  leaving  nothing  for 


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the  interest  or  taxes  that  are  being  paid  upon  this  property.  The  property  I  now  refer  to  has  a 
frontage  upon  Broadway  and  Muscoota  street. 

The  statement  I  made  to  Mr.  McLean,  in  which  he  refers,  is  that  I  purchased  the  property  in 
question  for  $40,000  and  deducting  therefrom  the  lots  facing  Broadway,  at  a  low  valuation  of 
$3,000  per  lot,  the  street  being  regulated  and  graded,  leaves  the  balance  of  the  lots  facing  upon 
Muscoota  street,  having  a  right  of  way  to  them  through  said  street,  at  $427  each. 

In  connection  with  the  filling  behind  the  bulkhead  upon  my  own  property,  I  have  filled  in 
the  plot  of  land  now  being  considered  at  a  cost  to  me  of  $2,175,  as  estimated  by  my  engineer,  and 
deducting  that  from  the  valuation  of  the  lots  as  recently  purchased  by  me  at  $427  per  lot,  would 
leave  $814.  I  stated  in  my  communication  to  Mr.  McLean  {hat  I  estimated  the  worth  of  the  lots 
in  question  at  $213.50  each,  there  being  about  seven  ot  them,  would  amount  to  $1,494.50,  or  there- 
abouts, and  I  would  be  willing  to  pay  this  price  for  said  iots. 

I  would  call  your  Honorable  Board's  attention  to  the  fact  of  the  expenditure  made  by  me  in 
connection  with  this  plot  of  land,  as  before  stated,  L  having  expended  thereon  the  sum  of  $2, 175 
for  the  betterment  of  the  community  in  that  vicinity  as  well  as  myself,  it  being  a  slough  or  sink- 
hole, the  covering  up  of  which  has  greatly  benefited  the  adjoining  property  and  the  whole  community 
at  large,  and  I  would  respectfully  represent  that  The  City  of  New  York  would  not  take  advantage 
of  any  benefit  that  it  has  derived  through  my  own  work  upon  this  property,  and,  therefore, 
respectfully  tender  the  said  sum  of  ohe  thousand  four  hundred  and  ninety-four  dollars  and  fifty 
cents  ($1,494.50)  as  full  compensation  for  the  property  in  question. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

J.  C.  RODGERS. 

Statement  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure  on  Kingsbridge  Docks,  October  i,  1899,  to 

September  30,  1900. 

Receipts. 


Oct.,   18Q9.  T.E.  Crimmins   $800 

"        $'      Brown  &  Fleming   12  00 

Nov.,     "      Kelly  &  Kelly   24  00 

"        "      H.  Lipps,  Jr   4  00 

"        "      W.  H.  Masterson   1600 

Dec,     "      T.E.  Crimmins   2000 

Jan.,   1900.  M.Maher   1200 

"          "              "   12  OO 

"        "      J.  P.  Kane  Company   32  00 

"        "      T.E.  Crimmins   1600 

Feb.,     ;<      Lewinson  &  Just   8  00 

Mar..     "      H.  Lipps   32  00 

"        "      J.  McAvoy   12  00 

"        "      J.  P.  Kane  Company   3400 

Apr.,     "                   "    30  00 

May      "      J.  McAvoy   2400 

"        11      PL  Lipps     8  00 

f      P.J.Dougherty   3200 

"        "      C.L.Smith   12  00 

June      "      J.J.Lennon  v.  24  co 

"        "      J.  McAvoy   4  00 

"        "      J.  J.  McLean   12  00 

"      A.C.  Gildersleeve   28  00 

July,     "                   "   '.   6d  00 


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July,   1900.    J- J- McLean   $2000 

"        "      J.  McAvoy   8  00 

Aug.,     "      J.J.  McLean  *   2800 

"        "      A.  C.  Gildersleeve   1200 

.  **        "      J.  McAvoy   24  00 

Sept.,    "      J.Gruber   12  00 

"        "      Maher  Brothers   12  00 

"        "      A.  C.  Gildersleeve   44  00 

"        "      J.J.  McLean   36  00 

  $672  00 

Contra . 

Services  on  Dock,  365  days  at  $1.50   $547  5° 

Expenses  from  April  1  to  October  1,  1900   150  00 

  697  50 

Expenditures  over  receipts  for  one  year   $25  50 


State  of  New  York,  County  of  New  York  and  City  of  New  York,  ss.  : 

Alfred  J.Whitton,  of  The  City  of  New  York,  being  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  bays  that  he  is 
the  bookkeeper  for  John  C.  Rodgers,  and  that  the  annexed  statement  of  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures of  the  Kingsbridge  property,  owned  by  said  John  C.  Rodgers,  is  true  in  every  respect. 

[seal.]         A.  J.  WHITTON. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  19th  day  of  October,  1900. 

M.  M.  Brown,  Notary  Public,  New  York  County. 

To  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

Referring  to  the  application  made  by  me  to  your  Honorable  Board  under  date  of  December 
19,  1899,  for  a  grant  of  land  and  land  under  water  adjacent  to  the  uplands  owned  by  me  on  the 
Harlem  river  and  Manhattan  Island  at  Kingsbridge,  and  to  the  report  lo  Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comp- 
troller, made  on  said  application  by  Eugene  E.  McLean,  Esq.,  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance,  under  date  of  April  23,  1900,  which  were  both  presented  at  your  meeting  held  on  May 
18,  1900,  I  beg  leave  to  say  : 

The  valuation  of  six  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifty-six  and  sixty  one-hundredths  (6,956.60) 
dollars  or  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  per  lot,  which  the  Engineer  has  placed  upon  the  property 
which  he  recommends  to  be  granted  to  me,  is,  in  my  judgment,  almost  wholly  arbitrary  and  excessive. 
I  do  not  believe  that  any  real  estate  expert  familiar  with  the  value  of  property  at  Kingsbridge  would 
agree  with  him  in  the  valuation  which  he  has  placed  on  the  land  and  land  under  water  referred  to 
in  his  report.  His  valuation  appears  to  be  based  upon  the  tax  valuation  for  nineteen  hundred  (1900) 
of  the  adjoining  property  on  the  west,  which  is  on  the  same  bulkhead  and  fronts  on  Broadway, 
although  below  the  grade  20  feet. 

This  tax  valuation,  he  says,  is  about  five  hundred  and  fifty-four  dollars  ($554)  per  lot,  which,  in 
his  opinion,  is  not  more  than  one-half  of  the  real  value.  As  the  Deputy  Tax  Commissioner, 
upon  whose  recommendation  this  tax  valuation  was  fixed,  is  a  sworn  officer,  and  was  required  by 
law  to  furnish  to  the  Board  of  Taxes  and  Assessments,  under  oath,  a  detailed  statement  of  all 
taxable  property  in  his  district,  showing  among  other  things  in  his  judgment  the  sum  for  which 
such  property  under  ordinary  circumstances  would  sell,  it  is,  to  say  the  least,  an  unusual  thing  for 
an  official  of  one  department  to  impugn  the  work  of  an  official  of  another  department,  particularly 
when  it  is  done  under  the  sanctity  of  an  oath  and  under  special  authority  and  requirement  of  law. 

There  is,  however,  no  just  comparison  between  the  valuation  of  the  property  on  the  west, 
alluded  to,  and  the  land  and  land  under  water  for  which  a  grant  is  recommended.  The  former 
is  not  made  land,  and  has  always  been  above  the  level  of  high  water.     It  has  always  been 


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solid  land  and  by  reason  of  that  fact,  as  well  as  by  the  fact  of  its  frontage  on  Broadway,  although 
below  the  grade,  and  on  the  bulkhead,  it  has  reason  for  its  present  tax  valuation. 

The  land  and  land  under  water,  practically  wholly  land  under  water,  for  which  the  grant  is 
recommended,  has  always  been  marshy  and  at  low  tide  partially  submerged,  and  at  high  tide 
wholly  submerged  until  it  was  rilled  in  about  two  years  ago  by  my  employees  under  a  mistake  as 
to  the  extent  and  boundaries  of  the  grant  now  owned  by  me  made  by  the  .Mayor,  Aldermen  and 
Commonalty  of  The  City  of  New  York  to  James  McLean,  Elisha  Brooks,  George  H.  Peck  and 
Joseph  H.  Godwin  on  June  29,  1867.  It  consists,  except  its  immediate  frontage  on  the  bulkhead, 
of  a  narrow  cove  or  inlet  of  peculiar  and  irregular  shape  projected  into  my  upland. 

The  valuation  should  have  been  based,  if  it  were  equitably  made,  upon  the  condition  of  the 
property  before  the  filling  in.  It  is  difficult  to  say  exactly  how  much  this  filling-in  cost  me,  for  the 
quantity  of  material  used  cannot  now  be  accurately  ascertained,  but  as  it  probably  took  12.000  to 
i6,oco  cubic  yards  of  filling,  allowing  for  sinkage,  to  do  the  work  of  filling-in  and  the  material 
being  brought  to  the  spot  by  scows  from  a  long  distance,  had  to  be  unloaded  on  the  spot,  the  cost 
for  towage  and  unloading  was  25  cents  per  cubic  yard. 

Under  the  proposed  valuation  I  am  practically  asked  to  pay  for  this  work  over  again,  for  it  is 
for  the  propetty  in  its  improved  condition  I  am  now  asked  to  pay.  This  will,  I  have  no  doubt, 
appear  to  your  Honorable  Board  inequitable  and  unjust.  I  do  not  believe  that  the  property 
recommended  for  a  grant  should  be  valued  as  city  lots  ;  but  even  if  it  is  to  be  so  considered,  I  do 
not  think,  as  city  lots,  it  has  a  greater  value  than  $215  per  lot  instead  of  $1,000  per  lot  as  valued 
by  the  Engineer. 

A  city  lot  in  The  City  of  New  York  has  its  frontage  on  a  street,  which  is  usually  regulated 
and  graded,  sewered,  curbed  and  flagged,  and  has  its  value  enhanced  by  being  placed  in  a 
rectangular  block,  with  three  other  avenues  or  streets  adjacent  to  the  lot.  The  property  pro- 
post  d  to  be  granted  does  not  front  on  any  street,  is  not  approached  by  any  street,  and  lies,  at  least, 
30  feet  below  the  level  of  the  nearest  adjacent  street,  the  Kingsbridge  road  or  Broadway. 

In  my  application  I  said  I  was  willing  to  pay  a  fair  and  just  valuation  to  be  ascertained  and 
determined  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  existing  laws  and  ordinances.  I  am  informed  that  under 
the  Revised  Ordinances  adopted  March  9,  1897,  and  approved  March  15,  1897,  the  valuation  of 
water  grants  was  authorized  to  be  fixed  by  the  Comptroller  and  the  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works,  and  as  these  ordinances  have  neither  been  rescinded  nor  suspended,  the  valuation  is  still 
to  be  fixed  by  the  Comptroller  and  the  successor  or  successors  in  office  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works. 

Moreover,  these  ordinances  provide  for  a  scale  of  prices  for  bulkhead  property  between 
West  Eleventh  and  Thirtieth  streets,  the  highest  of  which  is  $20  per  running  foot,  and  the  lowest 
$10  per  running  foot. 

It  can  scarcely  be  claimed  that  bulkhead  property  at  Kingsbridge  is  worth  as  much  or  more 
than  bulkhead  property  at  this  locality  on  the  North  river. 

The  length  of  the  bulkhead  fronting  on  the  property  recommended  it  to  be  granted  to  me  is 
about  105  feet,  and  at  the  highest  price  above  mentioned  its  value  would  be  $2,100,  and  at  the 
lowest  price  above  mentioned  would  be  $1,050.  To  this,  of  course,  should  be  added  the  value  of 
the  interior  cove  or  inlet  which  should  be  valued  solely  as  land  under  water.  The  result,  even 
with  the  highest  rate  for  bulkhead  property,  would  be  considerably  less  than  the  Engineer's 
estimate  of  value  as  stated  in  his  report.  He  states  that  the  bulkhead  is  revenue-producing. 
This  is  a  mistake.  A  year  or  more  ago  there  was  occasionally  derived  therefrom  a  slight 
revenue,  but  it  has  entirely  ceased  since  the  City  established  a  dock  i'n  the  vicinity  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Harlem  river.  It  will  be  several  years  before  a  revenue  can  reasonably  be  expected  to 
be  derived  from  this  bulkhead.  The  value  of  the  bulkhead  is  therefore  entirely  prospective  and 
not  actual.  , 


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[October  26,  1900. 


It  seems  to  me  that  in  considering  the  value  of  the  grant  for  which  I  have  applied,  limited 
in  area  as  it  has  been  by  the  reco  nmendation  of  the  Engineer,  it  is  fair  to  consider  the  price  paid 
in  1867  for  the  adjoining  grant  of  land  under  water  made  to  James  McLean  and  others,  before 
mentioned.  This  grant,  which  was  of  the  tideway  and  ran  clear  around  almost  the  whole  of 
^Spuyten  Duyvil  creek,  embraced  approximately  120  city  lots  and  was  made  for  $1,080.  Even  if 
its  value  has  enhanced  tenfold  since  that  time  the  whole  grant  would  be  worth  only  about  $11,000 
now,  and  tlie  present  proposed  grant  to  me,  containing  about  seven  lots,  would  certainly  not  be 
worth  correspondingly  more  than  $1,000,  or  if  even  classed  as  bulkhead  property,  more  than 
double  that  sum. 

If  your  Honorable  Board  will  finally  determine  and  ascertain  the  value  of  the  proposed 
grant  either  in  its  condition  before  the  filling  in  or  if  after  the  improvement  made  by  me,  allow- 
ing a  fair  sum  for  the  Cost  of  filling  in,  I  shall  be  a  bidder  at  the  proposed  sale  at  the  upset  price 
fixed  by  you. 

Respectfully, 

J.  C.  RODGERS. 

Dated  New  York,  September  5,  1900. 
Which  were  referred  to  the  Comptroller. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  petition  of  George  Peabody  Wetmore  for  a 
sale  of  the  City's  interest  in  property,  corner  Havemeyer  street  and  North  Eighth  street,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn,  together  with  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  and  reports  by  the  Engineer  of 
Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

The  petition  of  George  Peabody  Wetmore  by  Man  &  Man,  his  attorneys,  respectfully  shows  : 

That  he  is,  the  owner  of  two  plots  of  land  adjoining  each  other  on  the  northeast  corner  of 
North  Eighth  and  Havemeyer  streets,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  City  and  State  of  New  York, 
the  first  of  said  plots  having  been  conveyed  to  him  by  William  Man,  as  substituted  trustee  under  a 
deed  of  marriage  settlement  made  by  William  S.  Wetmore  and  others,  by  deed  dated  April  26, 
1899,  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  Register  of  Kings  County  the  22d  day  of  December,  1899, 
in  section  8,  liber  12,  chapter  229,  and  indexed  under  block  2315,  and  therein  described  as 
follows  : 

All  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  County  of  Kings  and  State  of  New  York,  being  in  section  8,  block  2315  on  the  Land 
Map  of  said  county,  bounded  and  described  as  follows,  to  wit  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street  forty-four  feet  south- 
easterly from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Havemeyer  street 
vvirh  the  said  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street,  and  running  thence  northeasterly  parallel 
with  Havemeyer  street,  ioo  feet  to  the  southwesterly  line  of  Lot  No.  15, 
as  shown  on  the  map  of  102  lots  of  ground  in  the  Fourteenth  Ward  of 
Brooklyn,  Eastern  District,  belonging  to  Mary  E.  Coit,  and  annexed  to  the  deed  recorded 
in  the  office  of  Register  of  Kings  County  in  Liber  581  of  Conveyances  at  page  388  ;  thence  south- 
easterly along  said  southwesterly  line  of  Lot  No.  15,  and  parallel  with  North  Eighth  street  sixty- 
six  feet  ;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  southeasterly  line  ot  Lot  No.  15,  and  again  parallel  with 
Havemeyer  street  twenty  (20)  feet  five  and  one-half  inches,  more  or  less,  to  the  westerly  line  of 


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Lot  No.  11  on  said  map  ;« thence  southerly  in  a  straight  line  along  the  westerly  line  of  Lot  No.  II 
on  said  map,  about  twenty-three  feet  eight  inches  to  a  point  in  a  line  drawn  parallel  with  Have- 
meyer  street  and  distant  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  feet  southeasterly  therefrom,  which  said  point 
is  distant  about  one  hundred  and  eleven  feet  eight  inches  northeasterly  from  said  northeasterly  line 
of  North  Eighth  street  ;  thence  southwesterly  again  parallel  with  Havemeyer  street  one  hunched 
and  eleven  feet  eight  inches  to  said  northeasterly  line  ot  North  Eighth  street,  and  thence  north- 
easterly along  said  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street,  eighty-eight  feet  to  the  point  or  place 
ol  beginning  ;  together  with  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  the  party  of  the  first  part  in  and  to 
the  land  lying  in  the  bed  of  Bushwick  creek,  as  the  same  formerly  flowed  through  the  above- 
described  premises  ;  being  Lots  Nos.  23,  24,  25  and  26  on  said  map,  recorded  in  Liber  581  of 
Conveyances,  at  page  388  and  being  part  of  the  same  premises  conveyed  to  Stephen  C.  Williams 
by  Caroline  A.  Edwards,  by  deed  bearing  date  the  10th  day  of  February,  1870,  recorded  in  the 
office  of  Register  of  Kings  County  in  Liber  937,  of  Conveyances,  at  page  295,  March  3,  1870. 

The  second  of  said  plots  having  been  conveyed  to  him  by  George  Peabody  Wet  more,  William 
Watts  Sherman  and  William  Man,  as  trustees  under  the  will  of  Annie  Wetmore  Sherman,  William 
Man,  as  substituted  trustee  under  a  deed  of  marriage  settlement  between  William  S.  Wetmore, 
Anstiss  D.  Wetmore  and  Stephen  C.  Williams  ;  J.  Frederic  Kernochan,  John  Ellis  Hoffman  and 
William  O.  Piatt,  as  trustees  under  a  deed  of  trust  bearing  date  the  10th  day  of  October,  1896,  and 
Georgette  Wetmore  Brown,  by  deed  dated  April  26,  1899,  and  recorded  in  said  Register's  office 
December  22,  1899,  in  section  8,  liber  12,  chapter  222,  indexed  under  Block  2315,  and  therein 
described  as  follows  : 

All  those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  City  of  Brooklyn^ 
County  of  Kings  and  State  of  New  York,  and,  taken  together,  are  bounded  and  described  as  follows, 
to  wit  : 

Northwesterly  by  Seventh  street,  southwesterly  by  North  Eighth  street,  and  easterly,  north- 
easterly and  southeasterly  by  a  certain  creek,  or  branch  of  Bushwick  creek,  which \  separates  said 
premises  on  the  southeasterly  side  thereof  from  lands  now  or  formerly  of  the  party  of  the  second 
part,  being  known  and  designated  as  Lots  Nos.  15  (fifteen)  and  16  (sixteen)  on  a  certain  maj  on 
file  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  Kings  County,  entitled  "Map  of  property  situate  in  Williams- 
burgh,  November,  1850,  by  H.  F.  Betts,  Village  Surveyor,"  which  map  is  numbered  307,  and 
indorsed  "  Daniel  Meserole  and  John  Miller,  filed  May  25,  1852,''  but  was  made  for  and  filed  by 
David  M.  Meserole  and  David  Miller,  formerly  owners  of  the  premises  shown  thereon. 

And  also  the  estate,  right,  title,  interest  and  lien  in,  to  or  upon  said  lots  above  described 
which  Archibald  K.  Meserole,  Theodore  F.Jackson  and  Jeremiah  V.  Meserole,  as  executors  and 
trustees  appointed  in  and  by  the  last  will  and  codicil  of  Abraham  Meserole,  deceased,  acquired 
under  and  by  virtue  of  a  certain  mortgage  made  by  William  Coitto  David  M.  Meserole  and  David 
Miller,  dated  May  25,1852,  and  recorded  June  25,  1852,  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  (now  Register) 
of  Kings  County,  in  Liber  233  of  Mortgages,  page  76,  and  subsequently  assigned  to  the  ahove- 
named  Abraham  Meserole  in  his  lifetime  by  deeds  of  assignment  duly  recorded  in  said  office,  and 
under  and  by  virtue  of  a  certain  judgment  of  foreclosure  of  and  upon  said  mortgage  in  a  certain 
action  in  the  Supreme  Court,  wherein  said  Abraham  Meserole  was  plaintiff  and  William  Coit  and 
others  were  defendants,  which  judgment  bears  date  the  23d  day  of  October,  1855,  and  was;  filed 
in  the  office  of  lhe  Clerk  of  Kings  County  on  the  23d  day  of  October,  1855,  and  under  and  by 
virtue  of  a  ceitain  sale  of  said  premises  made  by  the  Sheriff  of  Kings  County  under  said  judgment 
to  the  said  Abraham  Meserole,  on  the  8th  day  of  July,  1859;  and  under  and  by  virtue  of  a 
certain  deed  made  by  Jane  C.  Burnett  and  others,  only  children,  hejrs-at-law  and  devisees  of 
Charles  Cleavtland,  deceased,  to  the  said  Archibald  K.  Meserole,  Theodore  F.  Jackson  and 
Jeremiah  V.  Meserole,  as  executors  of  and  trustees  under  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Abraham 
Meserole,  deceased,  dated  the  15th  day  of  March,  1878,  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Register 
of  Kings  County,  in  Liber  1335  of  Conveyances,  page  361,  on 'the  12th  day  of  November,  1878. 


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That  the  original  bed  of  Bushwick  creek  lies  between  said  two  plots,  so  that  the  first  of  said 
plots  is  bounded  in  part  on  the  west  by  the  said  bed  of  Bushwick  creek,  and  the  second  of  said 
plots  is  bounded  on  the  north  and  east  by  the  said  bed  of  Bushwick  creek.  That  said  Bushwick 
creek  at  a  point  far  below  these  plots  was  at  one  time  a  navigable  stream  in  which  the  tide  ebbed 
-\and  flowed,  but,  as  your  petitioner  is  informed  and  believes,  it  has  been  everywhere  above  a 
point  far  below  these. plots  filled  up  to  the  level  of  the  adjacent  upland  and  has  been  indistinguish- 
able therefrom  for  more  than  twenty-five  years  and  has  been  assessed  for  taxation  as  part  of  the 
adjoining  lots.  That  where  the  old  bed  of  the  creek  crossed  the  said  plots  owned  by  your 
petitioner  it  has  been  assessed  for  taxation  for  many  years,  and  the  taxes  thus  assessed  thereon, 
have  been  paid  by  your  petitioner  and  his  grantors  during  their  ownership  thereof. 

That  on  the  examination  of  your  petitioner's  title  a  question  has  arisen  whether  the  title  to 
the  bed  of  said  creek,  or  some  interest  therein,  is  vested  in  The  City  of  New  York. 

That  your  petitioner  and  his  grantors  have  been  in  possession  of  this  portion  of  said  creek 
and  the  adjacent  premises  and  paid  the  taxes  thereon,  amounting  to  a  considerable  sum,  for  many 
years,  and  that  the  value  of  that  portion  of  the  bed  of  said  creek  contained  within  the  limits  of 
the  petitioner's. said  property  is  inconsiderable. 

Wherefore  your  petitioner  prays  that  in  order  to  remove  any  cloud  on  his  title,  a  convey- 
ance to  him  by  The  City  of  New  York  of  the  land  lying  in  the  bed  of  Bushwick  creek  adjacent 
to  his  said  property  hereinbefore  described,  which  conveyance  shall  contain  the  following  or  an 
equivalent  description,  may  be  made  to  him  for  a  nominal  consideration. 

Description. 

All  that  portion  of  the  former  bed  of  Bushwick  creek  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Borough 
of  Brooklyn,  County  of  Kings,  City  and  State  of  New  York,  in  section  8,  Block  2315  on  the 
land  map  of  said  county,  beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southeasterly  line  of  Havemeyer  street  about 
55  feet  noriheasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  said  southeasterly  line  of  Havr- 
niever  street  with  the  northeasterly  line-  of  North  Eighth  street,  and  running  thence  easterlv,  south- 
easterly, southerly  and  southwesterly,  as  slid  creek  formerly  wound  and  turned,  a  distance  of 
about  ico  leet  to  the  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street,  at  a  point  about  44  feet  south-  S 
easterly  from  the  said  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  said  southeasterly  line  of  Havemeyei 
street  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street,  the  bed  of  said  creek  being  about  8  feet 
in  width  and  being  bounded  by  the  land  of  the  party  of  the  second  part. 

Annexed  hereto  is  a  copy  of  an  actual  survey  made  by  B.  R.Meserole,  City  Surveyor,  dated 
June  6,  1899,  on  which  the  location  of  Bushwick  creek  where  it  intersects  the  property  of  your 
petitioner  is  set  forth,  and  on  which  the  premises  described  in  the  deed  first  hereinbefore  referred 
to  are  designated  by  the  letter  ;<A,"  and  the  premises  described  in  the  second  deed  hereinbefore 
referred  to  are  designated  by  the  letter  "  B." 

MAN  &  MAN,  Attorneys  for  Petitioner,  No.  56  Wall  street,  New  York. 


The  Lawyer's  1  itle  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York,  hereby  certifies  to  The  City  of  New 
York  that  it  lias  examined  the  title  of  George  Feabody  Wetmore,  as  owner  of  the  following, 
described  premises,  and  finds  that  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  December,  eighteen  hundred  and 
ninety-nine,  the  said  George  Peabody  Wetmore  was  the  owner  in  fee,  subject  only  to  the  rights,  if 
any,  of  The  City  of  New  York  to  the  portions  of  the  bed  of  Bushwick  creek  included  within  the 
following  descriptions  : 

All  that  certain  plot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  of  The  City  of  New  York,  County  of  Kings  and  State  of  New  York,  bounded  and 
described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southeasjerly  side  of  Havemeyer 
street  and  the  northeasterly  side  of  North  Eighth  street,  running  thence  northeasterly  along 
Havemeyer  street  fifty-nine  feet,  more  or  less  to  the  middle  of  Bushwick  creek  ;  thence  southerly 
along  the  middle  of  Bushwick  creek  to  a  point  in  a  line  parallel  with  Havemeyer  street  and 
distant  forty-four  feet  southerly  therefrom  ;  thence  southwesterly  parallel  with  Havejfieyer  street, 


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fifty  feet  more  or  less  to  the  northeasterly  side  of  North  Eighth  street  and  thence  northwesterly 
along  North  Eighth  street  forty-tour  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Also,  all  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Borough  of 
.  Brooklyn,  County  of  Kings  and  State  of  New  York,  being  in  section  8,  Block  2315  on  the  Land 
Map  of  said  county,  bounded  and  described  as  follows,  to  wit  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street,  forty-four  feet  south- 
easterly from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southeasterly  line  of  Ilavemeyer  street 
with  the  said  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street,  and  running  thence  northeasterly  parallel 
with  Havemeyer  street  one  hundred  feet  to  the  southwesterly  line  of  Lot  No.  15,  as  shown  on  the 
map  of  102  lots  of  ground  in  the  Fourteenth  Ward  of  Brooklyn,  E.  L).,  belonging  to  Mary  E.  Coit 
and  annexed  to  the  deed  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  Kings  County  in  Liber  581  ot 
Conveyances,  at  page  388  ;  thence  southeasterly  along  said  southwesterly  line  of  Lot  No.  15,  and 
parallel  with  North  Eighth  street,  sixty-six  feet  ;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  southeasterly  line 
of  Lot  No.  15,  and  again  parallel  with  Havemeyer  ^'.reet,  twenty  feet  five  and  one-half  inches 
more  or  less  to  the  westerly  line  of  Lot  No.  11  on  said  map  ;  thence  southerly  in  a  straight  line 
along  the  westerly  line  of  Lot  No.  11  on  said  map,  about  twenty-three  feet  eight  inches  to  a  point 
in  a  line  drawn  parallel  with  Havemeysr  street  and  distant  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  feet  south- 
easterly therefrom,  which  said  point  is  distant  about  one  hundred  and  eleven  feet  eight  inches 
northeasterly  from  said  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street  ;  thence  southwesterly  again 
parallel  with  Havemeyer  street,  one  hundred  and  eleven  feet  eight  inches  to  said  northeasterly 
line  of  North  Eighth  street,  and  thence  northwesterly  along  said  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth 
street  eighty-eight  feet  to  the  point  of  plaee  cf  beginning. 

This  certificate  is  made  in  support  of  an  application  on  behalf  of  the  said  George  Peabody 
Wetmore  to  the  City  of  New  York  for  a  grant  of  said  portions  of  Bushwick  creek,  and  for  the 
purpose  of  showing  the  sole  ownership  by  said  applicant  of  the  land  abutting  said  creek,  and  also 
of  said  portions  of  the  creek,  subject  only  to  the  rights,  if  any,  of  the  City  of  New  York. 

Dated  New  York,  August  22,  1900. 

[seal.]  E.  W.  COGGSHALL,  President. 

March  3,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — George  Peabody  Wetmore,  through  his  attorneys,  Man  &  Man,  No.  56  Wall  street,  in  a 
communication  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  received  by  the  Department  of 
Finance  February  1,  1900,  requests  that,  in  order  to  remove  any  cloud  on  his  title  to  certain 
lands  situated  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Havemeyer  street  and  North  Eighth  street,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  through  which  runs  the  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  (now  filled  in),  that  a  convey- 
ance be  made  to  him  by  The  City  of  New  York  of  the  land  lying  in  the  bed  of  the  Bushwick 
creek,  adjacent  to  his  said  property,  for  a  nominal  consideration. 

The  deeds  by  which  Mr.  Wetmore  received  tnle  to  this  property  are  recited  in  the  commu- 
nication, and  a  map  by  B.  R.  Meserole,  City  Surveyor,  showing  the  premises  to  be  contained  in 
Section  8.  Block  No.  2315,  accompanies  the  communication. 

1  would  suggest  that  the  communication  be  referred  to  the  Coiporation  Counsel,  with  the 
requtst  that  l.e  advise  the  Comptroller  as  to  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the 
premises,  to  which  the  applicant  desires  to  obtain  title',  and  if  in  his  opinion  it  would  be  advis- 
able for  The  City  of  New  York  to  make  such  conveyance. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


October  26,  1900.] 


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Law  Department,  I 
Office  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  y 
New  York,  August  29,  1900.  ) 

Hon  Bird  S.  Co  per,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— I  have  received  your  communication  of  March  3,  1900,  which  reads  as  follows  : 

"I  beg  to  inclose  for  your  consideration  and  advice  a  petition  from  George  Peabody  Wet- 
"  more,  through  Man  &  Man,  his  attorneys,  addressed  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
"  Fund,  in  which  the  petitioner  prays  for  a  conveyance,  at  a  nominxl  consideration,  from  The 
"  City  of  New  York,  of  his  right,  title  and  interest  in  and  to  certain  lands  in  the  bed  of  Bushwick 
"  creek,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

u  I  beg  you  to  advise  me,  first,  as  to  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  and  to  the 
"  described  premises  ;  and  second,  as  to  the  advisability  of  a  conveyance  by  The  City  of  New 
"  York,  as  requested  by  the  petitioner." 

In  reply  thereto,  I  beg  leave  to  state  that  the  land  in  question  was  originally  a  part  of  the 
bed  of  Bushwick  creek.  The  said  creek  was  navigable  throughout  the  greater  part  of  its  length. 
Whether  it  was  navigable  at  the  point  in  question,  there  is  nothing  to  disclose  at  present.  If  it 
w  as  nut  navigable  at  the  point  in  question,  then  The  City  of  New  York,  as  the  successor  of  the 
City  of  Brooklyn,  which  succeeded  io  the  rights  of  the  town  of  Bushwick,  was  vested  with 
the  title  to  the  bed  of  said  creek  (People,  etc.  vs.  Schermerhorn,  19  Barbour,  540). 

On  investigation  11  appears  that  the  owners  of  the  upland  adjoining  Bushwick  creek  in  this 
neighborhood,  and  to  a  point  considerably  below  the  premises  in  question,  filled  up  the  Led  of 
the  creek  some  twenty  or  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  have  exercised  claims  of  ownership  over  it 
ever  since.  For  many  years  the  bed  of  the  creek  in  this  neighborhood  has  been  treated  by  the 
Board  of  Assessors  as  a  part  of  the  adjoining  land,  and  has  been  assessed  accordingly  and  taxes 
collected  thereon.  The  land  in  question  is  without  any  value,  except  to  the  owners  of  the 
adjoining  land. 

I  am  of  opinion  that  it  w  ould  be  advisable  for  The  City  of  New  York  to  sell  to  the  applicant, 
George  Peabody  Wetmore,  all  its  right,  title  and  interest  in  the  land  which  formed  a  part  of  the 
bed  of  Bushwick  creek,  the  point  in  question  shown  on  the  map  attached  to  the  petition,  i  am 
unable  to  express  any  opinion  as  to  the  consideration  of  such  sale,  except  that,  in  my  judgment, 
it  should  be  something  more  than  nominal. 

Respectfully, 

GEORGE  HILL,  Acting  Corporation  Counsel. 

September  18,  1900. 

Hon.  BIRD  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — George  Peabody  Wetmore,  through  his  attorneys,  Man  &  Man,  No.  56  Wail  street,  in  a 
communication  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  received  by  the  Department  of  Finance 
February  1,  1900,  requests  that  in  order  to  remove  any  cloud  on  his  title  to  certain  lands  situated 
on  the  northeast  coiner  of  Havemeyer  street  and  North  Eighth  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
through  which  runs  the  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  (now  filled  in),  that  a  conveyance  be  made 
to  him  by  The  City  of  New  York  of  the  land  lying  in  the  bed  of  the  Bushwick  creek,  adjacent  to 
his  said  property,  for  a  nominal  cdnsideration. 

The  deeds  by  which  Mr.  Wetmore  received  title  to  this  property  are  recited  in  the  communi- 
cation, and  a  map  by  B.R.  Meserole,  City  Surveyor,  showing  the  premises  to  be  contained  in 
Section  8,  Block  2315,  accompanies  the  communication. 

The  matter  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  an  opinion  : 

First — As  to  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to,  the  described  premises  ;  and 


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Second — As  to  the  advisability  of  a  conveyance  by  The  City  of  New  York,  as  requested  by  the 
petitioner. 

In  reply,  he  states  that  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  bed  of  the  old 
^cj;eek  depends  entirely  upon  whether  the  creek  was  at  «ome  time  navigable  at  this  point,  which  he 
is  unable  to  decide  ;  and  further,  he  deems  it  advisable  for  The  City  of  New  York  to  sell  to  the 
applicant  all  its  right,  title  and  interest  in  the  land  which  formed  a  part  of  the  old  Bushwick  creeks 
but  that  such  sale  should  be  for  more  than  a  nominal  consideration. 

The  bed  of  Bushwick  creek  is  now  filled  in  to  the  level  of  the  surrounding  properly,  and  an 
examination  of  the  Meserole  map,  dated  1852,  does  not  disclose  any  width  for  the  stream.  The 
Coit  map  of  1S62  shows  a  subdivision  of  part  of  the  land,  disregarding  the  stream  en'irely. 

The  only  map  which  I  have  been  able  to  find  showing  any  width  for  the  stream,  as  shown  on 
the  map  accompanying  the  petition,  is  an  old  assessment  map  in  the  Register's  office,  from  which  a 
width  of  from  8  to  9  feet  can  be  scaled. 

It  would  thus  appear  that  the  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York,  which  the  petitioner  desire, 
to  acquire,  is  contained  in  a  strip  about  4  feet  in  width,  being  one-half  of  the  bed  of  the  creek, 
adjoining  the  northeasterly  side  of  Plot  B,  as  shown  on  the  map,  and  a  strip  about  8  feet  in  width, 
being  the  full  width  of  the  creek,  running  through  Plot  A  on  the  diagram. 

The  total  area  of  Plot  B,  being  Lots  Nos.  15  and  16  on  the  Meserole  map,  which  are  known 
as  Lot  No.  1  in  Block  106  on  the  Assessment  Map  of  the  Fourteenth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  is  approximately  2,310  square  fett,  and  is  assessed  at  $8od  ;  and  the  proportionate 
value  of  184  square  feet,  being  one-half  of  the  bed  of  the  old  creek,  would  be  $63.72. 

The  area  of  Lots  Nos.  24,  25  and  26  on  the  Coit  map,  being  a  part  of  Plot  A  on  the  diagram, 
which  are  known  on  the  assessment  map  as  Lots  Nos.  44,  45  and  46,  contains  6,600  square  feet, 
and  are  assessed  in  the  sum  of  $1,500.  The  proportionate  value  of  440  square  feet,  being  the  area 
of  the  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek,  falling  within  these  Ins,  would  be  $ioo. 

I  consider,  therefore,  that  if  the  City  has  an  interest,  as  would  appear  from  the  fact  that  the 
title  company  refused  to  pass  title  on  this  property  without  a  release  from  the  City,  that  the 
foregoing  figures,  based  upon  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  property  for  the  purpose  of  taxation, 
would  be  a  just  and  reasonable  amount  for  the  petitioner  to  pay  for  such  release. 

I  would  therefore  recommend  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  authorize  a  sale 
at  auction  of  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  that  portion  of  the 
former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek,  which  is  bounded  and  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southeasterly  line  of  Havemeyer  street  distant  about  55  feet  north- 
easteily  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  said  southeasterly  line  ot  Havemeyer 
street  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street,  and  running  thence  in  a  general  south- 
easterly direction  along  the  centre  line  of  the  former  Bushwick  creek  44  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the 
northwesterly  line  of  Lot  No.  26,  as  shown  on  the  map  of  102  lots  of  ground,  in  the  Fourteenth 
Ward  of  Brooklyn,  Eastern  District,  and  belonging  to  Mary  E.  Coit,  and  annexed  to  the  deed 
recorded  in  the  office  of  die  Register  of  Kings  County  in  Liber  581  of  Conveyances,  page  388  ; 
thence  northeasterly  along  the  11  or ih westerly  line  of  said  Lot  No.  26'4  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the 
northeasterly  line  ot  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  ;  thence  southeasterly,  southerly 
and  southwesterly  along  the  easterly  line  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  to  the  north- 
erly line  of  North  Eighth  street  ;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  northerly  line  of  North  Eighth 
street  8  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  westerly  line  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  ; 
thence  northeasterly,  northerly  and  northwesterly  along  the  westerly  line  of  the  former  bed  of 
the  old  Bushwick  creek  to  the  northeasterly  line  of  Havemeyer  street,  ami  thence  northeasterly 
4  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning. 


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That  the  minimun;  or  upset  price  of  the  said  plot  of  land  be  appraised  at  $163.72  ;  the 
purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  $75  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  advertising,  etc. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  that  portion  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  which  is 
bounded  and  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southeasterly  line  of  Ilavemeyer  street  distant  about  55  feet 
northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  said  southeasterly  line  of  Have- 
meyer  street  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street,  and  running  thence  in  a  general 
southeasterly  direction  along  the  centre  line  of  the  former  Bushwick  creek  44  feet,  more  or  less, 
to  the  northwesterly  line  of  Lot  No.  26,  as  shown  on  the  map  of  102  lots  of  ground,  in  the  Four- 
teenth Ward  of  Brooklyn,  E.  D.,  and  belonging  to  Mary  E.  Coit,  and  annexed  to  the  deed 
recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  Rings  County,  in  Liber  581  of  Conveyances,  page  388  ; 
thence  northeasterly  along  the  northwesterly  line  of  said  Lot  No.  26'4  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the 
northeasterly  line  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  ;  thence  southeasterly,  southerly 
and  southwesterly  along  the  easterly  line  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  to  the 
northerly  line  of  North  Eighth  street  ;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  northerly  line  of  North 
Eighth  street  8  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  westerly  line  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick 
creek  ;  thence  northeasterly,  northerly  and  northwesterly  along  the  westerly  line  of  the  former 
bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  to  the  northeasterly  line  of  Ilavemeyer  street  ;  and  thence 
northeasterly  four  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning. 

Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  price  of  the  said  plot  of  land  be  and  hereby  is 
appraised  and  fixed  at  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-three  dollars  and  seventy-two  cents 
($163.72),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75),  for  the  expenses 
of  examination,  advertisement,  etc. 

The  reports  were  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resoluiion  to  ratify  and  affirm  certain  appraise- 
ments heretofore  made  : 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests 
of  the  City  which  it  has  by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  William  V.  B.  Bennett,  Supervisor  of  the  Town 
of  Gravesend,  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  which  lease  is  dated  December  24,  1896,  and  recorded  in 
Section  21,  Pdock  7257,  Liber  3,  page  249,  in  the  Rings  County  Register's  office,  in  and  to  all 
that  westerly  one-half  part,  being  forty  feet  by  one  hundred  feet  in  size,  of  the  lot  known  as  and 
by  the  number  70  upon  the  assessment  roll,  for  the  opening  of  Neptune  avenue,  from  West  Sixth 
street  to  the  Ocean  parkway,  in  the  late  Town  of  Gravesend,  now  Thirty-first  Ward  of  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  the  whole  of  which'vvas  sold  to  the  City  of 
Brooklyn  at  a  sale  for  unpaid  assessments  held  on  the  9th  day  of  August,  in  the  year  1894,  for  the 
sum  of  nine  dollars  and  seventy-three  cents4($9.73),  and  which  said  lot  was  thereafter  leased  to 
the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  one  hundred  years,  at  the  sum  of  six  dollars  and  sixty-nine  cents 
($6.69)  for  the  westerly  one-half  of  Lot  No.  70,  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and 


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seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  the  expenses  of  examination,  advertising,  etc.,  as  made  by  resolution 
of  this  Board  adopted  September  18,  1900,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests 
of  the  City  which  it  has  by  virtue  of  a  lease  from  Cornelius  Furguson,  Supervisor  of  the  Town 
of  New  Utrecht,  to  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht,  which  lease  is  dated  September  7,  1886,  and 
recorded  in  Liber  1715  of  Conveyances,  page  143,  in  the  Kings  County  Register's  Office,  in  and 
to  all  that  certain  lot  known  as  and  by  the  number  274  upon  the  assessment-roll,  for  the  opening 
of  Ninety-second  street,  from  the  Shore  road  lo  Seventh  avenue,  in  the  late  Town  of  New  Utrecht, 
which  was  sold  to  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht  at  a  sale  for  unpaid  assessments  held  on  September 
6,  1884,  for  the  sum  of  seventy-seven  dollars  and  thirteen  cents  ($77.13)  and  which  lot  was  there- 
after leased  to  the  Town  of  New  Utrecht  for  one  hundred  years,  at  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty-one  dollars  and  sixty-nine  cents  ($151.69),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  lee  and 
seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for -the  expenses  of  examination,  advertising,  etc.,  as  made  by  resolution 
of  this  Board  adopted  September  18,  1900,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Principal  Assistant  Engineer 
of  the  Department  of  Finance  relative  to  an  application  of  Messrs.  Phelps,  Dodge  &  Co.  for  a 
pipe-line  permit,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

October  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR— The  Board  of  Aldermen,  by  resolution  dated  March  27,  1900,  adopted  by  the  Council 
October  9,  1900,  and  received  from  his  Honor  the  Mayor  October  15,  1900,  without  his  approval 
or  disapproval  thereof,  grants  permission  "  to  Phelps,  Dodge  &  Co.  to  lay  two  pipes,  one  six 
"  inches  in  diameter  and  the  other  four  inches  in  diameter,  across  the  carriageway  of  Cliff  streets 
"in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  as  shown  upon  the  accompanying  diagram,  the  said  six-inch  pipe 
"  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  steam  and  the  said  four-inch  pipe  to  be  used  for  the 
"  purpose  of  conducting  electricity  from  their  premises  on  the  northeast  to  their  premises  on  the 
"  northwest  corner  of  John  and  Cliff  streets,  provided  said  Phelps,  Dodge  iv:  Co.  pay  to  The  City 
"  of  New  York  as  compensation  for  the  privilege  such  amount  as  may  be  determined  as  an  equiv- 
"  alent  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund    *  ,*    ,*    "  would  report  : 

On  examination  of  the  premises,  I  find  that  one  six-inch  pipe  and  two  four-inch  pipes  have 
been  laid,  instead  of  two  pipes  (one  six-inch  and  one  four-inch),  as  allowed  by  resolution  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen. 

These  pipes  were  put  across  Cliff  street  on  or  about  October  I,  1900  ;  therefore,  all  charges 
for  privilege  should  date  from  October  t,  1900. 

The  distance  between  curb  lines  in  front  of  the  premises  is  22  feet,  and  I  think  $44  per 
annum  a  correct  charge  for  the  privilege. 

These  pipes  having  been  forced  through  the  streets  wiithout  disturbing  the  surface,  I  would 
suggest  that  the  usual  fee  for  opening  the  street,  be  omitted. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 


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Resolved,  That  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  The  City  of  New  York  by  Phelps,  Dodge  & 
Company  for  the  privilege  of  laying  one  six-inch  pipe  and  two  four-inch  pipes  across  the  carriage- 
way of  Cliff  street,  in  the  Porough  of  Manhattan,  said  pipes  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
ducting steam  and  electricity  from  their  premises  on  the  northeast  corner  of  John  and  Cliff  streets 
to  their  premises  on  the  northwest  corner  shall  be  forty-four  dollars  ($44)  per  annum  ;  provided, 
also,  that  the  said  Phelps,  Dodge  &  Company  shall  give  a  satisfactory  bond  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  all  conditions  prescribed  by  the  said  Commissioner  of  Highways,  and  by  resolution 
of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  dated  March  27,  1900,  adopted  by  the  Council  October  9,  1900,  and 
received  from  His  Honor,  the  Mayor,  without  his  approval  or  disapproval,  October  15,  1900,  the 
said  bond  to  be  approved  by  the  Comptroller  and  filed  in  his  office;  and  provided,  also,  that  the 
right  be  reserved  to  revoke  such  permission  at  any  future  time  if  necessary  in  the  interests  of  the 
City. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


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The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Principal  Assistant  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  relative  to  an  application  of  the  David  Jones  Company  for  a  pipe-line 
permit,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

October  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Municipal  Council,  by  resolution  dated  May  15,  1900,  adopted  by  the  Board  of 
Aldermen  October  2,  1900,  and  ieceived  from  his  Honor  the  Mayor  October  16,  1900,  without 
his  approval  or  disapproval  thereof,  grants  permission  "to  the  David  Jones  Company  to  lay  two 
"  pipes  in  the  carriageway  of  Forty-fourth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  one  pipe  to  be  ten 
"  inches  in  diameter  and  the  other  to  be  three  inches  in  diameter;  the  said  ten-inch  pipe  to  be 
"  used  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  salt  water  from  the  East  river  to  their  premises  on  Forty- 
"  fourth  street,  about  one  hundred  feet  west  of  the  westerly  side  of  First  avenue,  and  the  said 
4i  three-inch  pipe  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  steam  from  their  said  premises  to  a 
"  pump  at  the  foot  of  Forty-fourth  street,  East  river,  provided  the  said  David  Jones  Company 
"  pay  to  The  City  of  New  York,  as  compensation  for  the  privilege  hereby  granted,  such  amount 
"  as  may  be  determined  as  an  equivalent  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,"*  *  * 
would  report  : 

That  the  distance  from  curb  line  in  front  of  the  premises  of  the  applicant  to  the  point  on  the 
bulkhead  line  where  the  pipes  pass  through  same  is  615  feet,  and  I  think  $615  per  annum  a  fair 
charge  for  the  privilege,  and  $150  fee  for  opening  the  street. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  WITHINGTON,  Principal  Assistant  Engineer. 


October  26.  1900. J 


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Resolved,  That  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  The  City  of  New  York  by  the  David  Jones 
Company  for  the  privilege  of  laying  two  pipes  across  the  carriageway  of  Forty-fourth  street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  one  pipe  to  be  ten  inches  in  diameter  and  the  other  to  be  three  inches  in 
diameter  ;  said  ten-inch  pipe  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  salt  water  from  the  East 


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river  to  their  premises  on  Forty-fourth  street,  about  seventy-five  feet  west  of  the  westerly  side  of 
First  avenue,  and  the  said  three-inch  pipe  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  steam  from 
their  said  premises  to  a  pump  at  the  foot  of  Forty-fourth  street,  East  river,  shall  be  six  hundred 
and  fifteen  dollars  ($615)  per  annum,  and  a  fee  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($150)  for  opening 
^t-he  street,  to  be  paid  to  the  Department  of  Highways,  the  opening  of  the  street  and  the  relaying 
of  the  pavement  to  be  done  at  the  expense  of  said  David  Jones  Company,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Highways,  and  subject  to  such  conditions  as  he  shall  prescribe  ;  provided, 
also,  that  the  said  David  Jones  Company  shall  give  a  satisfactory  bond  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  all  conditions  prescribed  by  the  said  Commissioner  of  Highways,  and  by  resolution  of  the 
Council  adopted  May  15,  1900,  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  October  2,  1900,  and  received  from  the 
Mayor  without  his  approval  or  disapproval  October  16,  1900,  said  bond  to  be  approved  by  the 
Comptroller  and  filed  in  his  office  ;  and,  provided,  further,  that  the  right  be  reserved  to  revoke 
such  permission  at  any  future  time  if  necessary  in  the  interests  of  the  City. 
The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 

The  Deputy  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  to  amend  resolutions  granting 
pipe-line  privileges  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  September  18,  1900,  fixing  the  compensation  to  be  paid  by  the  White,  Potter  &  Page 
.Manufacturing  Company  for  a  pipe-line  privilege,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  erasing 
after  the  words  "  also  that  the  said  the  White,  Potter  &  Page  Manufacturing  Company  shall 
give  a  satisfactory  bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  conditions  prescribed  by  the  said 
Commissioner  of  Highways,"  the  words,  "  and  by  the  resolution  of  the  Council  adopted  May  23, 
1899,  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  May  31,  1899,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  June  7,  1899,"  and 
substituting  in  place  thereof  the  words  "  and  by  a  resolution  of  the  Municipal  Assembly  adopted 
June  12,  1000,  and  returned  by  the  Mayor  June  20,  1900,  without  approval  or  disapproval." 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meeting 
held  September  18,  1900,  fixing  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  City  by  the  United  Electric 
Light  and  Power  Company  for  a  pipe- line  privilege  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  erasing 
after  the  words  "provided,  also,  that  the  said  The  United  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company 
shall  give  a  satisfactory  bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  conditions  prescribed  by  the  Com- 
missioner of  Highways,"  the  words  "  and  by  resolution  of  the  Municipal  Assembly,  dated  Septem- 
ber 5,  1899,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  September  12,  1899,"  and  substituting  in  place  thereof 
the  words  "and  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  adopted  June  20,  1900,  adopted  by  the 
Council  August  2,  1900,  and  returned  by  the  Mayor  August  15,  1900,  without  approval  or  disap- 
proval." 

Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  application  of  Max  and  Annie  B.  Mandle  for 
permission  to  sublet  lot  in  Wallabout  Market,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

October  11,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller; 

Sir — The  attached  application  is  for  permission  from  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  Mr.  Max  Mandle  and  Annie  B.  Mandle  to  sublet  his  lot,  No.  212  Wallabout 


October  26,  1900.] 


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Market,  to  the  Schwarzchild  &  Sulzberger  Company.    The  [right  to  sublet  with  permission  is 
contained  in  copy  of  lease  attached  and  marked  in  red  "  I." 
I  approve  of  the  subletting  in  this  case. 

Respectfully, 

DAVID  O'BRIEN,  Collector  of  City  Revenue. 

/  / 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — Application  is  hereby  made  for  permission  to  sublet  the  premises  known  as 
Lot  No.  212  of  the  WallabOut  Market  as  laid  down  on  a  map  thereof  entitled  "Map  of  the 
Wallabout  Market  Lands  "  east  side  of  Washington  avenue,  in  the  former  City  of  Brooklyn,  to 
Schwarzschild  &  Sulzberger  Company,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  lease  on  file  in  the 
Bureau  of  City  Revenue,  Department  of  Finance.  The  said  lease  required  the  permission  of  the 
party  of  the  first  part  to  sublet. 

Dated, 

MAX  MANDLE. 
ANNIE  B.  MANDLE. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  consent  to  the  subletting,  by 
Max  Mandle  and  Annie  B.  Mandle,  his  wife,  of  premises  leased  to  them  from  the  City  and  known 
as  Lot  No.  212  Wallabout  Market,  to  the  Schwarzchild  &  Sulzberger  Company. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  John  B.  Judson  withdrawing  offer  for 
property  at  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street  and  Fourth  avenue. 

October  13,  1900 

To  the  Secretary  Sinking  Fund  Commission,  New  York  City: 

My  Dear  Sir — I  desire  to  withdraw  my  formal  offer,  filed  with  the  Sinking  Fund  Com- 
mission during  the  year  1899,  for  the  property  known  as  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third 
Street  Lots,  west  of  Fourth  avenue  ;  and,  if  not  contrary  to  the  usages  of  your  department, 
would  like  to  have  this  written  offer  returned  to  me. 

Very  truly  yours, 

JOHN  B.  JUDSON, 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines 
payable  to  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children. 

October  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  September,  1900,  viz.  : 

September  4.  Andrew  Wilson   $25  00 

"        20.  Morris  Cohen  '   25  00 

"        25.  Alfred  Abeles   25  00 

Total   $75  00 


447 


[October  26,  1900. 


The  returns  of  the  Court  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122, 
Laws  of  1876,  said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  society. 

The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt.  , 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children, 
for  the  sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  ($75),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  imposed 
and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  September,  1900, 
and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  Fines 
payable  to  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

October  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  in  the  Borough 
of  Brooklyn,  viz.  : 

City  Magistrates^  Court,  Second  District. 

1900. 

August  15.  Carmelo  Blasio   $10  00 

"    22.  Filomena  Nacera   1000 

$20  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division. 
September  10.  George  Brootman  ,   25  00 

Total   $45  00 

The  above  cases,  as  per  certificates  of  Clerks  of  Courts,  were  prosecuted  by  officers  of  the 
Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Pre  vention  of  Cruelty  to  Children. 

Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876,  the  amount  of  said  fines  is  payable  to  the 
said  society. 

The  amount  of  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children,  for  the  sum  of  forty-five  dollars  ($45),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to  children, 
imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  and  City  Magistrates 


October  26,  1900.] 


448 


Court,  Second  District,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  the  months  of  August  and  Septeml  er,  1900, 
and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines 
payable  to  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  : 

October  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  illegally  practicing  medicine  were  imposed  and  collected  by 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  September,  1900,  vi/.  : 


Sept.  5.  Louis  Capobianco   $5000 

"    5.  Guiseppe  Sarubbi   75  00 

"     5.  John  S.  Righi   5°  00 

"   12.  Deliberto  Bernardo   50  00 

"   18.  Louis  Paolino   5°  00 

"  26.  Antonio  Erricco                                                                               ....  5°  00 

"  26.  Luigi  D'Ambrosio   75  00 

"  28.  John  T.Smith   250  00 


Paid  Warden,  City  Prison   $650  00 


The  cases  were  each  prosecuted  by  the  New  York  Medical  Society,  which    society  is 
entitled  to  the  amount  of  said  fines,  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893 
The  amount  of  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  the 
sum  of  six  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($650),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  Medical 
Law,  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of 
September,  1900,  and  payable  to  said  society,  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661, 
Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  refunding  of 
overpayments  for  street  vault  permits  : 

October  16,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  applications  have  been  made  for  the  refund  of  amounts  overpaid  for 


street-vault  permits,  viz.  : 

\W.  W.  Astor,  northwest  corner  Broadway  and  Seventy-sixth  street   $559 

John  Watts  Kearney,  Nos.  940  to  950  Broadway   7  9^ 

Total  '.   $567  H 


449 


|  October  26,  1900. 


With  each  application  there  is  the  affidavit  of  the  applicant  ami  the  certificate  of  a  City  Sur- 
veyor nnri  a  statement  by  the  Superintendent  of  Street  Openings,  Paving  and  Repairing,  approved 
by  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

The  total  amount  paid  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  warrants  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  W.  W.  Astor,  for  five  hundred  and  fifty-nine  dollars  and  eighteen 
cents  ($559.18),  and  John  Watts  Kearney  for  seven  dollars  and  ninety-six  cents  ($7.96)  refunding 
them  these  amounts  respectively,  for  overpayment  for  street  vault  permits,  as  per  statement  sub- 
mitted. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines 
payable  to  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

October  25,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  animals  were  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  month  of  September,  1900,  viz.  : 


First  Division. 

Sept.  5.  Max  Rabinitsky   $25  oo 

"     26.  Thomas  McDonough   25  00 

  $50  00 

Second  Division. 

Sept.   12.  James  H.  Ferns  (Brooklyn)   $30  00 

"      21.  William  Gonbard  (Brooklyn)   30  00 

"      26.  William  Curry  (Brooklyn)   :   10  00 

i4      12.  John  Harrison  (paid  Sheriff,  Kings  County)   150  00 

"      20.  Gilbert  Cutley  (Richmond)   10  00 

  230  00 

Total     $280  00 


The  following  fines  for  like  offenses  were  imposed  and  collected  by  same  courts  at  earlier 
dates,  but  have  not  been  included  in  reports  hitherto  made  : 


First  Division. 

July  20.  George  Wohllenden  (paid  Warden,  City  Prison)   $125  00 

Second  Division. 

1899. 

Dec.  8.  Diedrick  Lutzens,  Brooklyn   $1000 

"      8.  Reuben  Reubenofsky,  *k    25  00 

"      8.  Tony  Jacco,  "   ,   10  co 

"    22.  Perry  Lowenthal,         "    25  00 


October  26,  1900.] 


450 


1900. 

June  19.  Cornelius  Craft,  Queens 


S75-  00 


$145  00 


Total 


$270  00 


Making  a  total  of  $550  collected  and  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888.  the  amount  of  these  fines  is  payable  to  the 
American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals. 

Respectfully, 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  for  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($550),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for 
cruelty  to  animals  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second 
Divisions,  during  the  month  of  September,  1900,  together  with  fines  collected  in  December, 
1899,  and  June  and  July,  1900,  not  included  in  any  previous  return  and  payable  to  the  said 
society,  pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  refunding  of 
erroneous  and  overpayment  of  Croton  Water  Rents  : 


Hon.  Bird  S.  Coi.er,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— Applications  for  the  refund  of  erroneous  and  overpayment  of  Croton  water  rent  have 
been  made  to  this  Department  as  per  statement  herewith. 

The  applications  are  severally  approved  by  the  Commissioner  of  Water  Supply,  the  Receiver 
of  Taxes  or  Collector  of  Assessments  and  Arrears.  The  total  amount,  one  thousand  and  forty-three 
dollars  and  fifteen  cents  ($1,043.15),  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 


I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


October  26,  1900. 


Respectfully, 


I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


Water  Registrar. 


Thomas  H.  Melledy  

Thomas  O'Gara  

Charles  T.  Dodd    

Samuel  H.Martin  

Samuel  Robert.  ...   

Thomas  Reddy  

Louis  Hubner  and  Martin  Escher . .  . 

Jacob  Rutz,  agent  

Adam  Stubing  

Lyons  &  Chabot  , 

Title  Guaranty  and  Trust  Company 


5  00 

l8  GO 

60  00 
4  oo 
7  00 

56  55 


10  00 
36  00 
58  00 
26  00 


TO  40 


45* 


[October  26,  1900. 


Second  Avenue  Railway  Company   $148  00 

William  S.  Anderson  Company,  as  agents   66  40 

Sophia  Konan   42  00 

Bernard  P.  Traitel   9  00 

John  V.  B.  Clarkson,  agent   28  00 

Marry  Fischel. . . . :   28  10 

Daniel  Birdsall,  agent   200  00 

Ludin  Realty  Company   12  50 

Howard  Place   10  00 

Estate  of  William  Ottmann   24  70 

John  McCarthy   4  00 

Julius  Landauer   75  00 

Falk  Rhonheimer   15  00 

  $966  75 

Receiver  of  Taxes. 

Estate  of  E.  S.  Jam-ay    $25  00 

Marion  L.  Baker   8  05 

Edward  A.  Ihlenburg   22  65 

  55  7o 

Clerk  of  Arrears. 

W.T.Matthies   $8  75 

W.J.  Fagan   11  95 

 20  70 

Total   $1,043  15 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  Interest  on  the 
City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  one  thousand  and  forty-three 
dollars  and  fifteen  cents  ($1,043.15),  for  deposit  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  "  Croton  Water 
Rents — Refunding  Account,"  for  refunding  erroneous  payments  of  Croton  Water  Rents,  as  per 
statement  submitted  herewith. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Deputy  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution 
relative  to  a  lease  of  a  plot  of  ground  on  Butler  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  Department 
of  Street  Cleaning  : 

October  26,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
October  22,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  af  the  Sinking  Fund, 
pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  "  for  a  lease  from  Robert  H.  Taylor,  of 
"  the  plot  of  ground  on  the  north  side  of  Butler  street,  three  hundred  and  ninety  (390)  feet  west  of 
"  Fifth  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  being  eighty  (80)  feet  wide  and  one  bundled  and 
"  forty-four  (144)  feet  deep,  for  the  period  beginning  with  the  date  of  occupancy  and  ending  with 
"  the  30th  day  of  September,  1904,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  another  term  of  five  years  on 
"  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  al  the  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  ($550) 
"  payable  quarterly  ;  the  lessor  to  erect  and  paint  a  fence  on  the  front  and  rear  of  the  said  plot 
"  between  nine  (9)  and  ten  (10)  feet  high,  the  front  fence  to  have  a  sliding  gate  ;  the  Department 


October  26,  1900.  | 


452 


"  to  keep  the  fence  and  sidewalk  in  repair  ;  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  ground  water 
"  taxes  ;  the  City  to  pay  for  the  water  used  on  the  premises. 

45  This  plot  of  ground  is  adjoining  the  stable  of  the  Department  and  the  period  above  provided 
"  for  the  lease  is  intended  to  make  it  terminate  with  the  lease  of  the  said  stable." 

The  premises  are  as  described  above,  with  the  exception  that  instead  of  immediately  adjoining 
the  property,  at  present  leased  from  Robert  Furey,  they  are  separated  therefrom  by  a  two-story 
brick  stable,  40  feet  in  width. 

I  consider  the  rental  asked,  namely,  $550  per  annum,  with  the  conditions  as  named,  to  be 
full  but  not  excessive.  The  lease  should  be  drawn  to  commence  from  date  of  occupation,  after 
the  completion  of  the  fence,  and  to  be  for  a  term  expiring  September  30.  1904,  with  the  privilege 
of  a  renewal  for  another  term  of  five  years,  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  of  a  lease  to  the  City  from  Robert  H.  Taylor  of 
the  plot  of  ground  on  the  north  side  of  Butler  street,  three  hundred  and  ninety  feet  west  of  Fifth 
avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  being  eighty  feet  wide  and  one  hundred  and  forty-four  feet 
deep,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  for  the  period  beginning  with  the  date  of 
occupancy  and  ending  on  the  30th  day  of  September,  1904,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for 
another  term  of  five  years  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  at  an  annual  rent  of  five  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  ($550),  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  erect  and  paint  a  fence  on  the  front  and  rear  of 
the  said  plot  between  nine  and  ten  feet  high,  the  front  fence  to  have  a  sliding  gate  ;  the  Depart- 
ment to  keep  the  fence  and  sidewalk  in  repair  ;  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  ground  water  ta-.es  ; 
the  City  to  pay  for  the  water  used  on  the  premises — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deem- 
ing the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease 
be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 
Adjourned. 

REEVES  E.  SELMES,  Temporary  Secretary. 


453 


[November  14,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS   OF   THE   SINKING   FUND  OF 
THE   CITY  OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's  Office,  at 
12  o'clock  M.  on  Wednesday,  November  14,  1900. 


Present— Robert  A. Van  Wyck,  Mayor;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller;  Patrick  Keenan, 
Chamberlain,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman,  Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 

The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  October  26,  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 

Hon.  Asa  Bird  Gardner,  District  Attorney,  and  Hon.  Joseph  E.  Newburger,  one  of  the 
Judges  of  the  Court  of  General  Session?,  appeared  before  the  Board,  and  were  both  heard  at 
length  in  connection  with  the  proposed  reassignment  of  space  in  the  Criminal  Court  Building. 

The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  in  regard  thereto,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

November  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Asa  Bird  Gardiner,  District  Attorney,  in  communication  to  the  Mayor,  October 
5,  1900,  relative  to  the  assignment  of  space  in  the  Criminal  Court  Building  for  his  offices  says  : 

"  It  is  indispensable  that  every  one  of  the  professional  staff,  Counsel  for  the  People,  shall 
"  have  a  room  to  himself,  where  he  can  prepare  his  case:;  for  trial  and  receive  and  examine  his 
"  witnesses  in  a  confidential  and  private  way,  the  same  as  in  any  lawyer's  office  in  the  country. 
"  Frequently  a  witness  will  be  unwilling  to  speak  in  the  presence  of  a  third  person,  and  very 
u  great  inconvenience  to  the  public  service  is  now  experienced,  as  before  remarked,  by  reason  of 
"  the  staff  not  having  proper  accommodations. 

"  It  is  found,  alter  the  most  painstaking  and  careful  deliberation  and  inspection,  that  the 
"  upper  floor  of  itself  will  not  accommodate  all  of  the  District  Attorney's  office,  and  that  several 
"  rooms  now  in  use  on  the  third  floor  will  have  to  be  retained.  The  accompanying  plans  and 
"schedule,  and  list  of  the  professional  and  administrative  staff,  with  their  respective  designa- 
"  tions,  will  show  that  the  greatest  economy  has  been  exhibited  in  the  arrangement  of  necessary 
"  space,  without  making  allowances  for  any  further  increase,  due  to  future  increase  in  the 
"  population  of  the  City,  which  brings  with  it  unfortunately  added  responsibilities  to  the  office." 


November  14,  1900.] 


454 


I  submit  herewith  diagrams  showing  the  space  asked  for  by  the  District  Attorney.  In  these 
diagrams  I  only  give  the  main  division  of  the  building,  omitting  the  partitions  which  have  been 
put  in  by  the  Departments  which  have  heretofore  occupied  them. 

Diagram  No.  1  shows  the  fourth  floor,  all  of  which  the  District  Attorney  desires  shall  be 
assigned  for  the  use  of  his  office.    This  floor  contains  17,039  square  feet  of  room  area. 

Diagram  No.  2  shows  the  space  asked  for  on  the  third  floor.  This  space  amounts  to  5,355 
square  feet  of  room  area.    The  part  asked  for  by  the  District  Attorney  is  shaded  with  dotted  lines. 

The  total  amount  of  room  area  asked  for  is  therefore  22,394  square  feet. 

The  District  Attorney  submits  "plans  and  schedule  and  list  of  the  professional  and  adminis- 
"  trative  staff,  etc.  ";  also  a  series  of  resolutions,  all  of  which  explain  in  full  what  he  wants  and 
the  reasons  therefor. 

The  space  asked  for  is  very  large,  but  in  such  an  office  it  is  better  to  have  too  much  than  too 
little  room.  The  space  is  available  without  interfering  with  any  other  office  in  the  building,  now 
that  the  Health  Department  and  the  Civil  Service  Commission  have  been  assigned  other  quarters. 
It  would  not  be  well  to  reduce  the  space  asked  for  by  assigning  any  part  of  it  for  other  purposes, 
as  such  assignment  would  inevitably  interfere  with  the  business  of  this  great  office  to  a  certain 
extent. 

It  is  my  opinion,  therefore,  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  may  properly  assign 
the  whole  of  the  fourth  floor  and  the  portion  of  the  third  floor  shaded  with  dotted  lines  on  Diagram 
No.  2,  to  the  purposes  and  uses  of  the  District  Attorney's  office,  excepting  the  small  rooms  adjoin- 
ing the  Grand  Jury  room  on  the  west,  on  the  White  street  side.  The  assignment  of  these  rooms 
I  consider  should  be  held  in  abeyance  pending  the  question  of  a  new  assignment  for  Judges' 
chambers  on  this  floor  hereinafter  mentioned. 

The  space  now  occupied  on  the  third  floor  by  the  District  Attorney,  viz.,  the  large  room  on 
the  northwest  corner  of  the  building,  will  be  vacated.  The  partial  and  informal  use  of  the  library 
will  also  be  given  up.    The  space  occupied  on  the  second  mezzanine  story  will  be  vacated. 

This  will  leave  for  future  assignment  the  large  room  on  the  northwest  corner  of  the  third 
story,  the  small  rooms  adjoining  on  the  White  street  side,  and  the  whole  of  the  second  mezzanine 
story,  except  the  space  occupied  by  the  janitor. 

I  have  had  an  interview  with  Recorder  Goff  and  Judges  Newberger  and  Foster,  and  had 
hoped  to  present  with  this  report  some  written  application  for  changes  which  they  desire,  but  can 
now,  in  absence  of  such  application,  only  give  my  understanding  of  what  they  wish. 

They  will,  I  am  informed,  request  that  the  Coroners'  Court,  now  located  on  the  third  story 
of  the  building,  and  shaded  with  straight  lines  on  Diagram  No.  2,  be  moved  to  the  basement 
story,  and  that  the  whole  of  the  space  now  occupied  by  the  Coroners,  together  with  the  large 
room  on  the  northwest  corner,  and  the  rooms  adjoining  it  on  the  east,  extending  to  the  Grand 
Jury  room,  be  assigned  for  Judges'  chambers  ;  the  rooms  on  the  second  story,  now  occupied  by 
the  Judges,  to  be  used  for  various  purposes,  such  as  extra  jury  rooms,  consultation  rooms, 
witness  rooms,  etc.,  being  necessary,  as  they  consider,  as  adjuncts  to  the  courts. 

The  matter,  as  I  am  informed,  will  be  presented  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
by  the  Judges. 

Until  action  is  taken  on  this  question  of  the  removal  of  the  Coroners'  Court,  I  can  only  say 
that  there  is  ample  room  in  the  basement  for  the  court  and  its  appurtenances. 

This  being  an  inferior  court,  it  appears  to  me,  should  give  way  to  any  arrangements  con- 
sidered necessary  for  the  transaction  of  business  in  the  other  courts. 
The  changes  will  involve  a  very  considerable  expense. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


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Resolved,  That  the  following  assignment  of  rooms  in  the  new  Criminal  Court  Building  is 
hereby  made  for  the  use  of  the  office  of  the  District  Attorney  of  the  City  and  County  of  New 
York  : 

First— The  entire  fourth  floor  of  the  building  ;  and 

Second— All  that  part  of  the  third  floor  of  the  building  shaded  with  dotted  lines  on  the 
accompanying  diagram,  excepting  the  small  rooms  on  the  White  street  side  of  the  building, 
adjoining  the  Grand  Jury  room. 

Resolved,  That  all  other  rooms  in  the  said  Criminal  Court  Building,  previously  assigned  or 
now  occupied  by  the  said  office  of  the  District  Attorney,  shall  be  vacated  by  the  District 
Attorney. 

Resolved,  That  the  toilet-rooms  upon  said  third  floor  be  and  hereby  are  assigned  for  use  as 
follows,  to  wit  : 


November  14,  1900.] 


460 


(1)  The  toilet-room  nearest  the  Grand  Jury  room  on  the  north  side  of  said  building  (marked 
a  on  the  accompanying  diagram),  for  the  use  of  the  Grand  Jury. 

(2)  The  toilet-room  next  thereto  (marked  b),  for  the  use  of  the  Warden,  Stenographer, 
Clerks,  Messengers  or  other  official  attendants  upon  said  Grand  Jury. 

(3)  The  toilet-room  on  the  corner  of  the  north  and  west  corridors  (marked  d),  for  the  use  of 
the  Coroners  and  the  attaches  of  their  office. 

(4)  The  toilet-room  on  the  north  corridor  next  thereto  (marked  c),  for  the  use  of  witnesses 
before  the  Grand  Jury  and  other  persons  having  public  business  with  the  Grand  Jury,  District 
Attorney  or  Coroners. 

(5)  The  toilet-room  on  the  south  corridor  nearest  to  the  west  corridor  (marked  e),  for  the  use 
of  women  who  may  be  called  as  witnesses  or  have  public  business  with  the  Grand  Jury,  District 
Attorney  or  Coroners. 

(6)  The  todet-room  on  the  easterly  side  of  the  south  corridor  (marked  g),  for  the  use  of  the 
Clerks,  Stenographers  and  other  members  of  the  administrative  staff  of  the  District  Attorney's 
office. 

(7)  The  toilet-room  adjoining  the  toilet-room  last  named  in  the  south  corridor  (marked  f),  for 
the  use  of  the  professional  staff  of  the  District  Attorney. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  th-2  Justices  of  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions 
relative  to  the  assignment  of  space  in  the  Criminal  Court  Building  : 

New  York,  November  12,  1900. 
Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Commissioner  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Sir — On  February  21,  1900,  we  had  the  honor  to  address  you  upon  the  subject  of  the  accom- 
modations assigned  for  the  use  of  the  Clerk's  office  of  this  court  and  beg  to  invite  your  attention 
to  the  before  mentioned  communication,  which  fully  explains  the  situation  and  condition  of  the 
present  offices.  In  that  communication  we  suggested  that  certain  rooms  upon  the  top  floor  of 
this  building  be  assigned  for  the  Clerk's  offices,  but  we  afterwards  learned  that  said  rooms  were  to 
be  occupied  by  the  Municipal  Civil  Service  Commission  or  other  departments. 

Mr.  Eugene  E.  McLean,  Engineer,  reported  in  a  communication  to  the  Comptroller,  dated 
March  13,  1900,  that  larger  space  is  necessary  than  that  now  occupied  by  our  Clerk's  offices  and 
recommended  the  assignment  of  a  room  on  the  second  mezzanine  floor.  This  room  so  assigned 
was  then  occupied  by  the  Board  of  Health  and  was  occupied  by  them  up  to  within  a  few  months 
ago.  The  work  of  the  Clerk's  office  is  of  such  a  character  that  to  separate  the  offices  would 
cause  great  inconvenience  not  only  to  the  Clerk  but  to  ourselves  and  the  public,  and  is  not 
advisable. 

The  Civil  Service  Commission  and  the  Board  of  Health,  who  occupied  much  of  the  space  in 
this  building,  were  no  doubt  assigned  other  quarters  because  your  Board  realized  that  the  different 
courts  required  the  room  occupied  by  those  departments. 

We  are  advised  that  the  District  Attorney  will  soon  vacate  certain  offices  on  the  second 
mezzanine  floor  now  occupied  by  the  Chief  Clerk,  and  it  is  these  offices  we  now  ask  to  have 
assigned  for  the  use  of  the  Clerk's  office  of  this  court.    The  offices  in  question  consist  of  one  long 


November  14,  1900. 


office,  divided  by  several  partitions,  and  is  on  the  Centre  street  side  of  the  building.  At  present 
this  office  is  the  only  one  in  the  building  to  be  vacated  which  would  be  adaptable  for  our  use. 
We  have  looked  it  over,  and  considering  the  number  of  employees  and  the  amount  of  business 
transacted  and  the  accumulation  of  papers,  are  satisfied  that  there  is  no  more  space  than  is 
absolutely  required. 

We  respectfully  ask  that  this  office,  as  partitioned,  be  assigned  for  the  use  of  the  Clerk's  office 
of  this  court  and  the  present  offices  be  retained  for  a  record  room,  unless  other  rooms  can  be  set 
aside  for  such  purpose  on  the  second  mezzanine  floor.  We  beg  also  to  urge  the  necessity,  in  view 
of  such  assignment,  that  instructions  be  given  to  place  said  office  in  proper  condition  for  the 
transaction  of  public  business. 

Yours  respectfully, 

E.  B.  HINSDALE, 
WM.  TRAVERS  JEROME, 
WM.  C.  HOLBROO  K. 
JOHN  B.McKEAN, 
EPHRAIM  A.  JACOB. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

November  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Honorable  E.  B.  Hindsdale,  William  T ravers  Jerome,  Wm.  C.  Holbrook,  John  B. 
McKean  and  Ephraim  A.  Jacob,  Justices  o(  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  of  the  First  Division  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  in  a  communication  under  date  of  November  12,  1900,  state  that  they  are 
advised  that  the  District  Attorney  will  soon  vacate  certain  offices  on  the  second  mezzanine  floor, 
now  occupied  by  the  Chief  Clerk,  and  they  request  that  these  offices  be  assigned  for  the  use  of  the 
clerk's  office  of  their  court,  the  present  office  to  be  retained  for  a  record  room. 

Under  date  of  March  13,  1900,  I  made  a  report  on  a  previous  application  by  the  Judges  of  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  wherein  they  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  Clerk's  office,  attached 
to  their  court,  was  inadequate,  but  no  action  was  taken  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
pending  the  removal  of  the  Health  Board  and  the  Civil  Serviee  Commission. 

It  being  the  intention  of  the  District  Attorney  to  vacate  these  premises,  should  the  assignment 
of  other  quarters  in  this  building  be  made,  and  which  matter  is  now  before  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Sinking  Fund,  I  see  no  reason,  if  such  assignment  is  made,  why  the  request  of  the  Judges  of 
the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  should  not  be  granted,  and  the  rooms  fronting  on  Centre  street,  on 
the  second  mezzanine  floor  of  the  new  Criminal  Court  Building,  be  assigned  to  them  for  a  Clerk's 
office. 

This  room  contains  2,425  square  feet  and  is  at  present  subdivided  by  partitions.  While  this 
space  is  very  large,  I  see  no  reason  why  it  may  not  be  assigned  for  the  use  of  the  Clerk's  office  of 
this  Court,  no  other  application  having  been  made  for  the  same. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  following  assignment  of  rooms  in  the  New  Criminal  Court  Building  is 
hereby  made  for  the  use  of  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  of  the  First  Division 
of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

The  rooms  fronting  on  Centre  street,  on  the  second  mezzanine  floor,  and  containing 
about  two  thousand  four  hundred  and  twenty-five  square  feet. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


November  14,  1900. ) 


462 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Justices  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions, 
relative  to  the  assignment  of  space  in  the  Criminal  Court  Building  : 

Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace,  | 
County  of  New  York.  \ 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  oj  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York  : 

Gentlemen — The  Judges  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  County  of  New  York 
request  that  there  be  assigned  and  set  over  to  them  for  their  use  as  Judges'  Chambers,  on  the 
third  floor  of  the  Criminal  Court  Building,  the  space  described  and  illustrated  by  the  annexed 
diagram  ;  from  the  Court  Library  in  the  southwest  corner  of  the  building,  along  the  public  corri- 
dor to  the  front  of  the  building  facing  on  Elm  street,  to  and  along  the  public  corridor  to  the  front 
facing  on  White  street  up  to  the  apartment  now  occupied  as  the  anteroom  to  the  Grand  Jury  room. 

November  9,  1900. 

JOSEPH  E.  NEWBURGER, 
Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Judges  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions. 


463 


[November  14,  1900. 

November  9,  1900. 


Diagram  Referred  in  Annexed  Request. 

WHITE  STREET. 


Elevators. 


Library, 
Court  of  General  Sessions. 


Elevators. 


FRANKLIN  STREET. 


November  14,  1900.  | 


464 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  space  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Criminal  Court  Building  from  the  Court 
Library,  in  the  southwest  corner  of  the  building,  along  the  public  corridor  to  the  front  of  the 
building  facing  on  Elm  street,  to  and  along  the  public  corridor  to  the  front  facing  on  White  street 
up  to  the  appartment  now  occupied  as  the  anteroom  to  the  Grand  Jury  room,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  assigned  and  set  over  to  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace  of  the 
County  of  New  York,  to  be  partitioned,  furnished  and  fitted  up  as  may  be  required  for  their  use 
and  occuption  as  Judges'  Chambers  ;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  sufficient  floor  space  on  the  ground  floor  of  the  Criminal  Court  Building  be 
assigned  to  the  Coroners. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  the  renewal 
of  leases  of  premises  at  New  York  avenue  and  Herkimer  street  and  premises  No.  1187  Bedford 
avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

October  25,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  certified  copies  of  report  and  resolutions 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held  on  October  24,  1900,  requesting  the  renewal 
of  the  leases  of  premises  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  leased  for  school  purposes,  as  follows  : 

1.  Premises  at  New  York  avenue  and  Herkimer  street,  for  one  year  from  January  20,  1901, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  $1,290. 

2.  Premises  No.  1187  Bedford  avenue,  for  one  year  from  Eebruary  I,  1901,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  $540. 

I  also  inclose  herewith  certified  copy  of  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on 
October  24,  1900,  turning  over  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  disposal  the  old 
building  formerly  occupied  by  Public  School  102,  City  Island,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  which  is  no 
longer  required  for  school  purposes. 

Respectfully  yours, 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

Inclosure. 


To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  School 
Board  for  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  recommending  the  renewal  of  leases  as  follows  : 


Lessor. 

Location. 

To  Termi- 
nate. 

Annual 
Rental. 

The  New  York  Avenue  M.  E.  Church  

New  York  avenue  and  Herkimer  street 

Jan.  20,  1902 
Feb.  1,  19x2 

$l,2O0  OO 

540  00 

— respectfully  reports  that  upon  investigation  it  is  found  that  the  owners  of  these  premises  will 
make  no  concession  in  regard  to  rent,  etc.,  but  are  willing  to  renew  the  leases  on  the  same  terms 
existing  at  present.    Therefore,  in  view  of  the  necessity  for  the  use  of  the  buildings  for  school 


465 


[November  14,  1900. 


purposes  for  a  longer  period,  your  Committee  recommends  that  the  request  of  the  School  Board 
be  granted,  and  offers  the  following  resolutions  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  at  New  York  avenue 
and  Herkimer  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  occupied  for  school  purposes,  for  one  year  from 
January  20,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  two  hundred  dollars,  the  other  terms  and 
conditions  to  be  the  same  as  the  present  lease. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  1187  Bedford 
avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  occupied  for  school  purposes,  for  one  year  from  February  I, 
1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  and  forty  dollars,  the  other  terms  and  conditions  to  be 
the  same  as  the  present  lease. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  October  24,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  re- 
newals of  the  leases  of  the  following  premises  occupied  by  the  Board  of  Education  : 

1.  Premises  at  New  York  avenue  and  Herkimer  street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of 
one  year  from  January  20,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  ($1,200),  pay- 
able quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease. 
New  York  Avenue  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  lessor. 

2.  Premises  at  No.  1187  Bedford  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from 
February  1,  1 901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($540),  payable 
quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease. 
Moller  Brothers  &  Co.,  lessors. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

'  Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  resolution  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education,  turning  over  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  building  formerly  occupied  by  Public  School  102,  City 
Island,  Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

Resolved,  That  as  the  School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  has 
certified  that  the  old  building  formerly  occupied  by  Public  School  102,  City  Island,  Borough  of 
The  Bronx,  is  no  longer  required  for  school  purposes  on  account  of  the  erection  and  occupancy 
of  new  Public  School  102,  said  building  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  turned  over  to  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  disposal. 

A  true  copy  of  resolution  adopted  by  Board  of  Education  on  October  24,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


November  14,  1900.]  466 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  requesting  the 
assignment  of  building  at  City  Island,  formerly  occupied  by  Public  School  102,  for  the  pur- 
poses of  a  station-house  for  the  Thirty-eighth  Sub-precinct. 

New  York,  November  8,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sirs — At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day  the  following  proceedings  were  had  : 

Whereas,  The  station-house  accommodations  for  the  Thirty-eighth  Sub-precinct,  at  City 
Island  (temporarily  secured  at  the  time  of  the  consolidation  of  the  Police  Department  under  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter),  are  inadequate  for  the  proper  transaction  of  the  business  of  the  Police 
Department  required  in  said  sub-precinct  ;  and 

Whereas,  The  Police  Board  is  informed  that  the  City  Island  school  building  has  been 
turned  over  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  ; 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  assign  said  school  building  to  the  Police  Department  of  The  City  of  New  York,  lor 
the  purposes  of  a  station-house  for  said  Thirty-eighth  Sub-precinct. 

Respectfully, 

•  WM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  building  formerly  occupied  by  Public  School  No.  102,  at  City  Island, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  assigned  to  the  Police  Department  of  The  City 
of  New  York  for  the  purposes  of  a  station-house  for  the  Thirty-eighth  Sub-precinct,  said  assign- 
ment to  continue  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Highways  relative  to  the 
renewal  of  six  leases  : 

New  York,  November  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Dear  Sir — I  respectfully  request  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize 
renewals  of  the  leases  of  the  following  premises  used  by  the  Department  of  Highways  : 

Part  of  the  premises  No.  186  Mulberry  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  comprising  store  space 
on  the  north  side  of  the  building,  and  half  of  the  cellar  ;  used  as  a  repair  shop  for  the  Bureau  of 
Street  Openings,  Paving  and  Repaving.  The  lease  requires  (hat  water  and  light  shall  be  furnished 
by  the  lessor,  but  no  janitor  service  or  heat.  The  lessor  pays  taxes  and  assessments.  The  rent  is 
$360  per  annum,  payable  monthly  from  the  appropriation  for  "  Repairs  and  Renewals  of  Pave- 
ments and  Regrading,"  Borough  of  Manhattan.  The  lessor  is  George  Kraft.  The  lease  should 
be  renewed  from  January  1,  1901,  as  the  existing  lease  will  expire  December  31,  1900. 

The  premises  at  Station  place,  Williamsbridge,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  occupied  by 
employees  of  the  Department  of  Highways.  The  owner  is  Annie  C.  Stapleton,  No.  626  East 
One  Hundred  and  Eighty-fourth  street,  and  the  rent  is  $216  per  annuni,  payable  monthly  from 
the  appropriation  made  to  the  Department  of  Highways,  Hofough  of  The  Bronx,  for  "  Labor, 
Maintenance  and  Supplies."  The  present  lease  will  expire  December  31,  1900,  and  should  be 
renewed  from  January  1,  1901.  The  conditions  of  the  lease  require  the  lessor  to  keep  the 
premises  in  good  repair,  and  stipulate  that  the  City  may  remoVe  any  improvements  put  up  by  it 
except  lath  and  plaster  partitions  and  doors  and  flooring. 


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[November  14,  1900. 


The  premises  on  the  northeast  corner  of  East  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and 
College  avenue,  and  seven  lots  on  the  north  side  of  College  avenue,  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx, 
now  used  as  a  yard  and  stable  by  the  Department  of  Highways.  The  Mott  Haven  Company  are 
the  owners.  The  present  lease  is  for  one  year  from  May  I,  1900,  and  should  be  renewed  from 
May  I,  1901.  The  rent  is  $1,500  per  annum,  payable  ([uartcrly  from  the  "City  Rental  Fund." 
The  conditions  of  the  lease  require  that  the  owners  shall  keep  the  premises  in  good  repair;  that 
the  City  shall  pay  the  Croton  water  rents,  and  may  remove  all  improvements  made  by  it  except 
lath  and  plaster  partitions,  doors  and  flooring.  The  lease  contains  the  usual  fire  clause.  The 
owners  to  comply  with  the  special  orders  of  the  Board  of  Health  issued  prior  to  May  29,  1900,  with 
regard  to  the  two  lots  at  the  northeast  corner  of  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and  College 
avenue. 

Twc-story  frame  barn  with  surrounding  ground,  comprising  eight  lots  and  situated  on  East 
One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fifth  street,  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place,  Borough  of 
The  Bronx.  This  barn  and  surrounding  ground  are  used  by  this  Department  as  stable  and  for 
storage,  and  the  lease  should  be  renewed  from  May  I,  1901,  with  the  privilege  of  other  four 
annual  renewals  on  the  same  terms.  The  owner  is  Mj  .  J.  P.  Schmenger,  No.  139  East  Sixteenth 
street,  and  the  rent  is  $35  per  month.  The  lease  requires  the  owner  to  keep  the  exterior  of  the 
building  in  repair,  and  to  place  the  sewer  and  water  connections  in  perfect  order. 

Seven  city  lots,  five  in  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fifth  street  and  College  avenue,  and  the 
remaining  two  fronting  on  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fourth  street,  west  of  College  avenue,  Borough 
of  The  Bronx,  for  yard  space  and  storage  purposes  The  owner  is  the  Mott  Haven  Company. 
The  lease  expires  February  10,  1901,  and  should  be  renewed  for  one  year  from  that  date,  with 
the  privilege  of  renewal.  The  rent  is  $700  per  annum,  payable  quarterly.  The  City  is  required 
to  keep  in  repair  a  fence  inclosing  the  property. 

Lots  Nos.  104  to  109,  inclusive,  described  as  follows  :  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly 
side  of  Lexington  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  distant  249  feet  and  2  inches  .westerly  from  the 
corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southwesterly  side  of  Broadway  with  the  northerly  side  of 
Lexington  avenue  ;  running  thence  northerly  and  parallel  with  Patchen  avenue  100  feet  ;  thence 
westerly  and  parallel  with  Lexington  avenue  120  feet  ;  thence  southerly  and  again  parallel  with 
Patchen  avenue  100  feet  to  the  northerly  side  of  Lexington  avenue  ;  thence  westerly  and  along  the 
northerly  side  of  Lexington  avenue  120  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning.  This  property  is 
used  as  a  yard  for  the  storage  of  paving  materials  by  the  Department  of  Highways,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn.  The  owner  is  Henry  C.  Bauer,  and  the  rent  is  $500  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually. 
The  present  lease  will  expire  November  12,  1900,  and  should  be  renewed  for  another  year  from  that 
date,  with  privilege  of  a  further  renewal.  The  lease  provides  that  the  City  shall  have  free  and 
undisturbed  possession  of  the  property,  free  from  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rates. 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  P.  KEATING,  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 
of  the  leases  of  the  following-described  premises  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Highways,  on 
the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  former  leases  thereof  : 

1.  Premises  at  No.  186  Mulberry  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  comprising  store  space  on 
the  north  side  of  the  building  and  half  of  the  cellar,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1901, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360),  payable  monthly  ;  George  Kracht, 
lessor. 


November  14,  1900.] 


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2.  Premises  at  Station  place,  Williamsbridge,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of  one  year 
from  January  I,  1901,  at  a  rental  of  eighteen  dollars  ($18)  per  month  ;  Mrs.  Annie  C.  Stapleton, 

lessor. 

3.  Premises  on  the  northeast  corner  of  East  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  street  and  College 
avenue  and  seven  lots  on  the  north  side  of  College  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term  of 
one  year  from  May  1,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,500),  payable 
quarterly  ;  the  Mott  Haven  Company,  lessors. 

4.  Plot  of  vacant  ground  containing  seven  city  lots— five  in  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fifth 
street  and  College  avenue  and  the  remaining  two  fronting  on  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fourth 
street,  west  of  College  avenue,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  February  10,  1901,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  seven  hundred  dollars  ($700),  payable  quarterly  ;  The  Mott  Haven  Company,  lessors. 

5.  Premises  on  the  south  side  of  East  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fifth  street  (Prospect  place), 
between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place  (now  Clay  avenue),  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  a  term 
of  one  year  from  May  1,  1901,  at  a  rental  of  thirty-five  dollars  ($35)  per  month,  with  the  privilege 
of  three  renewals  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  ;  J.  P.  Schmenger,  lessor. 

—  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it 
would  be  for  (he  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Henry  C.  Bauer,  for  the  Department  of  Highways,  of  Lots  Nos.  104.  to  109,  inclusive, 
described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  side  of  Lexington  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  distant 
249  feet  and  2  inches  westerly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  southwesterly 
side  of  Broadway  with  the  northerly  side  of  Lexington  avenue;  running  thence  northerly  and 
parallel  with  Patchen  avenue  ico  feet  ;  thence  westerly  and  parallel  with  Lexington  avenue  120 
feet  ;  thence  southerly  and  again  parallel  with  Patchen  avenue  ico  feet  to  the  northerly  side  of 
Lexington  avenue  ;  thence  westerly  and  along  the  northerly  side  of  Lexington  avenue  120  feet  to 
the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

— for  a  term  of  one  year  from  November  12,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred 
($500),  payable  semi-annually,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  and  on  the  usual  terms  and 
conditions  as  contained  in  similar  leases  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming 
the  said  rent  lair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease 
be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared 
by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 
Which  were  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  relative  to  the  improvement  of  the  water  front  on  the  East  river,  between  Wall  and 
Catharine  slips,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

November  e,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries,  in  communication  of  October  26.  1900,  incloses 
the  following  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Docks  on  that  date,  viz.: 


469 


[November  14,  1900. 


"  Resolved,  That  the  plan  submitted  by  the  Engineer-in-Chief  for  the  improvement  of  the 
"  water  front  on  the  East  river  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  between  Wall  and  Catharine  slips. 
"  be  and  hereby  is  approved,  and  directed  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
"  Fund  for  their  approval." 

I  have  examined  the  plans  and  consider  them  judicious  throughout.  I  have  no  adverse 
criticism  to  make  upon  them,  and  believe  they  may  properly  receive  the  approval  of  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  the  plan  sub- 
mitted by  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  for  the  improvement  of  the  water  front  on  the 
East  river,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  between  Wall  and  Catharine  slips,  as  adopted  by  the 
Board  of  Docks  on  October  26,  1900. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Police  Department  relative  to  the 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  151  Crosby  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  November  1,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sirs— At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day  the  following  proceedings  were  had  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  are  hereby  respectfully 
requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  renewal  of  lease  of  hist  loft  of  premises  Xo. 
151  Crosby  street  from  Lillian  N.  Dougherty,  Josephine  M.  Carney  and  Irene  O'Connor,  for  the 
purposes  of  storage,  by  the  Property  Clerk  of  the  Police  Department,  for  one  year  from  February 
I,  1901,  at  the  rate  of  ninety  dollars  per  month. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  H.  KIPP,  Chief  Clerk. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  ihe  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Lillian  M.  Dougherty,  Josephine  M.  Carney  and  Irene 
O'Connor,  of  the  first  loft  of  premises  No.  151  Crosby  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use 
of  the  Police  Department,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  February  1,  1901,  at  a  rental  ot  ninety 
dollars  ($90)  per  month,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  exist- 
ing lease  ;  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and 
that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 


Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


November  14,  1900.] 


470 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Buildings,  Light- 
ing and  Supplies,  relative  to  the  renewal  of  the  lease  of  space  between  Twenty-ninth  and 
Thirty-third  streets,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  storage  of  free  floating  baths  : 

New  York,  October  30,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Sinking  Fund, 
City  : 

Dear  Sir — The  lease  made  with  John  D.  Dai  ley,  of  Southern  Boulevard,  near  Third 
avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  on  January  18,  1900,  for  one  year,  for  the  space  located  between 
Twenty-ninth  and  Thirty-third  streets,  South  Brooklyn,  used  by  this  Department  for  the  storage 
of  the  fifteen  free  floating  baths,  expires  one  year  from  the  above  date,  and  I  respectfully  request 
that  the  same  be  renewed  on  the  same  terms. 

I  inclose,  herewith,  a  resolution  covering  the  conditions  of  the  lease  and  request  that  you 
will  have  it  adopted  by  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners. 

Very  truly  yours, 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  John  D.  Dailey,  of  space  located  between  Twenty-ninth  and  Thirty-third  streets, 
South  Brooklyn,  for  the  storage  of  fifteen  free  floating  baths,  for  a  term  not  exceeding  one  year 
from  the  date  of  occupation,  at  a  rental  of  eighty-five  cents  ($0.85)  per  day  for  each  bath  for  such 
time  as  the  space  may  be  needed  or  occupied  by  the  City,  payable  monthly  ;  and  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for 
the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by 
sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Buildings,  Light- 
ing and  Supplies,  relative  to  the  renewal  of  leases  of  rooms  in  the  Oriental  Bank  Building  and 
premises  at  No.  231  East  Seventy-ninth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

New  York,  October  29,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  and  Chairman,  Board  of  Com?nissioncrs  of  Sinking  Fund, 
City  : 

Dear  Sir — The  leases  of  premises  occupied  by  the  Department  as  Photometric  Stations  in 
East  Seventy-ninth  street  and  in  the  Oriental  Bank  Building  expire  on  December  31,  1900,  and 
your  Board  is  respectfully  requested  to  renew  these  leases  for  the  year  commencing  January  1, 
1 901. 

The  premises  occupied  in  the  Oriental  Bank  Building,  southwest  corner  of  Bowery  and 
Grand  street,  comprise  rooms  Nos.  10,  11  and  12,  on  the  third  floor  of  said  building;  the  rent 
is  $600  per  year,  payable  quarterly,  the  Oriental  Bank  is  the  owner. 


471 


[November  14,  1900. 


The  premises  occupied  by  the  Department  in  Seventy-ninth  street  consists  of  two  rooms  on 
the  easterly  side  of  the  first  floor  of  house  No.  231  East  Seventy-ninth  street  ;  the  rent  is  $360 
per  year,  payable  quarterly,  the  owner  is  Joseph  Stein. 

Yours  respectfully, 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  direc  ed  to  execute  renewals 
of  leases  to  the  City  of  the  following  described  premises  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Public 
Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  for  the  term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1901,  at  the  yearly 
rents  specified  in  each  case,  and  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  exist- 
ing leases : 

1.  Rooms  10,  11  and  12  in  the  Oriental  Lank  Building,  southwest  corner  of  Bowery  and 
Grand  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  ;  the  Oriental  Bank,  lessor  ;  rental  six  hundred  dollars 
($600)  per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 

2.  Ground  floor  of  premises  No.  231  East  Seventy-ninth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  ; 
Joseph  Stein,  lessor  ;  rental  three  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($360)  per  annum,  payable  quarterly  ; 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  relative  to  award  to  Charles  Hart  of  contract  for  alterations,  etc.,  to  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment  Armory,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

October  26,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir— The  Hon.  Thomas  L.  Feitner,  Secretary  of  the  Armory  Board,  in  a  communication  of 
October  25,  19CO,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  incloses  the  following  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Board  on  that  date,  together  with  the  bids  and  proposals  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  bids  of  Charles  Hart,  Fourth  avenue  and  Degraw  street,  Borough  of 
"  Brooklyn,"  for  alterations  and  improvements  to  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building,  in 
"  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  opened  at  the  meeting  of  the  Board  October  18,  1900,  and  amounting 
"  to  the  following  sums,  viz.  : 

"  For  materials  and  work  described  as  No.  I   $21,442  00 

"  "  "  No.  2   2,266  00 

No.  3   4,384  00 


;;  — be  accepted,  as  being  the  lowest  bids  for  said  work,  and  the  contracts  be  awarded  to  him, 
"  subject  to  the  concurrence  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  ;  that  the  Secretary  be 
"  directed  to  submit  these  bids  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  P'und  for  their  concurrence, 
"  and  to  the  Comptroller  for  his  approval  of  the  sureties  thereon,  and  when  so  approved  the 
"  Chairman  be  authorized  to  execute  the  contracts  on  behalf  of  this  Board." 

Proposals  were  invited  for  the  above  work  by  advertisement  in  the  City  Record,  and  for 
No.  1  two  bids  were  received,  ranging  from  $21,442  to  $34,973.  For  No.  2  only  one  bid  was 
received,  $2,266.    t  or  No.  3  three  bids  were  received,  ranging  from  $4,384  to  $7,734. 


November  14,  1900.] 


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The  award  was  made  to  the  lowest  bidder- 
Charles  Hart,  at  his  bid  for  No.  I   $21,442  00 

"                "          No.  2   2,266  00 

No.  3  ,   4,38400 

There  is  no  reason  why  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  should  not  concur  in  the 
action  of  the  Armory  Board. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  the  award  by 
the  Armory  Board  to  Charles  Hart  of  the  contracts  for  alterations  and  improvements  to  the  Four- 
teenth Regiment  Armory  building  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  amounting  to  the  following 
sums,  viz.  : 

For  materials  and  work  described  as  No.  I   $21,442  00 

2   2,266  00 

3   4,384  00 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Bridges  relative  to  three 
leases  of  land  at  City  Island,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

October  25,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller.  New  York  City  : 

Sir — I  transmit  herewith  communication  addressed  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund  requesting  that  leases  of  land  be  made  for  the  east  approach  for  the  bridge  between 
Pelham  Bay  Park  and  City  Island,  and  respectfully  ask  that  you  give  the  matter  your  attention 
at  an  early  date. 

Respectfully, 

JOHN  L.  SHEA,  Commissioner  of  Bridges. 

October  25,  io/x>. 

To  the  Honorable  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Gentlemen — In  the  matter  of  the  construction  of  bridge  between  Pelham  Bay  Park  and 
City  Island,  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  on  the  10th  instant  adopted  a  resolution  selecting 
the  land  and  premises  for  the  east  or  City  Island  approach  of  said  bridge  and  directed  the 
Counsel  to  the  Corporation  to  take  proceedings  for  the  acquisition  of  the  same. 

The  contractor  is  now  progressing  toward  the  completion  of  said  bridge  and  its  approaches, 
and  it  will  be  necessary  that  he  enter  upon  part  of  the  lands  to  be  used  for  said  approach  before 
the  time  limited  in  the  resolution  vesting  title,  to  wit.  :  four  months  after  the  filing  of  the  oaths 
of  the  Commissioners  of  Estimate  who  may  be  appointed  by  the  Supreme  Court  in  proceedings  to 
acquire  title  to  said  lands  and  premises.  In  order  to  facilitate  the  progress  of  such  work  leases  of 
that  part  of  the  land  required  for  said  approach  as  shown  on  sketch  and  technical  description 
herewith  transmitted  is  necessary,  the  owners  thereof  declining  to  permit  entry  thereon  unless 
such  lease  is  made. 

The  value  of  the  premises  as  assessed  for  taxation  is,  Lot  605,  owner,  Urban  May,  $116.  A 
reasonable  rental  value  of  this  is  about  $5  per  month.    LotsNos.  606,  607  and  part  of  608,  colored 


473 


|  November  14,  1900. 


blue,  owner,  William  R.  Fordham,  assessed  value,  $308.60,  rental  value  about  Sio  per  month. 
Part  of  Lot  No.  608  and  Lot  No.  31,  owner,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Fordham,  wife  of  William  R.  Fordham, 
assessed  value,  $587,  rental  value  about  $15  per  month. 

I  am  advised  by  the  contractor  that  he  would  like  to  enter  upon  part  of  these  premises 
immediately.  I  therefore  request  that  leases  of  said  premises  be  made  for  a  term  ending  four 
months  after  the  date  of  filing  the  oaths  of  the  Commissioners  of  Estimate  to  be  appointed  by  the 
Supreme  Court  in  proceedings  to  acquire  title  to  said  lands,  said  leases  to  be  dated  November  1, 
1900. 

Respectfully, 

JOHN  L.  SHEA,  Commissioner  of  Bridges. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

October  29,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  John  L.  Shea,  Commissioner  of  Bridges,  in  communication  under  date  of  October 
28,  1900,  requests  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute 
a  lease  of  certain  premises  on  City  Island,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  and  more  particularly  described 
below,  from  November  I,  1900,  until  such  time  as  the  title  to  the  said  premises  shall  vest  in 
the  City. 

In  order  to  proceed  with  the  construction  of  the  approach  to  the  City  Island  Bridge,  which 
bridge  is  now  nearly  completed,  it  will  be  necessary  that  the  Contractor  be  allowed  to  go  on  the 
lands  in  question,  and,  in  order  that  there  may  be  no  delay,  I  deem  it  advisable  that  the  City 
should  enter  into  leases  of  these  premises,  as  follows  : 

Lease  No.  1.   Owner,  Urban  May  ;  Rental,  $5  per  Month. 

All  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  at  City  Island,  in  the 
Town  of  Pelham,  County  of  Westchester  and  State  of  New  York,  laid  down  on  a  certain  map  of 
property  of  Elizabeth  R.  B.  King,  City  Island,  surveyed  and  laid  out  by  S.  J.  McCormick,  Civil 
Engineer,  June  21,  1875,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  said  County  of  Westchester 
September  3,  1875,  as  ^aP  No.  651,  and  known  and  distinguished  on  said  map  as  Lot  No.  605. 

No.  2.  William  R.  Fordham,  Owner;  Rental,  $10 per  Month. 

All  those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situate,  lying  and  being  at  City  Island,  in  the 
Town  of  Pelham,  County  of  Westchester  and  State  of  New  Yoik,  laid  down  on  a  certain  map  of 
property  of  Elizibelh  R.  B.  King,  City  Island,  surveyed  and  laid  out  by  S.  J.  McCormick,  Civil 
Engineer,  June  21,  1875,  an<^  filed  hi  the  office  of  the  Register  of  said  County  of  Westchester  Sep 
tember  3,  1875,  as  Map  No.  651,  and  known  and  distinguished  on  said  map  as  Lots  Nos.  606  (six 
hundred  and  six)  and  607  (six  hundred  and  seven),  situated  on  Eastchester  bay  and  the  west  side  of 
Main  street. 

Also  all  that  portion  of  lot  numbered  6c8  (six  hundred  and  eight)  as  laid  down  on  the  aforesaid 
map,  bounded  and  described  as  follows,  viz.  :  Beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Lot  No.  608  and 
adjoining  the  southwest  comer  of  lot  No.  607  and  high-water  mark,  and  running  thence  southerly 
ten  (10)  feet  along  said  high-water  mark;  thence  easterly  and  parallel  with  the  south  line  of  Lot  No. 
607  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  wesfsideof  Main  street  ;  thence  northerly  along  Main  street  ten  (10) 
feet  to  the  southeast  corner  of  Lot  No.  607  ;  thence  westerly  along  the  south  line  of  Lot  No.  607 
twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning. 


November  14,  1900.] 


474 


No.  3.  Owner,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Fordham,  Wife  of  William  R.  Fordham  ;  Rental,  $15 per  Month. 

All  that  portion  of  Lot  No.  608  (six  hundred  and  eight)  as  laid  down  on  a  certain  map  of 
property  of  Elizabeth  R.  B.  King,  City  Island,  surveyed  and  laid  out  by  S.  J.  McCormick,  Civil 
Engineer,  June  21,  1875,  and  filed  in  the  office  ot  the  Register  of  the  County  of  Westchester 
September  3,  1875,  as  Map  No.  651,  bounded  and  described  as  follows,  viz.  :  Beginning  at  the 
intersection  of  high-water  mark  of  Eastchester  Bay  and  the  south  line  of  the  lands  of  William  R. 
Fordham  ;  thence  easterly  along  and  adjoining  said  land  of  William  R.  Fordham  twenty-five 
(25)  feet  to  the  west  line  of  Main  street  ;  thence  southerly  along  the  west  line  of  Main  street 
fifteen  (15)  feet  ;  thence  westerly  along  and  adjoining  the  north  line  of  lot  commonly  known  and 
designated  on  the  Tax  Maps  as  Lot  No.  31  eighteen  (18)  feet  to  the  high-water  mark  of  East- 
chester Bay  ;  thence  northerly  along  said  high-water  mark  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Also  all  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  at  City  Island,  in  the  Twenty-fourth  Ward  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  situate  and  lying  between  the  high-water  mark  of  Eastchester  Bay  and 
the  west  line  of  Main  street,  and  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  south  line  of  Lot  No.  60S,  as  laid 
down  on  a  certain  map  of  property  of  Elizabeth  R.  B.  King,  City  Island,  surveyed  and  laid 
out  by  S.J.  McCormick,  Civil  Engineer,  June  21,  1875,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of 
the  County  of  Westchester  September  3,  1875,  as  Map  No.  6*5 1>  and  on  the  south  by  the  north  line 
of  the  land  of  Jane  Young,  such  parcel  being  known  and  designated  on  the  Tax  Maps  as  Lot 
No.  31. 

The  rentals  asked  I  consider  full,  but  not  excessive,  in  view  of  the  necessity  of  the  City  enter- 
ing into  possession  of  the  same  at  once. 

Respectfully,  , 
EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Urban  May,  of  property  at  City  Island,  for  the  Department  of  Bridges,  described  as 
follows  : 

All  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  at  City  Island,  in  the  Town 
of  Pelham,  County  of  Westchester  and  State  of  New  York,  laid  down  on  a  certain  map  of  property 
of  Elizabeth  R.  B.  King,  City  Island,  surveyed  and  laii  out  by  S.  J.  McCormick,  Civil  Engineer, 
June  21,  1875,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  said  County  of  Westchester  September  3, 
1875,  as  Map  No.  651,  and  known  and  distinguished  on  said  map  as  Lot  No.  605,  for  a  term  from 
November.  I,  1900,  until  such  time  as  the  title  to  the  said  premises  shall  vest  in  the  City,  at  a  rental 
of  five  dollars  ($5)  per  month  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  deeming  the  said  rent 
fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the 
Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  Approved 
by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Fordham,  wife  of  William  R.  Fordham,  of  property  at  City  Island,  for 
the  use  ol  the  Department  of  Bridges,  described  as  follows  : 

All  that  portion  of  Lot  No.  608  (six  hundred  and  eight)  as  laid  dofvn  on  a  certain  map  of 
property  of  Elizabeth  R.  B.  King,  City  Island,  surveyed  and  laid  out  by  S.  J.  McCormick,  Civil 
Engineer,  June  21,  1875,  and  filed  in  the  office  oi  the  Register  of  the  County  of  Westchester  Sep- 
tember 3,  1875,  as  Map  No.  651,  bounded  and  described  as' follows,  viz.:  Beginning  at  the 
intersection  of  high-water  mark  of  Eastchester  Bay  and  the  south  line  of  the  lands  of  William  R. 


475  [November  14,  1900. 

Fordham  ;  thence  easterly  along  and  adjoining  said  land  ot  William  R.  Ford  ham  twenty-five  (25) 
feet  to  the  west  line  of  Main  street  ;  thence  southerly  along  the  west  line  of  Main  street  fifteen  (15) 
feet  ;  thence  westerly  along  and  .adjoining  the  north  line  of  lot  commonly  known  and  designated 
on  the  Tax  Maps  as  Lot  No.  31  eighteen  (18)  feet  to  the  high-water  mark  of  Eastchester  Bay  ; 
thence  northerly  along  said  high-water  mark  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Also  all  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  at  City  Island,  in  the  Twenty-fourth  Ward  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  situate  and  lying  between  the  high-water  mark  of  Eastchester  Bay  and  the 
west  line  of  Main  street,  and  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  south  line  of  Lot  No.  608,  as  laid  down 
on  a  certain  map  of  property  of  Elizabeth  R.  B.  King,  City  Island,  surveyed  and  laid  out  by  S.  J. 
McCormick,  Civil  Engineer,  June  21,  1875,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  the  County  of 
Westchester  September  3,  1875,  as  Map  No.  651,  and  on  the  south  by  the  north  line  of  the  land 
of  Jane  Young,  such  parcel  being  known  and  designated  on  the  Tax  Maps  as  Lot  No.  31,  for  a 
term  from  November  I,  19CO,  until  such  lime  as  the  title  to  the  said  premises  shall  vest  in  the  City, 
at  a  rental  of  fifteen  dollars  ($15)  per  month  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  deeming 
the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease 
be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same,  when  prepared 
and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New 
York  Charter. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to 
the  City,  from  William  R.  Fordham,  of  property  at  City  Island,  for  the  use  of  the  Department 
of  Bridges,  described  as  follows  : 

All  those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  at  City  Island,  in 
the  Town  of  Pelham,  County  ol  Westchester  and  State  of  New  York,  laid  down  on  a  certain 
map  of  property  of  Elizabeth  R.  B.  King,  City  Island,  surveyed  and  laid  out  by  S.  J.  McCor- 
mick, Civil  Engineer,  June  21,  1875,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  said  County  of 
Westchester  September  3,  1875,  as  Map  No.  651,  and  known  and  distinguished  on  said  map  as 
Lots  Nos.  606  (six  hundred  and  six),  and  607  (six  hundred  and  seven),  situated  on  Eastchester  Bay 
and  on  the  west  side  of  Main  street. 

Also  all  that  portion  of  Lot  No.  608  (six  hundred  and  eight)  as  laid  down  on  the  aforesaid 
map  bounded  and  described  as  follows,  viz.  :  Beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Lot  No.  608, 
and  adjoining  the  southwest  corner  of  Lot  No.  637  and  high-water  mark,  and  running  thence 
southerly  ten  (10)  feet  along  said  high-water  mark  ;  thence  easterly  and  parallel  with  the  south 
line  of  Lot  No.  607  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  west  side  of  Main  street  ;  thence  northerly  along 
Main  street  ten  (10)  feet  to  the  southeast  corner  of  Lot  No.  607  ;  thence  westerly  along  the  south 
line  of  Lot  No.  607  twenty-five  (25)  feet  to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning,  for  a  term  from 
November  1,  19CO,  until  such  time  as  the  title  to  the  said  premises  shall  vest  in  the  City,  at  a 
rental  of  ten  dollars  ($10)  per  month  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  deeming 
the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such 
lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same,  when 
prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolutions  unanimously  adopted. 


November  14,  1900.] 


476 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  relative  to  bonds  sold  October  15,  1900  : 

November  9,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen  — Sealed  proposals  were  received  by  the  Comptroller,  at  his  office,  on  October  15, 
1900,  after  clue  advertisement,  in  pursuance  of  law,  for  $4,500,000  of  three  and  one-half  per  cent. 
Registered  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  exempt  from  taxation  (as  hereinafter  more 
particularly  described),  principal  and  interest  payable  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  of  the  present  standard  of  weight  and  fineness. 


Description  of  Stock. 


Amount. 

Title. 

Authority. 

Principal 
Payable. 

Interest 
Payable 
Semi-Annually 
on 

$1,900,000  00 

6000,00  00 
750,000  00 

250,000  bo 
1,000,000  00 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  of  N  ew  York,  for 
School  -  houses  and 
Sites  therefor,  in  the" 
boroughs  of  Manhat- 
tan and  The  Bronx. . . 

Sections  48  and  169  of  chapter  378  of 
the  Laws  of  i8q7  ;  resolution  of 
the    Board    of    Estimate  and 
Apportionment  of  The  City  of 
New  Yoik  adopted  February  1, 
1900,  and  resolution  of  the  Mu- 
nicipal Assembly  approved  by 

Nov.  1,  1940 

Nov.  1,  1940 
Nov.  t,  1940 

Nov.  1,  1940 
Oct.  1,  1920 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 
May  1  and  Nov.  1 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 
Apr.  1  and  Oct.  1 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  oi  New  York,  for 
School  -  houses    and  ■ 
Sites  therefor,  in  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

1 

Sections  48  and  169  of  chapter  378 
ol  the  Laws  of  1897  ;  resolution  of 
the  BoarH  of  Estimate  and  Ap- 
portionment of  The  City  of  New 
York  adopted  February  1,  1900, 
and  resolution  of  the  Municipal 
Assembly  approved  by  the  Mayor 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
Citv  of  Mew  York  for 
the"  Uses  and  Pur- 
poses of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Docks  and 

Sections  169  and  180  of  chapter  378 
of  the  Laws  of  1897,  and  resolu- 
tion of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New 
York  adopted  August  8,  1900  

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  ol  New  York,  for 
the  U  ses  and  Purposes - 
of  the  Department  of 
Docks  and  Ferries. . . 

r 

I 

Chapter  246  of  the  Laws  of  1896,  as 
amended  by  chapter  668  of  the 
Laws  of  1897  ;  sections  169  and 
180  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of 
1897,  and  resolution  of  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  of 
The  City  of  New  York  adopted 
July  13,  1899  

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
(Jity  of  NewYork,  for-! 
the  New  Aqueduct. . 

Chapter  490  of  the  Laws  of  1883  ; 
sections  169  and  170  of  chapter  378 
of  the  Laws  of  1897,  and  resolu- 
tion of  the  Aqueduct  Commission 
of   The  City    of    New  York 

The  above-described  stock  is  free  and  exempt  from  all  taxation  in  the  State  of  New  York,  except  for  State 
purposes,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  169  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 


The  principal  of  and  interest  on  said  stock  are  payable  in  gotd  coin  of,  the  United  States  of  America,  of  the 
Present  standard  of  weight  and  fineness,  pursuant  to  a  resolution  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
adopted  fzene  9,  1898. 


477 


[November  14,  1900. 


Proposals  Received. 


Bidder. 


Amount  of 
Deposit. 


J.&  W.  Seligman  &  Co..., 


Dutchess  Insurance  Company 


Vermilye  &  Co.,  and  Harvey) 
Fisk  &  Sons  / 

Kuhn,  Loeb  &  Co  

The  Washington  Trust  Company, 

E.D.Shepard  &  Co  ,  

Franklin  Trust  Company  

The  People's  Trust  Company  

Farson,  Leach  &  Co  

Blake  Brothers  &  Co.  and  R. } 
L.  Day  &  Co  J 


Knickerbocker  Trust  Company 

Hamilton  Trust  Company  

:  Manufa 
Company. 


The     Manufacturers      Trust  ^ 


$50,000  co-{ 

I 

I 

8co  00 

r 

90,000  00  ■{ 

90,000  00 
6,000  00 

30,0^0  00 

10,000  CO* 


20,000  00 
90,000  00 


50,000  00  ■{ 


Class  of  Corporate  Stock. 


Any  stock  maturing  October  i,  1920. 


For  New  Aqueduct,  maturing  in  1920 
Bonds  maturing  November  1,  1940. .  . 


Bonds  maturing  in  1920. 
All  or  none  


Or  any   stock   maturing  October  1 
1920,  at  $106.70. 

Any  stock  maturing  November  r,  1940 
Or   any   stock   maturing   October  1 
1920,  at  $105.05. 

Any  stock  maturing  November  1,  1940 


500  00 


For  whole  issue  

Any  stock  maturing  in  1940  

Or  any  stock  maturing  in  1920,  at 
$106.27. 

Any  stock  maturing  in  1940  

Or  any  stock  maturing  in   1920.  at 
$ro6.o7. 

Any  stock  maturing  in  1940  

Or  any  stock  maturing  in   1920,  at 
$105.87. 

Any  stock  maturing  in  1940  

Any  stock  maturing  November  1,  1940 
Or  any  stock  maturing  October  1 
1920,  at  $106,395. 

For  School-houses  and  Sites,  matur-  I 
ing  November  1,  1940  ( 

Stock  manuring  November  1,  1940 

Total  , 


Amount. 

Price 
Per 

$100. 

i  1,000,000  00 

$105.95 

>        500,000  00 

109.15 

500,000  00 

108.85 

500,000  00 

108.65 

40,000  CO 

107.10 

2, COO, OOO  OO 

109.777 

500,000  OO 

io9-5r7 

500,000  OO 

109.377 

500,000  OO 

109.177 

1,000,000  OO 

106.077 

4,500,000  00 

108.96 

300,000  OO 

110.36 

1,500,000  CO 

108.03 

)           100,000  OO 

110.37 

100,000  OO 

no.  12 

100,000  OO 

109.88 

100,000  CO 

109. 63 

IOO,COO  OO 

109.38 

1,000,000  OO 

109.18 

4, 500, coo  00 

109.187 

500,000  OO 

109.42 

500,000  CO 

109 .17 

500,000  OO 

109.03 

500,000  OO 

108.78 

500,000  00 

108.57 

1,000,000  CO 

109.871 

100,000  OO 

109.13 

25,000  00  1 

108.652 

$22,965,000  OO 


November  14,  1900.  J  478 


The  following  bid  was  accepted  : 


Bidder. 

A  MOUNT. 

Price 

PER 
$100. 

Farson, 

Leach  i 

bor  School-houses  and  Sites  therefor  in  the  borO 
oughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  payable  > 

$1,900,000  OO 

$109,187 

Farson, 

Leach  6 

i  Co  

For  School-houses  and  Sites  therefor  in  the  Bor-) 
ough  of  Brooklyn,  payable  November  i,  1940.  . .  / 

6co  000  00 

IO9  187 

Farson, 

Leach  & 

i  Co  

For  the  Uses  and  Purposes  of  the  Department  of) 
Docks  and  Ferries,  payable  November  1,  1940..) 

750,000  00 

IO9.187 

Farson, 

Leach  & 

For  the  Uses  and  Purposes  of  the  Department  of) 
Docks  and  Ferries,  payable  November  1,  1940. .  j 

250,000  00 

IO9.187 

Farson, 

Leach  <S 

i  Co   

For  the  New  Aqueduct,  payable  October  r,  1920.... 

1,000,000  00 

IO9.187 

$4,500,000  00 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  at  No.  215  East  Forty-seventh  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  November  7,  1900. 
Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Conwiissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater 
New  York  Charter,  for  a  lease  from  John  Michels  of  the  store  and  basement  of  the  premises  No. 
215  East  Forty-seventh  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  use  of  this  Department  from 
December  I,  1900,  to  May  1,  1903,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $420,  payable  quarterly  ;  the  lessor  to 
put  and  keep  the  premises  in  first-class  repair  and  to  pay  for  the  Croton  water  used  in  the  prem- 
ises during  the  term  of  the  lease. 

The  store  is  22  feet  wide  by  50  feet  deep  and  the  basement  is  89  feet  deep  and  of  the  same 
width  as  the  store. 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

November  io,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — Hon.  P.  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  a  communication  dated  Novem- 
ber 7,  1900,  requests  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  pursuant 
to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  for  a  lease  from  John  Michels  of  the  store  and 
basement  of  the  premises,  No. 215  East  Forty-seventh  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  forthe 
use  of  the  Department  from  December  I,  1900,  to  May  1,  1903,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $420, 
payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  put  and  keep  the  premises  in  'first-class  repair  and  to  pay  for  the 
Croton  water  used  on  the  premises  during  the  term  of  the  lease. 


479  [November  14,  1900. 

.1  am  informed  by  the  Department  that  the  lease  of  this  store  is  to  provide  for  a  new  section 
station  on  the  east  side  of  the  city,  as  at  present  there  is  no  station  between  Fortieth  and  Fifty- 
sixth  streets.  I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  consist  of  the  store 
floor  and  cellar  of  a  four-story  brick  building,  being  27  feet  7  inches  in  front  and  18  feet  in  rear 
by  50  feet  in  depth,  with  a  frame  extension  in  the  rear.  The  cellar  extends  under  the  extension 
but  could  only  be  used  for  storage  ot  coal  and  wood,  as  it  is  not  concreted.  The  owner 
agrees  to  make  repairs  in  order  to  put  the  premises  in  first-class  tenantable  condition,  as  follows  : 
Repairs  to  all  interior  woodwork,  including  floors  and  wainscots,  including  painting  of  the 
same. 

To  replace  all  old  plumbing  by  modern  plumbing  and  to  install  in  the  store  new  wash-basin 
or  sink  at  the  option  of  the  Department. 

Walls  and  ceilings  to  be  repapered  and  the  woodwork  on  the  outside  of  the  store  to  be 
repainted. 

Under  the  conditions  as  named,  I  believe  the  rental  asked,  viz.,  $420  per  annum,  for  a  term 
from  December  1,  1900,  to  May  1,  1903,  to  be  full  but  not  excessive. 

The  lease  should  be  drawn  with  the  "Estate  of  William  Michels,  by  John  Michels, 
Executor." 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  the  estate  of  William 
Michels,  by  John  Michels,  Executor,  of  the  store  and  basement  of  premises  No.  215  East  Forty- 
seventh  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  from  December  I,  1900  to  May  1,  1903,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  four  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  ($420),  payable  quarterly  ;  the  lessor  to  pay  for 
the  Croton  water  used  on  the  premises  during  the  term  of  the  lease,  and  make  the  following  repair- 1 
Repair  all  interior  woodwork,  including  floors  and  wainscots  and  paint  the  same  ;  replace  all  old 
plumbing  by  modern  plumbing  and  install  in  the  store  new  wash-basin  or  sink  at  the  option  of  the 
Department  ;  repaper  the  walls  and  ceilings  and  repaint  the  woodwork  on  the  outside  front  of  the 
store  ;  also,  to  keep  the  premises  in  first-class  repair  during  the  term  of  the  lease— the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the 
interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  ratify  and  affirm  appraisement,  etc.,  for 
the  interests  of  the  City  in  a  certain  portion  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interests 
of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  and  to  that  portion  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek, 
which  is  bounded  and  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southeasterly  line  of  Havemeyer  street,  distant  about  fifty-five 
feet  northeasterly  from  the  corner  formed  by  the  intersection  of  the  said  southeasterly  line  of 
Havemeyer  street  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  North  Eighth  street  ;  and  running  thence  in  a 


November  14,  1900.] 


480 


general  southeasterly  direction  along  the  centre  line  of  the  former  Bushwick  creek,  forty-four 
feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  northwesterly  line  of  Lot  26,  as  shown  on  the  map  of  one  hundred  and  two 
lots  of  ground,  in  the  Fourteenth  Ward  of  Brooklyn,  Eastern  District,  and  belonging  to  Mary  E. 
Coit,  and  annexed  to  the  deed  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  Kings  County,  in  Liber 
581  of  Conveyances,  page  388  ;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  northwesterly  line  of  said  Lot  26 
four  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  northeasterly  line  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick 
creek  ;  thence  southeasterly,  southerly  and  southwesterly  along  the  easterly  line  of  the 
former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  to  the  northerly  line  of  North  Eighth  street  ; 
thence  northwesterly  along  the  northerly  line  of  North  Eighth  street,  eight  feet,  more  or 
less,  to  the  westerly  line  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek  ;  thence  northeasterly, 
northerly  and  northwesterly  along  the  westerly  line  of  the  former  bed  of  the  old  Bushwick  creek 
to  the  northeasterly  line  of  Havemeyer  street  ;  and  thence  northeasterly  four  feet,  more  or  less, 
to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning  ; 

— at  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-three  dollars  and  seventy-two  cents  ($163.72),  the  pur- 
chaser to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($75)  for  the  expenses  of  examination, 
advertisement,  etc.,  as  made  by  resolution  of  this  Board  adopted  October  26,  1900,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  a  refund  of 
$6,643.77  to  Robert  G.Dun,  being  an  overpayment  for  street  vault  permit  : 

November  9,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Herewith  is  submitted  the  claim  of  Robert  G.  Dun  for  $6,643.77,  amount  overpaid  in 
error  November  II,  1896,  for  street  vault  under  Broadway,  Reade  street  and  Manhattan  alley,  in 
front  of  building  northeast  corner  of  Broadway  and  Reade  street.  In  opinions  rendered  by  the 
Corporation  Counsel  in  similar  cases,  June  9  and  August  17,  1898,  the  charge  was  illegal.  With 
copies  of  said  opinions  are  submitted  the  examination  of  Mr.  Dun  by  the  Corporation  Counsel, 
the  report  of  Mr.  McLean,  Engineer  of  this  Department,  and  letter  of  Commissioner  of  High- 
ways approving  of  same. 

The  amount  paid  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the 
Redemption  of  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

T.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  Robert  G.  Dun  for  the  sum  of  six  thousand  six  hundred  and  forty- 
three  dollars  and  seventy-seven  cents  ($6,643.77),  refunding  him  this  amount  overpaid  In  error 
November  II,  1896,  for  street  vault  in  front  of  premises  northeast  corner  Broadway  and  Reade 
street. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


481 


[November  14,  1900. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  a  refund  of 
$613.32  to  Joseph  Milbank,  being  an  overpayment  for  street  vault  permit  : 

November  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Dear  Sir — Joseph  Milbank  respeetfully  applies  for  the  refund  of  six  hundred  and  thirteen 
dollars  and  thirty-two  cents,  overpaid  in  error  for  permit  to  construct  street  vault  in  front  of 
premises  Nos.  5  and  7  East  Forty-second  street.  With  the  application  is  an  affidavit  of  Mr.  Milbank, 
the  certificate  of  a  City  Surveyor,  and  a  certificate  of  Superintendent  of  Street  Openings,  Paving 
and  Repairing,  approved  by  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

The  amount,  paid  July  10,  1900,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  Joseph  Milbank  for  the  sum  of  six  hundred  and  thirteen  dollars  and 
thirty-two  cents  ($613.32)  refunding  him  this  amount  overpaid  in  error  for  permit  to  build  street 
vault  in  front  of  premises  Nos.  5  and  7  East  Forty-second  street. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable  to 
the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

November  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler.  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Courts  I 
General  Sessions  and  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  October,  1900,  viz.: 


Court  oj  General  Sessions. 
October  24.  Peter  Peterson   $500  00 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division. 

October    2.  Joseph  Wrestab   $10  co 

2.  Jacob  Mayer   50  00 

"        4.  Cornelius  Buckley   75  00 

"        4.  Charles  Monaco   50  00 

9.  Frederick  Niemeyer   50  00 

9.  Charles  Troia   50  00 

9.  Peter  Weber   50  00 

"       11.  Louis  Holzman   50  00 

"       30.  Leonhard  Grein   50  00 

"       30.  Yik  Bing   15  00 

  450  00 

Total   $950  00 


The  returns  of  the  courts  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the 
New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children,  pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122, 
Laws  of  1876.    Said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  society. 


November  14,  1900.] 


482 


The  total  amount,  as  above,  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children  for  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($950),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for 
cruelty  to  children  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Courts  of  General  Sessions  and  Special  Sessions, 
First  Division,  in  the  month  of  October,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society  pursuant  to  sec- 
tion 5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable  to 
the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  : 

November  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — October  22,  1900,  in  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
Peter  Grexer  was  fined  twenty  dollars  ($20)  for  assault  in  the  third  degree.  The  Clerk  of  the  Court 
certifies  that  the  case  was  prosecuted  by  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children,  in  accordance  with  section  293  of  the  Penal  Code. 

Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876,  the  amount  of  said  fines  is  payable  to  the 
said  society. 

The  amount  of  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for 
the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Brooklyn  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children  for  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  ($20),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to  children 
imposed  upon  and  collected  from  Peter  Grexer  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Second  Division, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn,  in  the  month  of  October,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to 
section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable 
to  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

November  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  animals  were  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  month  of  October,  1900,  viz.  : 


483 


[November  14,  1900. 


First  Division. 

Oct.     4.  Robert  Harris,  paid  Warden  City  Prison   $25  00 

"       8.  Benjamin  Golden   25  00 

10.  Thomas  Fair   25  00 

"     10.  Charles  Norton   25  co 

10.  Benjamin  Adler   35  00 

44     10.  William  Hallahan   25  00 

l*     24.  Page  Gough   25  00 

"     24.  Guiseppe  Maquia     25  00 

"     24.  Francesco  Cerasole   25  00 

"     24.  Edward  Ten  Broeck   35  00 

"     24.  Jacob  Schaffer  f.  25  00 

"     24.  Philip  Kolle   20  00 

"     24.  William  Neagle   10  00 

"     24.  Kalman  Feinstein   25  00 

"     24.  Herman  Hyman   10  00 

24.  John  Irwin,  paid  Warden  City  Prison   25  00 

"     31.  Myer  Orlasky     15  00 

"     31.  John  Goggin   25  00 

  $425  00 

Second  Division. 

Oct.     3.  Thomas  Connor,  Brooklyn   $10  00 

"     12.  Charles  Heitz,  Brooklyn   50  00 

"     12.  Henry  Douglas,  Brooklyn   10  00 

"     12.  John  Cunning,  Brooklyn   25  00 

"     26.  David  Simon,  Brooklyn   15  00 

"     26.  Louis  Rickers,  Paid  Sheriff,  Kings  County   25  00 

25.  Henry  Muller,  Richmond   10  00 

  145  00 

Total   $570  00 


— making  a  total  of  $570  collected  and  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888,  the  amount  of  these  fines  is  payable  to  the 
American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals 
for  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  seventy  dollars  ($570),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to 
animals  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions, 
during  the  month  ot  October,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  society,  pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter 
490,  Laws  of  1888. 


Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


November  14,  1900.] 


484 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable  to 
the  New  York  Medical  Society  : 

November  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  illegally  practicing  medicine  were  imposed  and  collected  by 
Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  October,  1900,  viz.  : 


Oct.  10.  Albina  Bergonzi   $150  00 

"  22.  William  J.  Burns   5000 

"  22.  Nathan  Vasa   50  00 

Total   $250  00 


The  cases  were  each  prosecuted  by  the  New  York  Medical  Society,  which  society  is  entitled 
to  the  amount  of  said  fines  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

The  amount  of  fines  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  Irom  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  . 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  for  the  sum 
of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($250),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for  violations  of  Medical  Law 
imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  October, 
1900,  and  payable  to  said  society  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable 
to  the  Health  Department  Pension  Fund  : 

November  12,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — The  trustees  of  the  Health  Department  Pension  Fund  ask  for  the  payment  to  the  said 
fund  of  amount  of  fines  for  violation  of  the  Sanitary  Code  imposed  and  collected  in  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  Brooklyn,  and  in  City  Magistrate's  Court,  Second 
District,  Borough  of  Richmond,  January  to  September,  1900,  inclusive,  as  per  statement  attached. 

The  returns  of  court  show  that  the  cases  were  prosecuted  by  officers  of  the  Health  Depart- 


ment.   The  amount  collected  viz.  : 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Manhattan   $3*845  oo 

Court  of  Special  Sessions,  Brooklyn   325  00 

City  Magistrate's  Court,  Second  District,  Borough  of  Richmond   2  00 

Total   $4,172  00 


— has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the 
Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

The  amount  of  said  fines  is  payable  to  the  said  pension  fund,  pursuant  to  chapter  555, 
Laws  1894. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


485  [November  14,  1900. 

New  York,  November  2,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  City  of  New  York: 

Sir — Inclosed  herewith  please  find  statement  of  fines  and  penalties  for  violations  of  the 
Sanitary  Code  or  health  laws  in  The  City  of  New  York  imposed  by  the  various  courts  in  the 
boroughs  designated  : 


Manhattan   $3,845  00 

Brooklyn   345  00 

Richmond     2  00 


Total   $4,192  00 


A  check  in  settlement  to  the  order  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Health  Department  Pension  Fund 
at  your  convenience  will  be  promptly  acknowledged. 

Very  respectfully, 

WM.  T.  JENKINS,  Secretary. 

Health  Department  Pension  Fund. 

Statement  of  Moneys  Collected  from  Fines  and  Penalties  for  Violations  of  the  Sanitary 
Code  or  Health  Laws  in  The  City  of  New  York,  and  Payable  to  the  Health  Depart- 
ment Pension  Fund,  Pursuant  to  Chapter  555,  Laws  of  1894. 


Date. 

Department 

No. 

Name. 

Court. 

Amount. 

1900. 

Borough  0/  Manhattan. 

Jan.  8 

1678 

Special  Sessions. . . 

$35  00 

8 

1679 

25  00 

8 

1680 

50  00 

8 

1681 

25  00 

"  11 

1676 

General  Sessions. . . 

25  00 

44  11 

1677 

25  00 

"  22 

1682 

Special  Sessions... 

15  00 

22 

1683 

25  00 

44  22 

1684 

10  00 

44  22 

1685 

25  00 

44  22 

1686 

25  00 

44  22 

1687 

100  00 

44  22 

1688 

150  00 

44  22 

1689 

25  00 

Feb.  5 

1690 

25  00 

5 

1691 

25  00 

5 

1692 

25  00 

5 

1693 

35  °° 

November  14,  1900.] 


486 


Date. 


Department 
No. 


1900. 
Feb.  s 

1694 

5 

1695 

"  5 

1696 

5 

1697 

5 

1698 

1699 

"     •  5 

1700 

"  5 

1 701 

5 

1702 

5 

'703 

5 

1704 

"  5 

1705 

5 

1706 

5 

1707 

5 

1708 

5 

1709 

5 

1710 

5 

1711 

"  5 

1712 

*9 

1714 

"  *9 

1715 

"  *9 

1716 

"  *9 

1717 

"  19 

I?I8 

"  *9 

1719 

"  19 

1720 

Mar.  2 

1721 

5 

1722 

5 

1723 

5 

1724 

5 

1725 

5 

1726 

5 

1727 

5 

1728 

5 

1729 

5 

1730 

5 

1731 

5 

1732 

Name. 


Emmett  R.  Stoddard.. 

David  Enoch  

Julius  SchafTer  

Laura  Reiss  

Julius  Metzger  

Herman  Rohl  

Gottlieb  C.  Zeeb  

Liugi  Natali  

Liugi  Verdigi  

Charles  H.Cordes  

Louis  Marx  

Bennie  Feuer  , 

Saul  Engel  

Henry  Gansberg  

Vincent  Volence  

Elizabeth  Deighan  

Peter  W.  Helfst  

Timothy  Mihigan  

Israel  Herman  

Gustave  Hayo  

Annie  Hehn  , 

Antonio  Brescia  

Leonardo  Viofora  

Isidor  Weshler  

Anna  Hehn  

Gaetano  Rovitti  

Joseph  Angelo  

Max  Naidorf.  

Frederick  Schum acker. 
Diebrich  Weinberg.... 

James  Carey  

Bridget  Hannon  

Henry  Kuhlewind  

William  J.  Smith  

Meyer  Bloch  

Antonio  Violantc  

Joseph  Schor  

Solomon  Lighthold 


Court. 


Special  Sessions. 


Amount. 


$35  00 
15  00 
25  00 
15  00 
25  00 
50  CO 
25  00 
15  00 
10  00 
25  00 
25  00 
50  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
To  CO 
25  CO 

25  00 
25  00 
35  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
50  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 

IO  CO 

25  00 
35  00 
10  00 
35  00 
25  00 
50  00 
50  00 


4§7 


[November  14,  1900. 


Date. 


1900. 


Department 
No. 


Apr. 

16 

I733 

16 

1734 

16 

1735 

„ 

16 

I736 

m 

16 

I  737 

„ 

17 

1738 

N 

I739 

30 

I74O 

30 

I74I 

30 

I742 

30 

I743 

M  a  y 

14 

I744 

*4 

1745 

14 

I74C 

i  4 

17  (7 

M 

I4 

1748 

M 

*5 

'749 

,, 

15 

1750 

15 

1731 

12 

I752 

*5 

1704 

28 

1753 

28 

*754 

28 

1755 

28 

17^6 

28 

17:7 

M 

28 

i7=;8 

„ 

28 

I759 

M 

28 

1760 

28 

1 761 

June 

1762 

11 

1763 
1764 

11 

1765 

11 

1766 

IT 

1767 

II 

1768 

II 

1769 

Name. 


Francesco  Andrinzzi.. 

John  Windhorst  

Joshua  Levinsohn  ... 

Joe  Siegel  

Elias  Chevinsky  

Frederick  Kroner  

Ellen  Lyons  

Jacob  Connor   

Samuel  Horwitz  

Joseph  Zwickel  

Valentine  Giehsen  

Annie  Fallon  

Nellie  Bergen  

George  M.  Hollender  . 
Josephine  Homolka. . . 

Joseph  Reiss   

Francisco  Gilardi  

Vincenzo  Mario  

Guiseppe  Prewrzerano 

Antonio  Saltous  

James  A.  O'Connor.  . . 

Isaac  Goldman  

Louis  Erhardt  

Charles  H.Nolte  

Matilda  Silberstein  . . . 

Meyer  Klieman  

Francesco  Curbato  

Marcus  Schiff  

Wolf  Schonzeit  

Benjamin  Walwitz. . . . 

Israel  Arbiter  

Rosie  lsraelovitch  

Felix  Schauf  

Charles  H.  Sippel  

Charles  E.  Martens.  . . 

Max  Schliefstein  

Betty  Fliegel  

Jacob  Narzisenfeld. . . . 


Court. 


Amount. 


Special  Sessions 


City  Prison. .  .. 
Special  Sessions 


$15  00 
50  00 
25  00 
25  00 
50  00 
25  00 
10  00 
5  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
15  co 
25  00 
25  00 
15  00 
15  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 
5  00 
50  00 
50  00 
300  00 
10  00 
25  00 
25  00 
5  00 
25  00 
25  oo 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
50  00 
50  00 
10  00 
200  00 
100  00 


November  14,  1900.] 


488 


Department 
No. 


1770 
1771 
1772 

1773 
1774 
1775 
1776 
1777 
1778 

1779 
1780 
1781 
1816 
1817 
1818 
1819 
1820 
1821 
1822 
1823 
1824 
1825 
1826 
1827 
1828 
1829 
1830 
1831 
1832 
1833 


1812 

1786 
1787 
1788 
1789 


Name. 


Frederick  Hansen . .  . . 

Stefdno  Esposo  

Antonio  Mononi  

Louis  List  

Morris  Romana  

Thomas  Zimmerman.. 
Giovanni  Napolitano. , 

Vittorio  Caffaro  

Harry  Ratkin  

Bena  Wolinsky   

Sophie  Hepner  , 

Nathan  Bobner  

James  Rannona  

Frank  C.  Rack  

Andrew  Peters  

Frank  Corch  , 

Pasquale  Mallozzi  

Barnet  Rosenteld  

Giovanni  Calabresi.., 
Fritz  Finkenstadt. . . . 

Natale  Rappetti  

Bianco  Spirenzo  

William  J.  Roller.... 

George  Schurr  

John  Hollings  

Charles  Polonsky 
William  Schumacher. 

Annie  Wesoky  

Henry  Weber  

John  W.  Buck  


Court. 


Special  Sessions. 


Borough  of  Brooklyn. 
Henry  Eloosky  


Edwin  L.  Haynes. . 
Henry  Wichenskie. 
John  H.  Schwalk. . . 
Carman  Combs.... 


Amount. 


Special  Sessions 


$25  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 

10  CO 
10  00 
10  00 
25  00 
50  00 
10  00 
75  00 
25  co 
25  00 
50  00 

5  00 
25  00 
25  00 
15  00 
15  00 
25  00 
25  00 
50  00 
50  00 
15  00 
25  00 
35  co 
25  00 
25  00 

15  00 


$10  00 

10  00 
10  00 
25  00 
10  00 


489 


[November  14.  1900. 


Date. 

Department 
No. 

Name. 

Court. 

Amount. 

1900. 

Jan.  26 

j  790 

Special  Sessions... 

$10  00 

"  29 

1791 

10  00 

Feb.  9 

1792 

« 

IO  CO 

9 

1793 

<< 

10  00 

9 

!794 

" 

20  00 

Mar.  2 

1795 

10  00 

"  2 

1796 

10  00 

9 

1797 

10  00 

14 

1798 

10  00 

"  23 

1799 

50  00 

"  23 

1800 

« 

10  00 

Apr.  20 

1801 

10  00 

"  20 

1802 

" 

10  00 

"  20 

1803 

10  00 

"  20 

1804 

TO  OO 

"  20 

1805 

IO  OO 

"  20 

1806 

E.  Blendei  mann  

May  4 

IO  OO 

25 

.0.0 

I0O0 

IO  OO 

June  8 

l8lO 

IO  OO 

15 

l8ll 

(( 

IO  OO 

  $  32S  OO 

1900. 

Borough  of  Riclnncnd. 

Jan.  13 

1814 

Second  District  

$1  OO 

13 

1815 

I  OO 

2  OC 

$4,172  OO 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt,  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Health  Department  Pension  Fund 
for  the  sum  of  four  thousand  one  hundred  and  seventy-two  dollars  ($4,172),  being  the  amount  of 
fines  for  violation  of  Sanitary  Code  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  boroughs 
of  Manhattan  and  Brooklyn,  and  the  City  Magistrate's  Court,  Second  District,  Borough  of  Rich- 
mond, January  to  September,  1900,  both  months  inclusive,  and  payable  to  the  said  Pension 
Fund,  pursuant  to  chapter  555,  Laws  of  1894. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


November  14,  1900.] 


490 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  petition  of  Martin  Amador,  opinion  of  the  Cor- 
poration Counsel,  and  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  relative  to  a 
sale  of  the  interests  of  the  City  in  a  certain  portion  of  the  old  Wallabout  road,  Borough  of  Brook- 
lyn, and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of  New  York: 
The  petition  of  Martin  Amador  respectfully  shows  : 

That  he  is  in  possession,  under  a  claim  of  ownership,  of  the  whole  of  a  certain  lot  of  land  in 
the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  shown  cm  the  accompanying  diagram,  and  known  as  No.  23  Cumber- 
land street.  Your  petitioner  has  a  perfect  record  title  to  that  part  of  said  lot  which  is  marked 
"  A  "  on  said  diagram  ;  that  portion  of  said  lot  which  is  marked  "  B  "  on  said  diagram  lies  in 
the  bed  of  the  old  Wallabout  road,  which  was  formerly  a  public  highway  and  was  closed  and 
discontinued  in  about  1836.  Neither  the  City  of  Brooklyn  nor  The  City  of  New  York  has  ever- 
released  to  your  petitioner  or  his  grantors  any  rights  therein  that  may  have  remained  in  the  City 
of  Brooklyn  at  the  time  said  road  was  discontinued. 

When  said  road  was  so  discontinued,  your  petitioner  is  informed  and  believes  that  the  abut- 
ting owners  went  into  possession  of  such  parts  of  said  road  as  lay  in  front  of  said  respective  lands, 
and  that  at  that  time  one  Robert  F.  Manley  was  the  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  land  which  included 
the  entire  block  of  land  within  which  said  lot  is  situated,  and  in  1837  he  caused  a  map  to  be  made 
of  said  property,  including  such  portions  of  the  old  Wallabout  road  as  intersected  the  same,  which 
subdivided  the  whole  into  lots,  and  said  map  was  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of  Kings 
County  on  August  22,  1837. 

The  lot  shown  on  the  annexed  diagram  forms  part  of  Lots  Nos.  16  and  18  on  said  map,  and  the 
title  of  the  said  Robert  F.  Manley  thereto  his  passed  by  various  mesne  conveyances  and  devolu-  • 
tions  of  title  to  your  Petitioner,  and  your  Petitioner  is  informed  and  believes  that  during  all  that 
time  the  said  lot  has  been  in  the  possession  of  the  said  Robert  F.  Manley  or  his  successors  in 
interest.  Furthermore,  for  very  many  years  the  whole  of  said  lot,  including  that  part  which  lies 
in  the  old  road,  has  been  included  in  the  annual  assessment-rolls,  and  taxes,  assessments  and 
water  rates  have  been  levied  and  laid  thereon  and  have  been  paid  by  your  Petitioner's  predeces- 
sors in  title.  And  for  considerably  more  than  twenty  years  last  past  the  said  lot  has  been  fenced 
in  and  had  buildings  erected  thereon. 

That  the  said  whole  lot  is  designated  on  the  Assessment  Map  of  the  Twentieth  Ward  of  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn  as  Lot  No.  15  in  Block  No.  3,  and  is  bounded  and  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  side  of  Cumberland  street,  distant  two  hundred  and 
nine  feet  southerly  from  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Cumberland  street  and  Flushing  avenue: 
running  thence  southerly  along  Cumberland  street  twenty-one  feet  four  inches;  thence  easterly 
at  right  angles  to  said  Cumberland  street,  and  part  of  the  distance  through  a  party  wall,  one  hun-  ; 
dred  feet  ;  thence  northerly  parallel  to  said  Cumberland  street,  twenty-one  feet  four  inches,  and  R 
thence  westerly  again  at  right  angles  to  Cumberland  street,  and  part  of  the  distance  through  a  1 
party  wall,  one  hundred  feet  to  the  easterly  side  of  Cumberland  street,  at  the  point  or  place  of  I 
beginning. 

That  the  interest,  if  any,  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  that  portion  of  said  lot  which  lies  in  I 
said  old  road  is  not  of  substantial  value  and  the  late  City  of  Brooklyn  released  all  its  interests  in  J 
a  great  part  of  said  road  to  abutting  owners  in  possession  thereof,  it  having  been  the  uniform  J 
practice  01  said  city  to  give  quit-claim  deeds  to  the  abutting  owners  for  a  nominal  consideration  I 
upon  their  application  therefor  ;  and  that  your  petitioner  is  informed  and  believes  that  in  applica-  I 
tions  similar  to  this  the  present  city  has  appraised  its  like  interests  at  a  nominal  sum. 

Wherefore,  your  petitioner  prays  that  all  the'  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  I 
York  in  and  to  that  part  of  the  Wallabout  road  included  within  the  boundaries  of  the  lot  above  I 


49i 


[November  14,  1900. 


described  may  be  offered  for  sale  according  to  law,  and  that  the  interest  of  the  City  therein  and 
the  expense  of  such  sale  and  the  examinations,  conveyances,  etc.,  be  appraised  and  fixed. 

Dated  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October  19,  1900. 

MARTIN  AMADOR, 
By  Edward  M.  Perry,  his  attorney. 

Law  Department,  ) 
Office  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  V 
New  York,  November  5,  1900.  ) 

Hon  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir— I  have  received  your  communication  of  October  29,  1900,  which  reads  as  follows  : 

"  I  beg  to  inclose  for  your  consideration  and  advice  petition  of  Martin  Amador,  through  his 
"  attorney,  Edward  M.  Perry  of  No.  175  Remsen  street,  Brooklyn,  in  which  application  is  made 
"  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  a  release  from  The  City  of  New  York  of  the 
"  City's  interest  in  and  10  that  part  of  the  old  Wallabout  road  where  the  same  lies  within  the 
"  boundary  line  of  Lot  No.  15  in  Block  3  of  Ward  20  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

"  I  request  that  you  advise  me,  first,  as  to  the  City's  interest  in  and  to  the  property 
"  described,  and  whether  it  be  material  or  nominal;  second,  as  to  any  releases  made  by  the 
"  former  City  of  Brooklyn  upon  the  property  located  within  the  boundaries  of  the  Wallabout 
"  road  in  this  vicinity,  and  as  to  the  terms  on  which  such  releases  were  granted. 

"  I  also  inclose  two  tracings,  one  being  that  of  a  part  of  Map  No.  231,  in  the  Kings  County 
"  Register's  Office,  entitled  '  Property  of  Robert  E.  Manley,'  and  to  which  reference  is  made  in 
"  the  petition,  and  the  second  a  copy  of  the  Assessment  Map  of  Block  3  in  the  Twentieth  Ward. 

"  I  request  that  the  papers  inclosed  be  returned." 

In  reply  thereto  I  would  say  that  the  old  Wallabout  road,  in  the  former  City  of  Brooklyn,  was 
closed  and  discontinued  as  a  public  highway  when  Flushing  avenue,  in  said  city,  was  opened  as 
a  public  street,  about  the  year  1836.  Since  that  time  the  part  of  said  road  referred  to  in  your 
communication  has  been  held  and  occupied  as  private  property,  paying  taxes  to  the  City  and 
submitting  to  the  imposition  of  other  municipal  burdens  and  liabilities. 

I  advise  you,  therefore,  in  answer  to  your  first  question,  that  whatever  interest  the  City  may 
now  have  in  such  property  is  merely  nominal. 

As  to  your  second  question,  I  would  say  that  my  communication  to  you  of  July  20,  1900,  re- 
lating to  other  old  roads  in  the  former  City  of  Brooklyn  and  to  the  custom  as  to  the  giving  of 
quit-claim  deeds  of  the  city'.*  interest  therein,  covers  the  present  inquiry.    I  say  there  : 

;t  Applications  were  formerly  made  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  quit-claim  deeds  of  the  inter- 
"  est  of  said  city  in  these  old  highways  for  the  purpose  of  perfecting  the  title  thereto,  which 
"  might  be  affected  by  any  possible  claim  of  the  city,  and  such  applications  were  invariably 
"  granted  upon  a  nominal  consideration." 

I  advise  you,  therefore,  that  the  petition  now  under  consideration  should  be  granted. 

Respectfully  yours, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

November  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Martin  Amador,  by  Edward  M.  Perry,  his  attorney,  petitions  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund,  under  date  of  October  19,  1900,  that  the  City's  right,  title  and  interest  in  and  to  the 
bed  of  ihe  old  Wallabout  road,  as  contained  within  the  boundaries  of  Lot  Xo.  15  in  Block  3  of 
the  Twentieth  Ward  ot  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  be  offered  for  sale,  according  to  law,  and  that 


November  14,  1900.] 


492 


the  interest  of  the  City  therein,  the  expenses  of  such  sale  and  the  examinations,  conveyances,  etc. , 

be  appraised  and  fixed. 

A  diagram  of  the  property  in  question  accompanies  the  petition,  and  the  petitioner  claims  a 
clear  title  for  that  portion  of  the  same  marked  "A,"  and  also  claims  to  have  paid  all  taxes  and 
assessments  on  the  entire  lot  for  considerably  more  than  twenty  years  last  past.  Further,  that  no 
release  of  the  bed  of  the  old  road  has  been  made,  either  by  the  City  of  Brooklyn  or  The  City  of  New 
York,  to  the  petitioner. 

The  matter  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  an  opinion  as  to  the  City's  interest  in 
and  to  the  bed  of  the  old  Wallabout  road,  and  in  a  communication  under  date  of  November  5, 
1900,  he  advises  that  the  City's  interest  is  merely  nominal,  and  that  "  applications  were  formerly 
"  made  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  quit-claim  deeds  of  the  interest  of  said  city  in  these  old 
"  highways  for  the  purpose  of  perfecting  the  title  thereto,  which  might  be  affected  by  any  possible 
"  claim  of  the  city  ;  and  such  applications  were  invariably  granted  upon  a  nominal  consideration." 

I  would  therefore  propose  that  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  and 
to  the  following-described  premises  be  appraised  at  the  sum  of  $1,  and  that  the  same  be  sold  at 
public  auction  to  the  highest  bidder  ;  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  $75  to  cover 
the  cost  of  examination,  appraisement  and  conveyance  : 

All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  situate  in  the  Twentieth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of 
Brookly  n,  City  of  New  York,  being  so  much  of  the  old  Wallabout  road  as  lies  within  the  present 
boundary  lines  of  Lot  No.  15  in  Block  3  in  said  ward,  which  lot  is  more  particularly  described  as 
follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  side  of  Cumberland  street  distant  209  feet,  more  or 
less,  southerly  from  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  side  of  Flushing  avenue  with  the  easterly 
side  of  Cumberland  street,  and  running  thence  easterly  and  at  right  angles,  or  nearly  so,  with 
Cumberland  street,  iod  feet ;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  with  Cumberland  street,  21  feet  4 
inches  ;  thence  westerly  and  parallel  with  the  first-described  course,  100  feet  to  the  easterly  side 
of  Cumberland  street  ;  and  thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  side  of  Cumberland  street  21  feet 
4  inches  to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning  ;  be  the  said  several  dimensions  more  or  less. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  after  due  advertisement,  for  cash,  to  the  highest  bidder,  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  following-described  property  : 

All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land,  situate  in  the  Twentieth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  being  so  much  of  the  old  Wallabout  road  as  lies  within  the  present 
boundary  lines  of  Lot  No.  15  in  Block  3  in  said  ward,  which  lot  is  more  particularly  described 
as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  side  of  Cumberland  street  distant  209  feet,  more  or  less, 
southerly  from  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  side  of  Flushing  avenue  with  the  easterly  side  of 
Cumberland  street,  and  running  thence  easterly  and  at  right  angles,  or  nearly  so,  with  Cumber- 
land street  100  feet  ;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  with  Cumberland  street  21  feet  4  inches; 
thence  westerly  and  parallel  with  the  first-described  course  100  feet  to  the  easterly  side  of  Cum- 
berland  street,  and  thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  side  of  Cumberland  street  21  feet  4 
inches  to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning  ;  be  the  said  several  dimensions  more  or  less. 


493 


I  November  14,  1900. 


Resolved,  That  the  minimum  or  upset  Drice  of  the  said  property  be  and  hereby  is  appraised 
and  fixed  at  the  sum  of  one  dollar  (Si),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee  and  seventy- 
five  dollars  (S75)  to  cover  the  cost  of  examination,  appraisement  and  conveyance. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 

EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


495 


[December  11,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS   OF   THE   SINKING   FUND  OF 
THE  CITY  OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  at  a  Meeting  Held  at  the  Mayor's  Office, 
at  12  o"1  clock  M.t  on  Tuesday,  December  n,  1900. 


Present— Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor  ;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ;  Patrick  Keenan, 
Chamberlain  ;  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman, 
Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  November  14,  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  reports  lelative  to  bonds  sold  November  20  and  21. 

December  4,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  ; 

Gentlemen— Sealed  proposals  were  received  by  the  Comptroller  at  his  office,  on  November 
20,  1900,  after  due  advertisement,  in  pursuance  of  law,  for  $5,333,965.14  of  three  and  one-half 
per  cent.  Registered  Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  exempt  from  taxation  (as  here- 
inafter more  particularly  described),  principal  and  interest  payable  in  gold  coin  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  of  the  present  standard  of  weight  and  fineness. 


Description  of  Stock. 


1 

Amount. 

Title. 

Authority. 

Principal 
Payable. 

Interest 
Payable 
Semi-Annually 

ON 

S2, OOO, OOO  OO 

1 

Corporate  Stock  of  The  | 
City  ot  New  York,  for  j 
Acquiring  Lands  re-  j 
quired    for   a  Public  I 
Park      bounded  by 
Houston,      Stanton,  j 
Pitt  and  Sheriff  streets  | 

I 

 .  

Chapter  320  of  the  Laws  of  1887  ; 
chapter  2  3  of  the  Laws  of  18^5, 
as  amended  by  chapter  676  of  the 
Laws  of  1807  ;  sections  169  and  170 
of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897; 
resolution  ot  the  Board  -  of  Esti- 
mate and  Apportionment  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  adopted  July 
10,  1900,  and   resolution   of  the 
Municipal  Assembly,  approved  by 

Nov.  i,  1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

December 


Title. 


Corporate  Stock  of  The  ] 
City  of  New  York,  for  | 
Acquiring  Lands  re- 
quired for  a  public 
park,  bounded  by  One  | 
Hundred  and}- 
Eleventh    and    One  j 
Hundred  and  Four- 
teenth streets,  First 
avenue  and  the  East 


Corporate  Stock  of  The  | 
City  of  New  York,  for  j 
School-houses  and-j 
Sites  therefor  in  the  j 
Borough  of  Brooklyn 

I 


f 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  for  | 
School  -  houses  and-\ 
Sites  therefor  in  the  j 
Borough  of  Queens.. 

I 


Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York  for  , 
the  New  East  River  j 
Bridge  


Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York, 
;or  the  Payment  of 
Awards,  Costs,  I 
Charges  and  Ex-^ 
penses  certified  by 
the  Change  of  Grade 
Damage  Commission. 


Corporate  Stock  of  The  I 
City  of  New  York  for 
the  erection  of  a  Sol-  | 
diers'    and     Sailors'  -i 
Memorial     Arch  in 
The    City    of  New 
York  

I 


AlTI  HOKITY. 


Principal 
Payable. 


Chapter  746  of  the  Laws  of  1894  ; 
sections  169  and  170  of  chapter  378 
of  the  Laws  of  1897  ;  resolutions  of 
the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Appor- 
tionment of  The  City  of  New  York, 
adopted  May  25,  1899,  and  April 
20,  1900,  and  resolutions  of  the 
Munii  ipal  Assembly,  approved  by 
the  Mayor  October  9  and  29,  1900.   Nov.  1,  1940 


Sections  48  and  169  of  chapter  378  ot 
the  Laws  of  1897  ;  resolution  of 
the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Appor- 
tionment of  The  City  of  New 
York,  adopted  February  1,  1900, 
and  resolution  of  the  Municipal 
Assembly,  approved  by  the  Mayor 
July  9,  1900  


Sections  48  and  169  of  chapter  378 
of  the  Laws  of  1897  ;  resolution  of 
the  Board  ot  Estimate  and  Appor- 
tionment of  The  City  of  New 
York,  adopted  February  1,  1900, 
and  resolution  of  the  Municipal 
Assembly,  approved  by  the  Mayor 
July  9,19  0  


Nov. 


Chapter  789  of  the  Laws  of  1895,  as 
amended  ;  sections  169  and  170  of 
chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897  ; 
resolution  of  the  Board  of  Esti- 
mate ;*nd  Apportionment  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  adopted  May 
1,  19 x>,  and  resolution  of  the  Mu- 
nicipal Assembly,  approved  by  the 
Mayor  November  7,  1900  


Chapter  537  of  the  Laws  of  i8q3, 
as  amended  by  chapter  567  of  the 
Laws  of  1894  ;  sections  169  and  170 
of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897  ; 
resolution  of  the  Board  of  Estimate 
and  Apportionment  of  The  City  of 
New  York,  adopted  September 
7,  1899,  and  a  resolution  of  the 
Municipal  Assembly,  approved  by 
the  Mayor  October  8,  1000  


Chapter  522  of  the  Laws  of  1893  ; 
sections  169  and  170  of  chapter 
378  of  the  Laws  of  1^97  ;  resolu- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Estimate  ano 
Apportionment  of  The  t  ity  of 
New  York,  adopted  June  29,  1S9  .., 
and  resolution  of  the  Municipal 
Assembly,  approved  by  th,e  Mayor 
December  7,  1899  


1940 


Nov. 


1940 


Interest 
Payable 
Semi-Annually 

ON 


May  1  and  Nov.t 


May  1  and  Nov.  1 


May  1  and  Nov.  1 


Nox 


1940 


May  1  and  Nov.  1. 


Nov. 


May  1  and  Nc 


Nov.  1,  1940    May  1  and  Nov.  1 


497 


[December  ii,  1900. 


Amount. 

Title. 

Authority. 

Principal 
Payable. 

Interest 
Payable 
Semi-annually 
on 

$147,078  84 

Corporate  Stock  of  The] 
City  of  New    York,  i 
tor  Acquiring  a  Site  1 
for  a   Court-house  at  1 
Third    Avenue    and  } 
One     Hundred  and 
Sixty-first    Street,  in 
the  Borough  of  The  | 

Chapter  2oq  of  the  Laws  of  1897  ; 
sections  169  and  T70  of  chapter 
378  of  the  Laws  of  1857  ;  resolu- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Estimate 
and  Apportionment  of  The  City 
of  New  York,  adopted  March  6, 
1000;  and  resolution  of  the  Muni- 
cipal Assembly,  approved  by  the 

Nov.  1,  1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

IOO.OCO  00 

Corporate  Stock  of  The  } 
City  of  New  York,  tor 
the   Improvement   of  | 
that  portion    of  the  } 
Bronx  Park  allotted  to  1 
and  set  apart  for  the  | 
Zoological  Society. . .  J 

Chapter  432  of  the  Laws  of  1900; 
section  169  of  chapter  378  of  the 
Laws  of  1897,  and  resolution  of 
the  Beard  of  Estimate  and  Appor- 
tionment, adopted  July  24,  1900. . 

Nov.   1,  1940 

May  1  and  Nov.  r 

500,000  00 

f 

Corporate  Stock  of  The 
City   of    New  York, 
for  the  Sanitary  Pro-«^ 
rectionof  the  Sources 
of  the  Water  Supply. 

1 

Chapters  189  and  515  of  the  Laws  of 
1893  ;  sections  160  and  ,170  of 
chapter  378  of  the  Laws  0  1897; 
resolution  of  the  Board  of  Esti- 
mate and  Apportionment  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  adopted  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1903,  and  resolution  of 
the  Municipal  Assembly,  ap- 
proved by  the  Mayor  November 

Nov.  1,  1920 

May  1  and  Nov.  1 

The  above-described  stock  is  free  and  exempt  from  all  taxation  in  the  State  of  New  York,  except  for  State 
purposes,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  169  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897. 

The  principal  of  a.7id  interest  on  said  stock  are  payable  in  gold  coin  0/  the  United  States  0/  America,  0/  the 
present  standard  0/  weight  and  fineness,  pursuant  to  a  resolution  0/  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
adopted  June  9,  1898. 

Proposals  Received. 


Bidder. 


C.  S.  Symonds,  as  Trustee  for) 
Jane  M.  B.  Heath  j 

[.  Jules  Mayer  

The  Trust  Company  of  New  ) 
York  f 

Hamilton  Trust  Company  

The    Manufacturers'  Trust) 
Company  / 


Amount  of 
De  posit. 


$00  00 


Class  ok  Corporate  Stock. 


Any  issue  on  a  2%  per  cent,  basis. 


400  00      Any  issue. 


18,000  00  ■{  I 


f  Acquiring  lands  for  a  Public  Park.^l 
'  I       bounded  by  Houston,  Stanton,  Pitt 


Amount. 


#3,000  00 
at  about 


by 

and  Sheriff  streets,  maturing  No- 


y   900,000  00 


1,000  00 


(J      vember  1,  1940  J 

I   Any  stock  maturing  November  z,  1940. .  25,000  00 

(  "  . .  25,000  00 

Any  stock  maturing  November  1,1940..  25,000  00 

1,    "  25,000  00 


Price 
per 
$100. 


$105.45 
100.50 

109.899 

110.25 
1 10.00 

ITO. I25 

HO.50 


December  i  i,  1900.] 


498 


Bidder. 


Blake  Brothers  &  Co. 


Eugene  Littauer. 


W.J.  Hayes  &  Sons  

Knickerbocker  Trust  Company 


Franklin  Trust  Company  

The  People's  Trust  Company.. 


J.&  W.Seligman  &  Co. 


Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey 
Fisk  &  Sons  


Berton  &  Storrs  

Kuhn,  Loeb  &  Co.  and  Farson, 
Leach  &  Co  


Amount 
of  Deposit. 


$106,679  31 


2  coo  00  ■{ 

j 

2,000  00  I 
20  000  00 


20,000  00 


106,679  30  ■{ 


106,679.30 


10. 000  ao 


106,679  30 


Class  of  Corporate  Stock. 


Any  stock  maturing  November  i,  1940. 


it        _  (i 


Amount. 


Stock  maturing  November  1,  1920  

Improvement  of  that  portion  of  the  j 
Bronx  Park  allotted  to  and  set  f 
;  part  for  the  Zoological  Society.  . .  \ 

Improvement  of  that  poition  of  the 
Bronx  Park  allotted  to  and  set 
apart  foi  the  Zoological  Society. . . 

Bronx  Park  Corp  orate  Stock,  maturing  I 
November  1,  194c  ( 

Any  stock  maturing  November  1,  1940. 

Any  stock  maturing  November  1,  1940. . 

Stock  maturing  November  1,  1920  

Any  stock  maturing  Noveml  er  i,  1940. 

Any  stock  maturing  November  i,  1940. . 

«  .       «         Jf  u 


Stock  maturing  November  1,  1920  

Stock  maturing  November  1,  1920  

Any  stock  maturing  November  1,  1940, 
Any  stock  maturing  November  1,  1940. 
All  or  none  


$1,003,000  OO 
500,000  OO 

500, oco  00 
500,000  00 
500,000  00 
500,000  00 
500,000  00 
500,000  00 

.333»965  14 
500,000  00 

50,000  OO 

50,000  00 
100,000  CO 

1,000,000  00 

100,000  00 
100,000  90 
1,000,000  00 
1,500,000  00 
1,500,000  00 

1,833,965  14 

500,000  00 
500,000  00 

4.833.965  14 

500,000  00 

5,333.965  14 


Price 
per 
$100. 


Si 10. 599 
110.349 
110.099 
109.849 
109.599 
109.349 

I  109.009 
108.849 
108.599 
106.795 

110, 50 


109-38 
no.  106 
109. 14 

105-94 

109.95 

109.875 

109.75 

109.625 

106.45 

107.177 

in. 077 

1 10. 50 

110.35 


Total  $25,258,860  56 


The  following  bids  were  accepted: 


Bidder. 


Vermilye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  Fisk  &  Sons. 


Class  of  Corporate  Stock. 


For  Acquiring  Lands  Required  (or  a  Pubric"] 
Park,  bounded  by  Houston,  Sianton,  Pitt  I 
and  Sheriff  streets  ;  pa\al>le   November  [ 

1,  194°  J 

For  Acq  iring  Lands  Required  for  a  Publ  c~] 
P  rk,  bounded   by  One    Hqndred  and 
Elevnth  and  Ot  e  Hundred  and  Frur-  J- 
teenth  sircets,  First  avenue  and   East  j 
river;  payable  November  1,  1940  J 


Amount. 


Price 
per 
S 100. 


$2,000,00000  $111,077 


886,886,30    III. 077 


499 


|  December  i  r,  1900. 


BlDDH  K. 


VermiJye  &  Co.  and  Harvey  Fisk  &  Sons. 


Class  of  Corpora  ie  Stock. 


Amocnt. 


Eugene  Littaur  1 


For  School-houses  and  Sites  therefor  in  the"! 

Borough  of  Brooklyn  ;  payable  Novem-  f-  '     $6oo,cco  oo 

ber  i,  T940  J 

For  School-houses  and  Sites  therefor  in  the  J 

Borough  ot  Queens  ;  payable  November  >  !      150,000  oo 

1,  1940  \ 

For  the  New  East  River  Bridge  ;  payable) 

November  1,  1940  ./  J      Soo.ooo  00 

For  the  payment  of  Awards,  Costs,  Charges  | 

and  Expenses  certified  by  the  Change  of  M 

Grade    Damage    Commission;    payable  [  |      250,000  00 

November  1,  1940  ) 

For  the  Erection  of  a  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  J 

Memorial  Arch  in  The  City  ot  New  York;  -        200,000  00 

payable  November  t,  1940  j 

For  Acquiring  a  Site  for  a  Court-house  at")  , 

Third  avenue  and  One    Hundred   and  i  „  „ 

Sixty-first  street,  in  the  Borough  of  The  [  ,      I47»°78  »4 

Bronx  ;  payable  November  1,  T940  ! 

For  the  Improvement  of  that  portion  of  the] 

Bronx  Park  allotted  to  and  ^et  apart  for  '  j 

the  Zoological  Society  ;  payable  Novem-  f         5°>or°  00 

ber  i,  1940  J  I 

For  the  Sanitary  Protection  of  the  Sources  of) 

the  Water  Supply;   payable  Novembers  500,00000 

i,  1920  ) 

For  the  Improvement  of  that  port  on  of  thel 

Bronx  Pat  k  allotted  to  and  set  apart  for  ! 

the  Zoological  Society  ;  payable  Novem-  f 

ber  1,  1940  j 

T°tal  ]  S5.333.9°5  14 


Price 
per 
fioo. 


Sm.077 
111.077 
111.077 

III. 077 
III. 077 


11.077 


BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

December  4,  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  ; 

Gentlemen — Sealed  proposals  were  received  by  the  Comptroller,  at  his  office,  on  November 
21,  1900,  after  due  advertisement,  in  pursuance  of  law,  for  $30,000  of  three  per  cent,  registered 
Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  exempt  from  taxation  (as  hereinafter  more  particu- 
larly described),  principal  and  interest  payable  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States  of  America,  of 
the  present  standard  of  weight  and  fineness. 


Description  of  Stock. 


Amount. 

Title. 

Authority. 

Principal 
Payable. 

Interest 
Payable 
Semi-annually 
on 

1 30,000  00 

Corporate  Stock  of  The" 
City  of  New  York,  for 
the    establishing  of 
Silver  Lake  Park,  in 
the  B  rough  rf  Rich- 
mond, in  The  City  of 

Chapter  414  of  the  Laws  of  1897,  as 
amended  by  chapter  653  of  the 

Nov.  1,  1940 

Jan.  1  and  July  1 

The  above-described  stock  is  free  and  exempt  from  all  taxation  in  the  State  of  New  York,  except  for  State 
purposes,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  8  of  chapter  653  of  the  Laws  of  1900. 

The  principal  of  and  interest  on  said  stock  are  payable  in  gold  coin  0/  Hie  United  Stales  of  America,  0/  the 
Present  standard  0/  weight  and  fineness. 


December  ii,  1900.]  500 


Proposals  Received. 


PlDDER 

Amount  of 
Deposit. 

Cla^s  of  Corporatf  Stock 

Amount, 

Price 

PER 
$ICO. 

$8oo  00  | 
750  00  | 

Corporate  Stock  of  the  City  of  JNevv  j 
York  maturing  November  i,  1940  j 

Corporate  Stcck  of  The  City  of  New ) 
York  maturing  November  x,  1940) 

«  30,  COO  00 
30,000  00 

$100,917 
100.00 

Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 

$60, coo  00 

The  following  bid  was  accepted  : 

Bidder. 

Class  of  Corporate  Stock. 

Amount. 

Price 
per 
$100, 

injthe  Borough  of  Richmond,  in  The  City  > 
of  New  York  ) 

$30,000  00 

$100,917 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

Which  were  ordered  filed. 


The  President  of  the  Council  presented  the  following  report  relative  to  the  proposed  purchase 
of  the  wharfage  rights  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen  : 

New  York,  November  23,  1900. 
Edgar  J.Levey,  Esq.,  Department  of  Finance,  Stewart  Building,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  Sir — I  herewith  transmit  to  you  my  report  in  relation  to  the  purchase  of  the  wharfage 
rights  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Mis-donary  Society  for  Seamen,  together  with  the  official 
papers  and  affidavits  of  Messrs.  Robert  M.  Ferris  and  Henry  E.  Nesmith,  Jr. 

Very  truly  yours, 

RANDOLPH  GUGGENH ELMER. 

As  a  Committee  appointed  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  consider  the  advis- 
ability of  ratifying  an  agreement  entered  into  by  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  of  The 
City  of  New  York  with  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen,  dated 
March  2,  1900,  for  the  purchase  of  the  wharfage  rights  of  said  society  appurtenant  to  the  fifty-one 
feet  three  inches  of  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street,  easterly  of  Market  slip,  East 
river,  I  have  carefully  investigated  the  matter  and  beg  leave  to  report  that  in  my  opinion  the 
said  agreement  should  be  ratified. 

Attached  to  this  report  are  the  affidavits  of  Messrs.  Robert  M.  Ferris  'and 'Henry  E.  Nesmith, 
Jr..  in  reference  to  the  value  of  the  bulkhead  property  belonging  to  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen. 

(Signed)  RANDOLPH  GUGGENH  ELMER,  President  of  the  Council. 

Dated  November  22,  1900. 


§OI 


[December  it,  1900. 


New  York,  November  21,  1900. 

Hon.  RANDOLPH  Guggenheim er,  President,  etc.  : 

Dear  Sir — In  accordance  with  your  request,  I  have  obtained  the  affidavits  of  Robert  M. 
Ferris  and  Henry  E.  Nesmith,  Jr.,  in  reference  to  the  value  of  the  bulkhead  property  belonging 
to  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen,  at  the  foot  of  Pike  street,  on 
the  East  river,  being  about  fifty-one  feet  three  inches  (51  feet  3  inches)  in  width.  These  two 
persons  are  probably  better  qualified  than  any  other  two  men  in  New  York  to  value  property  of 
this  nature,  for  both  of  them  have  for  many  years  had  charge  of  property  of  this  character  on  the 
East  river.  I  think  that  in  view  of  said  statements  you  will  feel  entirely  at  liberty  to  recommend 
that  the  contract  made  between  the  above-named  society  and  the  Department  of  Docks  for  the 
sale  of  this  bulkhead  property  to  the  City  for  $250  a  front  foot  be  ratified  by  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

You  will  remember  that  the  Engineer  of  the  Comptroller's  office,  while  thinking  that  the 
price  was  a  little  high,  thought,  upon  the  whole,  it  was  best  for  the  City  to  acquire  the  prop- 
erty at  this  price.  The  other  property  for  which  the  Department  of  Docks  made  a  contract  at  a 
slightly  lower  rale  per  front  foot  than  what  was  offered  to  our  Society,  was  near  the  foot  of 
Clinton  street,  and  therefore  some  distance  further  removed  from  the  Brooklyn  Bridge,  and  con- 
sequently less  valuable  than  that  involved  in  the  present  contract. 

I  shall  be  very  glad  to  call  upon  you  in  regard  to  this  matter,  if  you  desire  to  see  me.  I 
trust  that  you  will  be  able  to  recommend  action  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund. 

Very  respectfully, 

EDMUND  L.  BAYLIES. 

State  of  New  York,  County  of  New  York,  ss. : 

Robert  M.  Ferris,  being  duly  sworn,  says  :  I  am  now  engaged  in  business  in  the  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  City  of  New  York,  and  have  my  office  at  Nos.  130  and  132  Pearl  street,  in  said  city.  For 
many  years  past  I  have  had  in  charge  bulkhead,  pier  and  wharf  property  in  the  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan, fronting  on  the  East  river,  and  have  collected  rents  Irom  said  property,  kept  the  accounts 
of  property  of  this  nature  which  was  in  my  charge,  and  have  been  generally  familiar  for  m  thy 
years  past  with  the  prices  which  such  property  and  interests  in  such  property  have  1  rought,  and  I 
consider  that  I  am  fully  competent  to  appraise,  and  I  have  been  frequently  called  upon  to  appraise 
property  of  this  nature.  My  familiarity  with  the  class  of  property  above  described  extends  all 
along  the  East  river  front,  from  the  battery  to  about  Corlears  Park. 

I  have  examined  and  am  familiar  with  the  bulkhead  property  owned  by  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seaman,  near  the  foot  of  Pike  street,  on  the  East  river, 
and  being  51  feet  3  inches  in  width,  in  front  of  which  bulkhead  a  floating  church  has  been,  until 
recently,  moored  by  said  society.  I  have  examined  the  property  immediately  adjoining  on  the 
south  the  property  of  the  said  society,  of  about  three  hundred  feet  of  bulkhead  property,  known 
as  the  Screw  Dock  property,  in  connection  with  which  property  there  are  small  piers.  This 
property  I  estimated  as  being  worth  one  thousand  dollars  per  front  foot. 

Taking  into  consideration  the  prices  that  have  been  paid  for  bulkhead  property  through  this 
section,  it  is  my  opinion  that  $250  a  front  foot  for  the  bulkhead  property  owned  by  the  said 
society  is  an  extremely  low  price,  and  well  within  the  market  value  of  said  property,  and  less 
than  the  price  that  would  probably  be  awarded  for  said  property  should  proceedings  to  condemn 
the  same  be  instituted  by  The  City  of  New  York. 

ROBERT  M.  FERRIS. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  13th  day  of  November,  1900. 

Edward  H.  Floyd-Jones,  Notary  Public,  Nassau  County, 
Certificate  filed  in  New  York  County. 


December  ii.  1900.] 


502 


State  of  New  York,  County  of  New  York,  ss.  : 

Henry  E.  Nesmith,  Jr.,  being  duly  sworn,  says:  I  am  now  engaged  in  business  in  the 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  of  New  York,  and  have  my  office  at  No.  28  South  street  in  said  city. 
For  many  years  past  I  have  had  in  charge  bulkhead,  pier  and  wharf  property  in  the  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  fronting  on  the  East  river,  and  have  collected  rents  from  said  property,  kept  the 
accounts  of  property  of  this  nature  which  was  in  my  charge,  and  have  been  generally  familiar  for 
many  years  past  with  the  prices  which  such  property  and  interests  in  such  property  have  brought, 
and  I  consider  that  1  am  fully  competent  to  appraise,  and  I  have  been  frequently  called  upon  to 
appraise  property  of  this  nature.  My  famiiiarity  with  the  class  of  property  above  described  extends 
all  along  the  East  river  front,  from  the  Battery  to  Twentieth  street. 

I  am  familiar  with  the  bulkhead  property  owned  by  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary 
Society  for  Seamen,  near  the  foot  of  Pike  street,  on  the  East  river,  and  being  51  feet  3  inches  in 
width,  in  front  of  which  bulkhead  a  floating  church  has  been,  until  recently,  moored  by  said 
society.  1  have  examined  the  Screw  Dock  property  of  about  300  feet,  immediately  adjoining  the 
bulkhead  of  the  said  society.  This  property  I  estimated  as  being  worth  one  thousand  one  hundred 
and  seventy-five  dollars  per  front  foot. 

Taking  into  consideration  the  prices  that  have  been  paid  for  water-front  property  through  this 
section,  it  is  my  opinion  that  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  a  front  foot  for  the  bulkhead  property 
owned  by  the  said  society  is  an  extremely  low  price,  below  the  market  value  of  said  property  and 
less  than  the  price  that  would  be  awarded  for  said  property  should  proceedings  to  condemn  the 
same  be  instituted  by  The  City  of  New  York. 

H.  E.  NESMITH,  Jr. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  19th  day  of  November,  19CO. 

Edward  H.  Floyd-Jones,  Notary  Public,  Nassau  County. 
Certificate  filed  in  New  York  County. 

This  agreement  made  and  entered  on  the  second  day  of  March,  I900,  by  and  between  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen  in  the  City  and  Port  of  New  York, 
party  of  the  first  part,  and  The  City  of  New  York,  acting  by  the  Board  of  Docks  of  said  City, 
party  of  the  second  part,  witnesseth  : 

Whereas,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  is  the  proprietor  of  all  the  wharfage  rights,  terms, 
easements  and  privileges,  etc.,  appertaining  to  the  fifty-one  feet  three  inches  of  bulkhead  on  the 
southerly  side  of  South  street,  beginning  three  hundred  and  twenty-nine  feet  ten  inches  easterly 
from  the  easterly  side  of  Market  slip  produced. 

Whereas,  by  section  822  of  chapter  378  of  the  Laws  of  1897,  the  Board  of  Docks  of  the 
said  city  is  authorized  to  acquire  by  purchase,  in  the  name  of  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  Cor- 
poration of  The  City  of  New  York,  wharf  property  in  said  city,  and  all  rights  appertaining 
thereto  not  now  owned  by  the  Corporation  of  The  City  of  New  York,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  and  to  pay  to  such  owners  the  price  agreed  ;  and 

Whereas,  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  is  desirous  of  acquiring  said  wharfage  rights, 
terms,  easements  and  privileges  heretofore  described,  not  now  owned  by  The  City  of  New 
York,  in  accordance  with  the  conditions  of  a  certain  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Docks,  passed 
the  19th  day  of  January,  1900,  and  which  said  resolution  is  as  follows,  to  wit : 

"Resolved,  That,  in  pursuance  of  secction  822  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  an 
"  agreement  be  entered  into  between  this  Department  and  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
"  Missionary  Society  lor  Seamen,  in  the  City  and  Port  of  New  York,  for  the  purchase  of  bulk- 
"  head,  wharf  and  dock  property  on  the  south  side  of  South  street,  commencing  at  a  point  three 
"  hundred  and  twenty-nine  feet  ten  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  side  of  Market  slip  produced, 
"  and  extending  easterly  along  the  southerly  side  of  South  street  a  distance  of  fifty-one  feet  three 


503 


[December  it,  1900. 


;'  inches,  more  or  less,  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  ($250)  dollars  per  linear  toot,  pro- 
"  vided,  however,  that  a  good  and  sufficient  title,  in  all  respects,  to  the  said  property,  together 
;'  with  all  rights,  terms,  easements  and  privileges  pertaining  thereto  and  connected  therewith, 
"  can  be  acquired  by,  conveyed  to  and  vested  in  The  City  of  New  York,  free  from  all  ineum- 
"  brances,  subject,  however,  to  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

"  Resolved,  That  permission  be  and  hereby  is  granted  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
11  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen,  in  the  City  and  Port  of  New  York,  to  moor  a  floating  church 
"  in  the  vicinity  of  Pike  slip,  East  river,  at  a  location  to  be  hereafter  designated  by  the  Board  of 
"  Docks,  and  upon  the  completion  of  the  work  of  improvement  under  the  new  plan,  permission 
"  be  and  hereby  is  granted  said  Society  to  moor  the  present  church  or  a  church  which  may 
"  hereafter  be  constructed  by  it,  at  a  point  on  said  bulkhead  walPto  be  designated  by  the  Board 
"  of  Docks,  the  privilege  to  continue  only  during  the  pleasure  of  said  Board  ;  all  the  expense  of 
"  moving  the  present  or  future  church,  driving  piles  for  the  protection  thereof,  shall  be  done  at 
"  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries.  The  said  Society  shall  pay  as 
£t  compensation  for  the  use  of  said  berth,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25)  per  annum,  payable 
"  yearly  at  the  end  of  each  year  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  Department,  commencing  from  the 
"  time  berth  is  assigned  to  said  Society. 

"  It  being  understood  and  agreed  that  the  above  resolutions  shall  be  of  no  force  or  effect 
"  unless  the  said  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen,  in  the  City  and 
"  Port  of  New  York,  shall  file  in  this  Department,  within  ten  days  from  receipt  of  a  copy  hereof, 
V  its  written  acceptance  of  the  terms  and  condition  of  these  resolutions."  And 

Whereas,  The  party  hereto  of  the  first  part  did,  within  ten  days  from  the  receipt  of  a  copy 
of  the  above  recited  resolution,  file  in  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Docks  its  written  acceptance  of 
the  terms  and  conditions  in  said  resolution  contained, 

Now,  therefore,  this  agreement  witnesseth  that  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  for  and  in 
consideration  of  the  premises,  and  in  the  sum  of  one  dollar  to  it  in  hand  paid  by  the  said  party 
of  the  second  part,  the  receipt  whereof  is  hereby  acknowledged,  hereby  agrees  to  sell  and  conve>  ; 
by  good  and  sufficient  deeds  of  conveyance  unto  the  said  party  of  the  second  part, 

All  the  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easements,  emoluments  and  privileges,  appertaining  to  the 
bulkhead,  wharf  and  dock  property  on  the  south  side  of  South  street,  commencing  at  a  point 
three  hundred  and  twenty-nioe  feet  and  ten  inches  easterly  from  the  easterly  side  of  Market  slip, 
produced  and  extending  easterly  along  the  said  southerly  side  of  South  street  fifty-one  feet  and 
three  inches  more  or  less  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  lineal  foot,  lawful 
money  of  the  United  States  of  America,  or  by  warrant  on  the  City  treasury  for  that  amount  ; 

It  being  stipulated  by  the  party  of  the  first  part  and  is  of  the  essence  of  this  agreement  that 
the  said  party  of  the  first  part  is  to  convey,  or  caused  to  be  conveyed,  good  title  to  the  several 
rights,  titles  and  interests  in,  and  to  the  bulkhead  hereinbefore  described  with  the  rights  to  the 
lands  under  water  and  riparian  and  other  rights,  if  any,  in  front  thereof  and  connected  therewith 
not  now  owned  by  The  City  of  New  York  or  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

And  the  said  party  hereto  of  the  second  part  hereby  agrees  to  purchase  the  wharfage  rights, 
terms,  easements,  emoluments  and  privileges  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  of,  in  and  to  said 
wharf  property,  and  to  pay  said  party  of  the  first  part  therefor  the  said  sum  of  two  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  per  lineal  foot  in  the  manner  r.foresaid  on  the  1st  day  of  May,  1900,  subject,  never- 
theless, to  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

And  it  is  further  agreed  that  said  deed  or  deeds  shall  be  delivered  and  the  consideration  paid 
at  the  office  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  City  of  New  York  on  the  1st  day  of  May,  1900,  at 

and  that  the  consideration  may  be  paid  in  a  warrant  or  warrants  of  the  said 
Comptroller,  drawn  in  favor  of  the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  on 
receiving  such  payment  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  above-mentioned  shall  at  its  own  proper 


December  ii,  1900.] 


costs  and  expense,  execute,  acknowledge  and  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  executed,  acknowledged  and 
delivered  to  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  a  proper  deed  for  the  conveyance  and  assurance  to 
it  of  all  of  said  wharfage  rights,  terms,  easements,  emoluments  and  privileges  hereinbefore  men- 
tioned, free  and  clear  in  all  respects  of  all  charges,  liens  and  incumbrances  of  whatever  kind, 
name  or  nature. 

And  it  is  further  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed  by  and  between  the  several  parties 
hereto  that  this  contract  is  made  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund,  and  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  hereby  agrees  to  submit  this  contract  to  said  Com- 
missioners for  approval,  and  to  serve  written  notice  of  the  action  of  said  Commissioners  upon 
the  party  of  the  first  part  within  ten  days  from  the  date  hereof,  and  that  unless  said  Commis- 
sioners shall  approve  the  same,  and  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  serve  said  notice 
within  thirty  days  as  aforesaid,  and  unless  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  complete  this 
contract,  if  approved  on  the  first  day  of  May  as  hereinbefore  mentioned,  this  contract  shall  at  the 
option  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  be  utterly  void,  it  being  expressly  understood  that  time 
is  of  the  essence  of  this  contract,  and  that  the  stipulations  aforesaid  are  to  apply  to  and  bind  the 
successors  or  assigns  of  the  respective  parties. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  the  Board  of  Docks  has  executed  these  presents  in  quadru- 
plicate, and  has  caused  the  seal  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  to  be 
hereunto  affixed,  attested  and  proved  by  its  Secretary,  for  and  on  behalf  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  and  the  party  of  the  first  part  has  caused  its  seal  to  be  here- 
unto affixed  and  these  presents  to  be  subscribed  by  its  Treasurer  the  day  and 
year  first  above  written,  and  the  parties  hereto  have  executed  this  agreement  in 
four  parts,  one  of  which  is  to  remain  with  the  party  of  the  first  part,  one  with  the 
Board  of  Docks,  one  with  the  Corporation  Counsel  and  one  with  the  Comptroller 
of  The  City  of  New  York. 

THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
FOR  SEAMEN  IN  THE  CITY  AND  PORT  OF  NEW  YORK, 
[seal.]  %  J-  J-  Smith,  Treasurer. 

[seal.]  .  J.  SERGEANT  CRAM,  Commissioner. 

CHARLES  F.  MURPHY,  Commissioner. 
PETER  F.  MEYER,  Commissioner. 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of 

Dan'l  D.  Barry,  as  to  Officers  of  Board  of  Docks. 

Attest  : 

Frank  T.  Warburton,  Recording  Secretary. 
Attest  : 

Wm.  H.  Burke,  Secretary. 
Approved  as  to  form  :  S.  J.  F. 

John  Whalen,  Corporation  Counsel. 

State  of  New  York,  City  of  New  York,  County  of  New  York,  ss.  : 

On  this  ninth  day  of  March,  1900,  before  me  personally  appeared  Wm.  II.  Burke,  to  me  per- 
sonally known,  who  being  by  me  duly  sworn,  did  depose  and  say  : 

I  reside  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan  in  the  City  of  New  York  ;  I  a'm  the  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Docks  which  executed  the  above  instrument  ;  I  know  the  seal  of  the  Department  of 
Docks  and  Ferries  ;  the  seal  affixed  to  said  instrument  is  the  common  seal  of  the  Department  of 
Docks  and  Ferries  ;  it  was  so  affixed  by  order  of  the  said  Board  of  Docks,  and  I  signed  my  name 
thereto  by  like  order. 

DAN'L  D.BARRY,  Commissioner  of  Deeds,  N.  Y.  C. 


5°5 


[December  ii,  1900. 


State  of  New  York,  City  of  New  York,  County  of  New  York,  ss. : 

On  the  second  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1900,  before  me  personally  came  Frank  T.  Warburton, 
to  me  known,  w  ho  being  by  me  duly  sworn,  did  depose  and  say  that  he  resides  in  the  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  City  of  New  York  ;  that  he  is  the  Recording  Secretary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  Missionary  Society  for  Seamen  in  The  City  and  Port  of  New  York,  the  corporation 
described  in  and  which  executed  the  above  instrument  ;  that  he  knew  the  seal  of  said  corporation  ; 
that  the  seal  affixed  to  said  instrument  was  such  corporate  seal  ;  that  it  was  so  affixed  by  order  of 
the  Board  of  Managers  of  said  corporation,  and  that  he  signed  his  name  thereto  by  like  order. 

WILLIAM  R. BRINCKERHOFF,  Notary  Public,  New  York  County. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary 
Society  for  Seamen  in  The  City  and  Port  of  New  York,  duly  called  and  held  on  the  12th  day  of 
February,  1900,  there  were  present  the  following  : 

Rev.  Morgan  Dix,  D.  D.,  Rev.  D.  Parker  Morgan,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Henry  Lubeck,  LL.  D., 
D.C.L.,  Rev.  W.  K.  Huntington,  D.  P.,  Rev.  J.  Lewis  Parks,  D.D.,  R.S.Holt,  Henry  Rogers, 
Benoni  Lockwood,  A.  G.  Thorp,  Capt.  A.  T.  Marian,  Geo.  B.  Bonney,  John  Jewell  Smith, 
Henry  L.  Morris,  Henry  Dexter,  Wm.  H.  Butterworth,  Wm.  H.  Wells,  Edmund  L.  Baylies, 
B.  T.  Yan  Nostrand,  Jos.  M.  Knap,  Chas.  H.  Easton,  John  A.  McKim,  O.  Egerton  Schmidt, 
Oscar  E.  Morton,  John  V.  Brower,  James  Pott,  J.  Augustus  Johnson,  Chas.  F.  Cummings, 
Anson  R.  Flower,  W.R.Bell,  Robert  G.  Hone,  J.  W.  Miller.  Chas.  F.  Hoffman,  James  May 
Duane  and  Frank  T.  Warburton, 

— being  more  than  two-thirds  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Mis- 
sionary Society  for  Seamen  in  The  City  and  Port  of  New  York,  and  the  following  resolutions 
were  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  action  of  the  committee  of  this  society  appointed  March  14,  1899,  in 
accepting  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  resolutions  passed  by  the  Department  of  Docks  and 
Ferries,  January  19,  1900,  in  reterence  to  the  bulkhead  w  harf  and  dock  property  near  the  foot  of 
Pike  slip  in  The  City  of  New  York,  owned  by  this  society,  be  and  the  same  hereby  is  ratified  nd 
approved. 

Resolved,  That  this  society  sell  to  The  City  of  New  York  the  following-described  property  : 
All  that  certain  bulkhead  and  lot  of  land  and  land  covered  with  water  situate  in  the  Seventh 
Ward  of  The  City  of  New  York,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  bounded  and  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southerly  line  of  South  street  at  the  northeasterly  corner  of  lands 
of  the  Screw  Dock  Company,  and  running  thence  along  th*e  said  line  of  South  street  easterly 
51  feet  3  inches  or  thereabouts,  and  extending  fiom  South  street  by  a  uniform  width  of  51  feet 
3  inches  or  thereabouts  southerly  into  the  East  river,  in  a  direction  parallel  with  the  easterly  line 
of  said  Screw  Dock  Company  to  a  distance  as  far  as  has  been  granted  by  the  authorities  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  together  with  all  rights,  terms,  easements  and  privileges  pertaining  thereto 
and  connected  therewith,  for  the  sum  of  $250  per  lineal  foot. 

Resolved,  That  the  Treasurer  of  the  Society  be  and  he  hereby  is  authorized  to  enter  into  a 
contract  with  The  City  of  New  York  for  the  sde  of  the  said  property  to  it  at  the  price  aforesaid, 
providing  such  contract  be  authorized  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  The  City  of 
New  York,  and  that  the  secretary  of  this  society  be  authorized  to  attach  the  seal  of  this  society 
to  any  contract  so  signed  by  the  said  treasurer. 

Resolved,  That  the  interests  of  this  corporation  will  be  promoted  by  the  sale  of  the  real 
property  above  described,  and  that  the  officers  of  this  society  be  and  they  hereby  are  authorized 
to  make  application  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  New  York  for  leave  to  sell  the  afore- 
said real  property  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  above  mentioned,  and  that  upon  such  leave 
being  obtained  that  the  proper  officers  of  said  society  cause  ft  deed  of  said  property  to  be  executed 


December  tts  1900.] 


506 


and  delivered  to  The  City  of  New  York  which  deed  shall  be  signed  by  Benoni  Lockwood  or  one 
of  the  other  lay  vice-presidents  of  said  society,  on  behalf  of  said  society,  and  the  secretary  of 
said  society  shall  attach  to  said  deed  the  seal  of  said  society. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  is  a  true  and  correct  copy  of,  and  a  transcript  from,  the 
minutes  of  the  meeting  of  the  board  ot  managers  of  The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary 
Society  for  Seamen  in  the  City  and  Port  of  New  York,  held  February  12,  1900,  at  which  more 
than  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  board  of  managers  were  present. 

[seal.]  FRANK  T.  WARBURTON,  Recording  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  the  agreement 
dated  the  2d  day  of  March,  1900,  between  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  Missionary  Society 
for  Seamen  and  The  City  of  New  York,  acting  by  the  Board  of  Docks,  for  the  purchase  of  fifty- 
one  feet  three  inches  of  bulkhead  on  the  southerly  side  of  South  street,  easterly  of  Market  slip, 
East  river,  at  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($250)  per  lineal  foot. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  reports  and  communication  relative  to  the  turning 
over  of  the  new  Gouverneur  Hospital  to  the  Department  of  Public  Charities,  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

November  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ; 

Sir — Hon.  Henry  S.  Kearny,  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  in 
communication  to  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  November  22,  1900,  says  : 

"  The  Gouverneur  Plospital,  in  all  probability,  will  be  ready  to  turn  over  to  the  Department 
"  of  Charities  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  December,  as  the  contract  for  furnishing  supplies  is 
"  rapidly  nearing  completion.  " 

I  do  not  think  it  would  be  wise  to  turn  over  this  building  to  the  Department  of  Charities  until 
the  work  of  the  contractors  has  been  accepted  by  the  Commissioner.  Although  the  contract  is 
nearing  completion,  there  are  a  number  of  things  to  be  done  which  would  be  interfered  with  seri- 
ously if  the  building  were  allowed  to  be  occupied  by  those  not  interested  in  the  contracts,  and  con- 
fusion and  complication  would  result. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

New  York,  December  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayot,  City  Hall,  Manhattan,  N.  Y.  : 

Dear  Sir — I  have  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  a  communication  from  your  office  of  the  5th 
inst.,  inclosing  copy  of  a  presentment  made  by  the  Grand  Jury,  in  relation  to  the  Gouverneur 
and  Harlem  Hospitals. 

In  reply,  I  was  favored  with  a  similar  copy  of  said  presentment.  The  two  items  mentioned 
in  the  communication  refer  to  the  new  Gouverneur  Hospital  building,  and  a  proposed  appropria- 
tion for  purchasing  a  site  at  the  foot  of  East  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  street,  for  the  erection 
of  a  new  Harlem  Hospital. 


[December  i  [,  1900. 


Respecting  the  first  matter,  the  Gouverneur  Hospital  building  is  about  ready  to  turn  ov*er  to 
the  Department  of  Public  Chanties,  and  I  requested  the  Sinking  Fund  Commissioners  to  turn 
same  over  the  first  of  December. 

Relative  to  the  second  item,  I  have  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the  appropriation  of  money 
to  purchase  a  site  upon  which  to  erect  a  new  Harlem  Hospital. 

Respectfully  yours, 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 

December  10,  1900. 

Hen.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  ': 

Sir — In  presentment  made  by  the  Grand  Jury  in  relation  to  Gouverneur  and  Harlem  Hos- 
pitals, filed  with  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  under  date  of  November  30,  1900,  it  is 
stated  that  from  the  information  available  they  (the  Grand  Jury)  "believe  that  the  long  delay  in 
"  the  completion  of  the  Gouverneur  Hospital  is  due  to  the  division  of  authority  and  responsibility.'" 

After  due  advertisement  bids  were  opened  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on 
April  15,  1897,  for  the  erection  of  the  new  Gouverneur  Hospital,  and  the  contract  of  Mapes- 
Reeve  Construction  Company  to  do  the  work  for  $  116,000  was  signed  by  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works  on  April  23,  1897. 

The  final  certificate  for  the  completion  of  this  work  was  not  issued  by  the  Architect,  Mr.  John 
R.  Thomas,  until  December  21,  1899  :  a  considerable  part  of  the  delay  was  due  to  the  slowness 
of  the  contractors  in  the  execution  of  their  work  (these  contractors  failed  and  went  into  bank- 
ruptcy on  the  completion  of  this  building),  but  much  of  the  delay  was  occasioned  by  an  old  sewer 
being  found  to  run  across  one  corner  of  the  site  of  the  building.  The  work  had  to  be  abandoned 
until  the  Sewer  Department  removed  the  sewer. 

The  plans  and  specifications  for  the  equipment  and  furnishing  the  hospital  were  submitted 
for  their  approval  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  by  Commissioner  Kearny,  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies,  on  November  14,  1S99.  After  a  delay  neces- 
sarily caused  in  making  arrangements  with  the  State  Prison  authorities  for  articles  to  be  furnished: 
by  them,  on  the  contract,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  approved  the  plans  and  speci- 
fications on  March  21.  19CO.  Bids  were  opened  for  this  work  June  5,  1900,  and  the  contract 
with  Cavanagh  Bros.  Knapp  for  $61,885.81  was  made  by  Commissioner  Kearny  on  June  12, 
1900. 

The  contract  of  Cavanagh  Bros.  &  Knapp  is  s  ibstantially  completed,  but  the  prison  authori- 
ties are  slow  in  delivering  their  furniture  and  supplies.  There  have  been  delays  of  one  description 
and  another  from  the  very  beginning.  The  work  has  been  done  under  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works  and  his  successor,  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies, 
but  they  have  in  no  way  been  responsible  ior  the  delay?  ;  the  slowness  of  the  contractors,  and  the 
tardiness  of  the  prison  authorities  being,  in  my  opinion,  the  principal  causes  of  such  delay.  I 
cannot  find  that  it  is  caused  by  the  "division  of  authority  and  responsibility." 

Relative  to  the  new  Harlem  Hospital  I  have  only  to  say  that  the  President  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Charities  has  just  chosen  a  site  for  the  same,  and  the  matter  will  come  before  the  Board 
of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  at  its  next  meeting. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  authorize  the  Commissioner 
of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies  to  permit  the  Department  of  Public  Chanties  to  enter 
into  occupation  of  the  New  Gouverneur  Sb'p  Hospital  prior  to  the  completion  of  the  contract  for 
equipping  said  building. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


December  ii,  1900.]  508 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  Messrs.  Frederick  Loeser  &  Co.  relative  to 
the  permission  granted  to  construct  and  maintain  a  tunnel  under  and  across  Fulton  place, 
Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

Brooklyn,  November  30.  1900. 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  oj  The  City  of  New  York,  No.  280  Broadway,  New 
York,  N.  Y.  : 

Gentlemen — On  May  23,  1899,  the  Municipal  Assembly  passed  a  resolution  giving  per- 
mission to  the  undersigned,  Frederick  Loeser  &  Co.,  to  construct  and  maintain  a  tunnel  under 
and  across  Fulton  place,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  to  connect  the  property  belonging  to  said 
Frederick  Loeser  &  Co.  on  either  side  of  the  street,  provided  said  Frederick  Loeser  &  Co.  shall 
pay  to  The  City  of  New  York,  as  compensation  for  the  privilege,  such  amount  as  may  be  deter- 
mined as  an  equivalent  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

We  were  assured  by  the  Comptroller  that  we  would  be  fairly  dealt  with,  and  that  a  reason- 
able rental  would  be  fixed,  and  accordingly,  in  May,  1899.  we  commenced  the  construction  of 
the  tunnel. 

On  July  13,  1899,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 

"  Resolved,  That  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  City  by  Frederick  Loeser  &  Co.  for 
«'  the  privilege  of  constructing  and  maintaining  tunnel  under  and  across  Fulton  place,  in  the 
"  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  to  connect  their  property  on  either  side  of  said  street,  shall  be  three 
"  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  and  a  fee  of  six  hundred  dollars  for  opening  the  street,  to  be 
u  paid  to  the  Department  of  Highways." 

On  July  13  the  tunnel  was  so  far  completed  that  abandonment  of  the  work  was  out  of  the 
question.  Moreover,  the  statements  to  us  and  to  others  by  the  Comptroller  that,  in  his  opinion, 
the  rental  was  outrageously  high  and  exorbitant,  led  us  to  the  belief  that  he  would,  in  justice  to 
us,  move  a  reconsideration  and  secure  a  proper  decrease. 

The  sum  of  $3,000  per  annum  is  an  exhorbitant  exaction  even  upon  the  assumption  that  the 
City  owns  this  street  in  fee  and  can  authorize  the  tunnel.  That  is  more  than  the  rental  of  a  store 
fronting  Fulton  street  in  this  locality  with  the  same  dimensions  ;  that  is  to  say,  stores  on  the 
ground  floor  on  Fulton  street  in  this  locality  as  wide  as  this  tunnel  can  be  had  for  le3s  than  $3, 000 
a  year.  It  would  seem  to  the  undersigned  that  a  just  rental  for  this  tunnel  ought  to  be  con- 
siderably less  than  the  rental  of  a  basement  fronting  Fulton  street. 

The  next  question  would  then  be,  Who  may  exact  rent  for  this  tunnel  ? 

The  permission  of  the  City  was  granted,  and  the  resolution  of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  determining  the  equivalent  was  adopted  under  the  belief  then  entertained  by  all 
the  parties  that  Fulton  place  was  a  street,  title  to  which  was  vested  in  the  City  so  that  the  City 
could  authorize  the  tunnel.  Since  the  tunnel  was  constructed  we  have  discovered  that  the  only 
claim  of  the  City  grows  out  of  a  dedication  of  the  surface  of  the  street  for  highway  purposes. 
The  fee  of  the  land  remained  in  the  owners,  and  where  the  tunnel  is  the  easterly  one-half  of 
Fulton  place  belongs  to  the  lessors  of  the  undersigned  and  the  westerly  one-half  is  not  owned  by 
the  owner  abutting  Fulton  place,  but  the  fee  is  in  a  third  party,  and  this  third  party  has  made 
known  her  ownership  to  us,  and  has  retained  an  attorney,  and  demands  that  we  purchase  the  fee 
or  pay  rental  annually. 

The  fee  owner,  as  we  are  advised,  is  in  position  to  force  us  to  abandon  the  tunnel,  and  our 
attorneys  advise  us  that  the  permit  from  the  City  furnished  to  us  no  defense  against  the  claim. 
The  argument  is  that  the  title  of  the  City  to  the  street  is  by  dedication  only,  and  that  the  City 
has  no  right  beneath  the  surface  except  for  certain  well-defined  purposes,  such  as  sewer,  water 
and  gas  pipes,  and  that  the  ownership  of  the  soil  beyond  these  uses  remains  in  the  original 
owners,  and  that  these  owners  could  tunnel  and  use  their  property,  as  far  as  it  is  possible  with- 
out interference  with  the  use  of  the  surface  for  street  purposes,  or  let  out  these  rights  to  others, 


[  D  EC  EM  BER  11,1 900. 


There  arc  no  sewer,  gas  or  w  ater  pipes  in  Fulton  place,  nor  can  there  ever  be  any  needed  (and 
letters  to  this  effect  from  the  various  heads  of  the  municipal  departments  interested  in  the  matter 
have  already  been  submitted  to  the  Comptroller),  as  the  only  property  to  be  served  belongs  to 
Frederick  Looser  &  Co.,  and  it  is  fully  taken  care  of  by  the  systems  of  Fulton  street,  Livingston 
street,  Bond  street  and  Flm  place. 

If  the  determination  of  a  due  "  equivalent "  for  what  the  City  has  granted  is  approached 
with  knowledge  that  the  rental  for  the  space  occupied  must  be  paid  to  the  fee  owner,  the  question 
at  once  assumes  a  very  different  shape  from  that  in  which  it  appeared  when  your  Honorable  Body 
seems  to  have  taken  for  granted  the  power  of  the  City  to  make  the  grant. 

It  would  seem  that  since  the  rights  of  the  City  are  confined  to  the  surface  the  "equivalent  " 
should  not  exceed  the  cost  of  the  disturbance  thereof. 

We  have  paid  to  the  Department  of  Highways  six  hundred  dollars  for  opening  the  street. 
We  are  advised  we  may  and  should  refuse  to  pay  anything  further  to  the  City  but  to  save  any 
trouble  or  contest  or  litigation,  and  to  secure  peace,  we  offer  without  prejudice  to  our  rights  if 
refused,  to  pay  in  one  lump  sum  five  hundred  dollars  if  your  Honorable  Board  shall  conclude  that 
under  the  facts  now  for  the  first  time  made  known  to  you  that  amount  is  a  just  "  equivalent "  for 
the  grant,  that  sum  to  be  received  by  the  City  in  full  discharge  of  all  its  claims  and  demands 
against  us  for  rental  or  an  equivalent. 

We  ask  an  opportunity  to  appear  before  your  Honorable  Body  to  prove  the  assertions  herein 
made. 

We  are,  Very  respectfully  yours, 

FREDERICK  LOESER  &  CO. 

Which,  was  referred  to  the  Corporation  Counsel  for  an  opinion  as  to  the  points  of  law  raised 
therein. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  ratify  and  affirm  appraisement  heretofore 
made  for  a  portion  of  the  old  Wallabout  road  (application  of  Martin  Amador)  : 

Resolved,  That  the  appraisement  and  fixing  of  the  minimum  or  upset  price  for  the  interest  of 
The  City  of  New  York  in  and  to  the  following-described  property  : 

All  that  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate  in  the  Twentieth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  City  of  New  York,  being  so  much  of  the  old  Wallabout  road  as  lies  within  the  present 
boundary  lines  of  Lot  15,  in  Block  3  in  said  ward,  which  lot  is  more  particularly  describtd  as 
follow  -  : 

Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  easterly  side  of  Cumberland  street  distant  209  feet,  more  or  less, 
southerly  from  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  side  of  Flushing  avenue  with  the  easterly  side  of 
Cumberland  street,  and  running  thence  easterly  and  at  right  angles,  or  nearly  so,  with  Cumber- 
land street  100  feet  ;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  with  Cumberland  street  21  feet  4  inches  ;  thence 
westerly  and  parallel  with  the  first-described  course  100  feet  to  the  easterly  side  of  Cumberland 
street,  and  thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  side  of  Cumberland  street  21  feet  4  inches  to  the 
point  or  place  of  beginning,  be  the  said  several  dimensions  more  or  less. 

— at  the  sum  of  one  dollar  ($1),  the  purchaser  to  pay  the  auctioneer's  fee,  and  seventy-five  dollars 
($75)  to  cover  the  cost  of  examination,  appraisement  and  conveyance,  as  made  by  resolution  of 
this  Board  adopted  November  14,  1900,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified  and  affirmed. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


December  ii,  1900.  J  510 

The  lollowing  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  an 
amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  at  Nos.  67  and  69  Broadway,  Flushing, 
Borough  of  Queens  : 

7'o  the  Board  0 f  Education  ; 

The  Committee  on  Buildings  respectfully  reports  that  ihe  lease  of  the  rooms  in  the  building 
Nos.  67  to  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  occupied  by  the  Building  Bureau,  Borough  of  Queens  (rental, 
$48  per  month),  will  expire  on  October  15,  1900  ;  and  as  these  rooms  are  inadequate  for  the  pur- 
pose, your  Committee  would  recommend  that  three  additional  rooms  be  rented,  which  will 
comprise  the  entire  floor  of  the  building,  at  a  rental  of  $70  per  month  for  a  term  of  three  years  ; 
heat  to  be  maintained  in  the  rooms  from  9  a.  m.  to  5  P.  M.  at  70  degrees  and  heating  apparatus  to 
be  kept  in  repair  ;  four  sixteen-candle  power  lights  to  be  furnished  in  each  of  rooms  4  and  5  in 
addition  to  those  in  rooms  occupied  at  present  ;  new  wash  basin  to  be  put  in  room  5  ;  janitor's 
services  to  be  furnished  as  follows  :  cleaning  windows  once  a  month,  scrubbing  and  wiping  up 
floors  once  each  week,  and  also  dusting  off  furniture  and  furnishings  once  each  week,  washing 
paint  as  often  as  necessary,  and  cleaning  halls  ;  floors  of  rooms  4,  5  and  6  to  be  painted  two 
coats,  walls  to  be  repaired,  pointed  up  and  calcimined,  and  mouldings  run  around  these  rooms  the 
same  as  in  100ms  occupied  at  present  ;  all  woodwork  in  rooms  4,  5  and  6,  halls  and  toilet  rooms 
to  be  painted  ;  mouldings  to  be  run  around  halls  to  the  height  of  four  feet,  walls  below  to  base 
to  be  painted  three  coats  and  side  walls  to  be  calcimined. 

The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  second  floor,  consisting  of  eight  rooms,  in  the 
building  Nos.  67  to  69  Broadway,  Flushing,  Borough  of-  Queens,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from 
October  15,  1900,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  $70,  for  use  of  the  Building  Bureau  in  that  Borough. 
The  owner  to  maintain  heat  in  the  rooms  from  9  A.  M.  to  5  p.  m.  at  70  degrees  and  keep  heating 
apparatus  in  repair  ;  four  sixteen-candle  power  lights  to  be  furnished  in  each  of  rooms  4  and  5  in 
addition  to  those  in  rooms  occupied  at  present  ;  new  wash-basin  to  be  put  in  room  5  ;  to  furnish 
janitor's  services,  consisting  of  cleaning  windows  once  each  month,  scrubbing  and  wiping  up 
floors  once  a  Week,  and  also  dusting  off  furniture  and  furnishings  once  each  week,  washing  paint 
as  often  as  neces>ary,  and  cleaning  halls  ;  floors  of  rooms  4,  5  and  6  to  be  painted  two  coats, 
walls  to  be  repaired,  pointed  up  and  calcimined,  and  mouldings  run  around  these  rooms  the  same 
as  in  rooms  occupied  at  present  ;  all  woodwork  in  rooms  4,  5  and  6,  halls  and  toilet-rooms  to 
be  painted  ;  mouldings  to  be  run  around  halls  to  the  height  of  four  feet,  walls  below  to  base  to 
be  painted  three  coats  and  side  walls  to  be  calcimined.    Sidny  Wintringham,  owner. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  on  September 
26,  1900,  and  amended  November  28,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at 
meeting  held  October  26,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  rooms  in  the  building  Nos.  67  and  69 
Broadway,  Flushing,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  the  use  of  the  Building  JBureau  of  the  Board  of 
Education,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  changing  the  name  of  the  lessor  so  as  to  read 
"  Sidny  Wintringham,"  instead  of  "  H.  T.  Wintringham,"  as  in  the  resolution. 


Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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I  )i  ;<  i  mhi:k  i  [,  1900. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  resolution  relative  to  a  renewal  of  the 
lease  of  premises  Nos.  509  to  517  East  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
for  the  Board  of  Education  : 

November  28,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Education,  held  November  14,  1900,  the  following  pro- 
ceedings were  had  : 

"  The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
"  School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  recommending  that  the  lease  of 
4<  premises  Nos.  509  to  517  East  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth,  street,  Manhattan,  occupied  by 
"  Public  School  163,  be  renewed  for  two  years,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  two  additional 
"  years,  respectfully  reports  as  follows  : 

"  Upon  investigation  it  is  found  that  the  building  in  question  is  required  for  a  longer  period, 
"  and  the  owner  is  unwilling  to  renew  the  lease  at  the  same  rental  ($3,950  per  year),  stating  that 
"  $4,250  is  the  lowest  he  can  accept,  on  account  of  an  advance  in  the  assessed  valuation  of  the 
"  property.  This  rental  is  considered  excessive  by  your  Committee,  but,  in  view  of  the  need  loi 
"  school  accommodations  in  the  neighborhood  and  the  difficulty  in  obtaining  other  premises  suitable 
u  for  the  purpose,  there  appears  to  be  no  alternative,  and  it  is  therefore  recommended  that  the 
(t  request  of  the  School  Board  be  granted. 

"  The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be,  and  they  are  hereby, 
"  requested  to  authoiize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  premises  Nos. 
"  509S17  East  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  street,  Manhattan,  occupied  by  Public  School  163, 
"  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  December  1,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $4,250  and  Croton 
"  water  tax  ;  the  other  terms  to  be  the  same  as  those  of  the  existing  lease." 

The  premises  have  been  occupied  for  school  purposes  under  a  lease  and  renewals  made  by 
the  Board  of  Education  since  December  1,  1887,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $3,950. 

The  owner,  prior  to  the  commencement  of  the  original  lease,  built  a  four-story  and  basement 
brick  building,  about  50  feet  square,  upon  plans  approved  by  the  Board  of  Education,  in  the 
rear  of  the  frame  structure  then  standing  upon  the  lot. 

Demand  is  now  made  for  an  increase  of  $300  per  annum  in  rental  and  the  City  to  pay  the 
Croton  water  tax,  upon  the  ground  that  the  increase  in  assessed  valuation  warrants  such  advance. 

I  have  carefully  examined  the  records  of  the  Tax  Department,  which  show  an  increase  in 
assessed  valuation  of  $5,500  between  1888  and  1900. 

I  am  of  the  opinion,  however,  that  the  rental  which  has  been  paid  for  the  past  thirteen 
years  was  extremely  full,  and  that  the  owner  has  not  only  received  full  interest  on  the  value  of 
his  property,  but  has  also  had  sufficient  over  and  above  such  interest  to  entirely  cover  the  cost 
of  the  building  put  up  lor  the  Board  in  1887,  and  I  would,  therefore,  recommend  that  any 
increase  of  rental  be  denied  and  that  a  renewal  for  three  years  be  authorized  upon  the  same 
terms  as  in  the  existing  lease. 

Respectlully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to 
the  City,  of  premises  Nos.  509-517  East  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  street,  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan, occupied  by  Public  School  163,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  December  1,  1900,  at  an 


December  n,  1900.]  $12 

annual  rental  of  three  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($3,95°h  payable  quarterly  ; 
otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  and  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be 
for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  pro- 
vided by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 

Finance,  relative  to  the  lease  of  premises  Nos.  308  and  310  East  Ninety-sixth  street,  occupied  by 

Public  School  150.  * 

November  28,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — Henry  A.  Conolly,  as  executor  of  the  estate  of  Edward  D.  Conolly.  in  a  communication 
under  date  of  November  12,  1900,  states  as  follows  : 

"  In  reference  to  the  lease  of  Public  School  150,  occupying  premises  Nos.  308  and  310  East 
"  Ninety-sixth  street,  I  have  carefully  looked  over  the  conditions  of  same,  namely  :  the  proposal 
"  to  renew  the  lease  for  two  years  at  the  existing  rental  of  $3,500,  with  a  further  privilege  of  two 
"  additional  years  at  the  reduced  rental  of  $2,400.  The  estate  is  willing  to  live  up  to  the  privi- 
"  lege  given  the  Board  of  Education  for  the  two  years  at  $3,500  under  the  original  lease,  but 
"  cannot  accept  the  reduction  of  eleven  hundred  dollars  for  the  two  following  years.  The  net 
"  rental  of  this  property  for  the  first  five  years  will  not  pay  for  the  money  expended  to  make  the 
"  required  alterations,  to  say  nothing  of  the  increased  valuation,  taxes  and  the  outlay  which  will 
"  again  be  necessary  to  put  the  property  back  into  a  condition  suitable  for  another  tenant. 

"  If  you  will  consider  the  above  with  fairness,  you  will  see  that  it  never  would  have  paid  the 
"  estate  to  make  these  improvements  for  the  Board  of  Education  at  an  annual  rental  of  $3,500 
"  for  five  years,  and  when  the  lease  was  made  at  that  figure,  it  was  because  of  the  expectation 
"  that  the  City  would  require  the  property  for  a  much  longer  time." 

The  renewal  of  the  lease  to  which  Mr.  Conolly  refers  was  the  subject  of  a  report  by  me 
under  date  of  April  3,  1900,  from  which  I  quote  as  follows  :  • 

"Second—For  two  years  from  August  16,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  a  further  renewal,  of  the 
"  premises  Nos.  308  and  310  East  Ninety-sixth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  at  an  annual  rental 
"  of  $3,500,  and  Croton  water  tax  other  terms  same  as  at  present.  Owners,  Henry  A.  Conolly, 
"  lor  the  Estate  of  Edward  D.  Conolly. 

•'The  premises  consist  of  a  three-story  and  basement  brick  building,  25  feet  by  85  feet,  on  a 
"  plot  of  land  50  feet  by  100  feet  8%  inches,  situated  on  the  south  side  of  East  Ninety-sixth  street, 
"  175  leet  east  of  Second  avenue. 

"The  building  and  yard  was  fitted  up  by  the  owner  at  his  own  expense,  upon  plans  prepared 
"by  the  Board  of  Education,  to  place  it  in  condition  for  school  purposes.  Class-rooms,  ward- 
"  robes,  blackboards,  lavatories  and  heating  plant  were  made,  and  it  was  on  this  outlay  by  the 
"owner  that  the  rental  was  fixed  at  $3. 500  per  annum  and  water  tax,  the  owner  to  make  repairs, 
"  for  a  term  of  three  years,  with  the  privilege  of  a  two  years'  renewal. 

"  This  renewal  of  two  years  now  asked  for,  I  think  may  be  approved  upon  the  grounds  as 
*'  stated,  but  the  further  renewal  clause  I  consider  should  be  at  a  rental  of  not  exceeding  $2,400 
"  per  annum  and  water  tax.  In  support  of  this,  I  submit  the  amounts  upon  which  the  owner  has 
14  paid  taxes  since  1897  ; 


513 


[December  if,  1900. 


Year. 

Assessed  for. 

Tax  Rate 

Amount  <>k  Tax. 

1897.... 

$9,200  00 

2.  TO 

$193  20 

IS98.. . . 

9,200  00 

2.0I 

184  92 

1899.... 

n,oco  00 

2 . 4804 

272  84 

11,000  00 

2.24771 

247  25 

— "  and  to  this  must  be  added  an  amount  sufficient  to  cover  the  cost  of  repairs. 

"In  my  opinion  the  owner  will  have  received  at  the  end  of  the  five  years  an  amount 
"  sufficient  to  cover  the  cost  of  all  his  improvements,  together  with  interest  on  his  investment,  and 
'*  for  this  reason  it  would  appear  that  the  rental  should  be  reduced  as  stated  above." 
— and  upon  this  report,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  took  action  on  April  20,  1900, 
authorizing  the  renewal  for  two  years  at  $3,500  per  annum  and  Croton  water  tax,  and  stipulating 
that  the  privilege  of  a  further  renewal  for  two  years  at  $2,400  per  annum  and  Croton  water  tar, 
be  given. 

Recently  I  have  had  an  interview  with  Mr.  Conolly,  at  which  he  stated  to  me  that  the 
expense  incurred  by  the  estate  fitting  this  building  for  school  purposes  was  $7,500,  and  that  prior 
thereto  an  annual  rental  of  $2,100  was  obtained. 

Even  upon  these  figures  I  see  no  reason  to  change  the  opinion  expressed  in  my  previous 
report,  and  consider  that  a  five-year  term  at  $3,500  will  give  the  lessor  full  interest  on  the  money 
invested,  together  with  ample  return  for  the  outlay  above  stated. 

Again,  I  consider  that  a  fair  proportion  of  the  $7,500  said  to  be  spent  upon  the  building  was 
in  the  nature  of  permanent  improvements  to  the  building,  which  would  enhance  its  value  for 
-rental  purposes  to  another  tenant  on  the  expiration  of  the  City's  term. 

Two  other  buildings  on  this  same  block  were  fitted  up  for  school  purposes  by  this  same 
estate  and  are  now  rented  to  the  City,  the  rental  prices  of  which  were  fixed  upon  a  basis  wh  h 
should  return  to  the  estate  a  fair  rate  of  interest  on  the  money  invested,  together  with  a  sufficient 
amount  to  cover  the  cost  of  improvements  during  the  term  of  the  respective  leases. 

This  action  by  the  executor  of  the  estate  in  the  case  of  the  first  renewal  on  the  first  building 
would  tend  to  show  that  should  the  City  desire  to  renew  on  the  other  buildings,  no  reduction  in 
the  rents  would  be  made  from  that  now  paid,  in  which  case,  as  in  this,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that 
the  City  would  be  paying  an  exorbitant  rate  for  renewal  on  the  same  terms. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  102  Norfolk  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  Boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  requesting  the  Board  of  Education 
to  renew  the  lease  of  premises  No.  102  Norfolk  street,  used  by  Public  School  140,  for  a  term  of 
two  year.-;,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  two  additional  years,  respectfully  submits  the  follow- 
ing : 


December  u,  1900.] 


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At  a  meeting  of  this  Board  held  on  October  24,  1900,  a  report  and  resolution  recommending 
that  the  School  Board  be  requested  to  consider  the  advisability  of  acquiring  by  condemnation 
proceedings  the  premises  described  in  the  lease  dated  the  20th  of  March,  1880,  as  No.  102  Nor- 
folk street,  but  now  known  on  the  City  Maps  as  No.  112  Norfolk  street,  for  school  purposes,  was 
adopted.    (See  Journal,  page  1590.) 

In  addition  to  the  facts  cited  in  the  preamble  to  the  resolution  referred  to,  your  Commiltee 
would  respectfully  report  that  the  trustees  of  the  premises  have  been  interviewed  and  have  agreed 
to  renew  the  lease,  which  expires  on  February  18,  1901,  for  one  year  at  a  rental  of  $900  or  4  per 
cent,  on  a  fair  valuation  of  the  property,  which  is  considered  not  less  than  $22,500,  and  it  is 
therefore  recommended  that  the  lease  be  renewed. 

The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  102  Norfolk  street 
(know  n  on  the  City  Maps  as  No.  112),  upon  which  is  erected  a  part  of  Public  School  140,  for  one 
year  from  February  18,  190 f,  at  a  rental  of  nine  hundred  dollars.  Trustees,  the  United  States 
Trust  Company  of  New  York,  No.  45  Wall  street,  Manhattan. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  November  14,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Department  of  Finance  : 

November  28,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Education,  held  November  14,  1900,  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
"  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  102  Norfolk 
%i  street  (known  on  the  City  Maps  as  No.  112),  upon  which  is  erected  a  part  of  Public  School  140, 
"  for  one  year,  from  February  18,  1901,  at  a  rental  of  nine  hundred  dollais.  Trustees,  the 
"  United  States  Trust  Company  of  New  York,  No.  45  Wall  street,  Manhattan." 

The  existing  lease  for  these  premises,  which  will  expire  on  February  18,  1901,  was  for  a 
term  of  21  years,  at  $350  per  annum.  The  lessee  to  pay  all  taxes,  assessments  and  Croton 
water  rents  assessed  "  by  any  Government,  power  or  authority  whatsoever;"  to  keep  the 
premises  properly  fenced  and  the  sidewalks  in  repair,  and  free  and  clear  from  snow  and  ice. 
Further,  that  ten  days  prior  to  the  termination  of  the  lease,  the  lessee  shall  take  down,  remove 
and  carry  off  from  the  said  premises,  all  buildings  and  improvements  which  it  may  make  during 
the  term  of  the  lease. 

In  the  year  1879  two  lots  adjoining  the  above  premises  were  purchased  for  school  purposes 
for  the  sum  of  $13,000,  it  being  at  the  time  impossible  to  purchase  from  the  estate  of  Stephen 
Whitney,  the  premises  covered  by  the  lease  and  which  were  necessary  for  the  construction  of  a 
proper  building.  In  consequence  of  which  the  lease  for  this  one  lot  was  made,  as  above,  and  the 
Board  of  Education  constructed  a  school  building,  extending  over  the  three  lots. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  Board  of  Education  to  acquire  this  lot  by  condemnation  proceedings 
before  the  expiration  of  the  renewal,  as  proposed  in  the  resolution,  but  pending  such  proceeding, 
a  renewal  of  the  lease  is  necessary. 

I  have  caused  a  careful  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  and  from  the  information 
furnished  me,  I  believe  that  the  value,  namely,  $22,500,  upon  which  a  rental  of  $900  per  annum 
is  based,  being  4  per  cent,  upon  the  same,  is  excessive,  and  consider  that  the  market  value  of 
this  plot  will  not  exceed  $18,000,  which,  at  4  per  cent.,  would  yield  a  rental  of  $720. 


[December  it,  1900, 


From  information  obtained  from  Mr.  Thornell,  Secretary  of  the  United  States  Trust  Com- 
pany, the  trustees  for  this  property,  I  learn  that  the  valuation  placed  upon  the  same  by  them  of 
$22,500  is  based  .upon  the  awards  made  in  the  condemnation  proceedings  for  property  immedi- 
ately in  the  rear  and  facing  on  Suffolk  and  Rivington  streets,  wherein  prices  ranging  from  $21,296 
to  $27,250  per  lot  were  awarder!  for  land  and  improvements. 

For  the  two  lots  in  the  rear  of  the  lot  in  question,  and  which  contains  two  four-story  brick 
structures,  an  award  of  554,500  was  made,  which  at  the  same  valuation  now  placed  upon  the  l<>t 
in  question,  would  leave  but  $9,500  for  the  two  buildings,  evidently  an  insufficient  amount. 

As  1  have  before  stated,  in  reference  to  valuations  based  upon  condemnation  proceedings,  it 
is  my  opinion  that  such  values,  in  almost  every  case,  exceed  the  market  valuation  of  the  premises, 
for  the  reason  that  the  owner,  under  such  circumstances,  is  compelled  to  part  with  his  property 
whether  he  desires  to  do  so  or  not. 

Again,  I  beg  to  call  attention  to  the  assessed  valuation  of  certain  lots  adjoining  \ 

Nos.  104  and  106  Norfolk  street,  being  each  25  feet  by  100  feet,  with  three-story  and  base- 
ment brick  buildings,  are  assessed  at  s8,ooo  each. 

Nos.  108  and  110  Norfolk  street,  with  rive-story  and  basement  modern  tenements,  are  assessed 
at  S  19,000  each. 

In  view  of  the  facts,  as  stated  above,  I  would  recommend  that  the  matter  be  referred  back  to 
the  Board  of  Education  with  the  request  to  see  if  better  terms  cannot  be  obtained. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 
Which  was  referred  back  to  the  Board  of  Education,  with  a  recommendation  that  an  effort 
be  made  to  secure  better  terms. 


The  following  reports  and  resolutions  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to 
the  renewal  of  the  leases  of  premises  on  Park  avenue  and  Ninety-sixth  street  and  No.  230  East 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  w  hich  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  requesting  that  the  lease  of  the 
store  floor  of  premises  on  Bark  avenue  and  Ninety-sixth  street,  Manhattan,  occupied  as  an  annex 
to  Public  School  86,  be  renewed  for  one  year  from  January  1,  1901,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal 
for  an  additional  year,  respectfully  reports  that  the  matter  has  been  investigated  and  it  is  found 
that  no  repairs  are  required  and  the  rental  asked,  S960  per  year,  is  considered  reasonable  ;  also, 
the  Borough  Superintendent  of  Schools  has  reported  that  the  premises  are  needed  for  a  longer 
period,  anl  in  view  of  these  facts,  your  Committee  would  recommend  that  the  request  of  the 
School  Board  be  granted. 

The  following  resolution  is  therefore  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  store  floor  of  the  premises  on 
Park  avenue  and  Ninety-sixth  street.  Manhattan,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  86,  for  one 
year  from  January  1,  1901,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  at  an  annual 
rental  of  nine  hundred  and  s'xty  dollars,  to  include  Janitor's  services,  the  other  terms  to  be  the 
same  as  those  ot  the  existing  lease. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  November  14, 
.1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  ol  Education. 


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To  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  w  hich  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  recommending  that  the  lease  of 
premises  No.  230  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street,  used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School 
39,  be  renewed  for  two  years  from  the  date  of  expiration,  December  15,  1900,  on  the  best  terms 
obtainable,  provided,  however,  more  suitable  quarters  cannot  be  obtained  in  the  immediate  neigh- 
borhood, respectfully  submits  the  following  : 

The  neighborhood  of  this  school  has  been  canvassed  and  no  other  building  adapted  for  school 
purposes  can  be  found.  The  owner  of  the  premises  in  question  has  been  interviewed  and  has 
agreed  to  reduce  the  rental  from  $2,000  per  annum,  the  present  rate,  to  $1,750,  the  lease  to 
terminate  two  years  from  May  1,  1901,  and  in  view  of  the  necessity  for  school  accommodations 
in  this  locality  your  Committee  would  recommend  that  the  request  of  the  School  Board  be 
approved. 

The  following  resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  230  East  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street,  Manhattan,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  39,  which 
expires  December  15,  1900,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1,750,  said  lease  to  terminate  May  1,  1903, 
the  other  terms  to  be  the  same  as  existing  lease. 

A  true  copy  of  the  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  November  14, 
1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 
ot  leases  to  the  City  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Education,  as  follows  : 

1.  The  store  floor  of  premises  on  Park  avenue  and  Ninety-sixth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
occupied  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  86,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  I,  1901,  with  the 
privilege  of  a  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  nine  hundred  and  sixty 
dollars  ($960),  the  lessor  to  provide  janitor's  services,  and  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  con- 
ditions as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  Francis  J.  Sclmugg,  lessor. 

2.  Premises  No.  250  East  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for 
use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  39,  for  a  term  from  December  15,  1900,  to  May  1,  1903,  at  an 
annual  rental  of  seventeen  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($1,750),  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms 
and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  John  Peter  Walther,  lessor. 

— the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interest  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  resolution  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education,  relative  to  an  amend- 
ment to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  at  Madison  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and 
Tw  enty-fifth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  at  a  meeting  held  on 
March  28,  1900  (see  Journal,  page  339),  requesting  the  Confmissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  to 


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[December  i  t,  1900. 


authorize  the  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises,  Madison  avenue  and  ( >in-  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
fifth  street,  occupied  by  Public  School  24,  Manhattan,  be  amended  by  striking  out  from  the  seven- 
teenth line  from  the  bottom  the  words  "  one  year  "  and  inserting  the  words  "  three  years." 

A  true  copy  of  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  November  14,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  meet- 
ing held  April  20,  1900,  authorizing  a  renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  William  A.  Martin, 
of  premises  occupied  by  Public  School  24,  at  Madison  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
fifth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  July  1,  1900,  with  the  privilege 
of  a  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  changing  the  term  of 
the  lease  so  as  to  read  "  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  July  1,  1900." 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education,  relative  to 
a  lease  of  premises  No.  137  Henry  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

7o  the  Board  of  Education  : 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  recommending  that  the  premises 
No.  137  Henry  street,  Manhattan,  be  leased  for  an  annex  to  Public  School  2  on  the  best  terms 
obtainable,  respectfully  reports  as  follows  : 

The  premises  recommended  to  be  leased  have  been  investigated  and  found  tb  consist  of  a 
four-story  and  basement  brick  and  brown-stone  structure,  26  by  50  feet,  formerly  used  as  a 
parochial  school,  and  after  necessary  alterations  are  made,  at  a  cost  of  about  $3,400,  eight  rooms, 
well  suited  for  class  purposes  will  be  afforded.  The  rental  asked  is  $2,500  per  year,  to  include 
light,  heat  and  janitor's  services,  which  is  considered  reasonable  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the 
Board  of  Education  would  be  required  to  pay  $754  per  year  for  the  services  of  a  janitor,  the 
minimum  allowance  according  to  the  By-Laws  of  the  School  Board,  and  $300,  the  estimated 
amount  for  coal  per  year. 

The  Borough  Superintendent  has  also  reported  that  he  considers  the  building  suitable  for 
school  purposes,  particularly  as  the  capacity  of  the  rear  rooms  can  be  enlarged  by  alterations. 

It  is  therefore  recommended  that  the  request  of  the  School  Board  be  granted,  and  the  follow- 
ing resolution  is  submitted  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  premises  No.  137  Henry  street,  Manhattan, 
for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  2,  for  a  term  of  five  years,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  on 
the  same  terms,  at  an  annual  rental  of  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  to  include  light,  heat, 
janitor's  services  and  the  keeping  of  roof  in  repair.  Owners,  Ursuline  Nuns  of  St.  Theresa,  No. 
139  Henry  street,  Manhattan. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  November  14, 
1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 

following  resolution  : 

December  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR— At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Education  held  November  14,  1900,  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  were  requested  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  premises 
No.  137  Henry  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  2,  for  a  term 
of  five  years,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  on  the  same  terms  at  an  annual  rental  of  $2,500,  to 
include  light,  heat,  janitor's  service  and  the  keeping  of  roof  in  repair  ;  owners:  The  Ursuline 
Convent  of  St.  Teresa's,  New  York;  Hannah  M.White,  President  of  the  Corporation;  Rose 
Keeffe,  Secretary. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  which  consist  of  a  four-story  and 
basement  brick  and  brownstone  building  26  feet  6  inches  by  48  feet,  on  a  plot  of  land  26  feet 
6  inches  by  100  feet,  situated  on  the  north  side  of  Henry  street,  148  feet  10  inches  west  of  Rutgers 
street. 

The  premises  are  now  used  as  a  parochial  school,  and  in  order  to  make  them  suitable  for 
public  school  purposes  it  has  been  found  that  extensive  alterations  will  be  necessary,  estimated 
to  cost  about  $3,400. 

As  these  alterations  and  repairs  are  largely  in  the  nature  of  permanent  improvements  to  the 
building,  and  in  view  of  the  fact  that  as  the  City  is  to  make  such  repairs,  after  taking  possession 
of  the  premises,  which  will  naturally  consume  some  length  of  time,  I  have  conferred  with  Edward 
J.  McGuire,  of  No.  54  Wall  street,  who  represents  the  Corporation,  with  regard  to  securing  better 
terms  than  those  offered,  which,  in  view  of  all  the  circumstances,  I  considered  excessive. 

Mr.  McGuire  now  makes  this  offer  on  behalf  of  the  Corporation,  to  wit  :  A  five  year  term 
from  date  of  occupation,  at  $2,150  per  annum,  with  th&  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  five  years,  at 
$2,403  per  annum  ;  the  les  or  to  furnish  light,  heat  and  janitor's  service  and  to  keep  the  roof  in 
repair.    The  heat  will  be  furnished  from  a  steam  plant  in  an  adjoining  building. 

This  offer  I  consider  just  and  reasonable,  and  may  be  properly  approved  by  the  Commission- 
ers of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coder,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City  from  the  Ursuline  Convent  of  St.  Teresa's,  New  York  ;  Hannah  M.  White,  President  of  the 
Corporation  ;  Ro^e  Keefe,  Secretary  ;  of  premises  No.  137  Henry  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
for  use  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  2,  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  occupation, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  twenty-one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($2,150),  payable  quarterly,  with  the 
privilege  of  a  renewal  for  five  years  at  twenty-four  hundred  dollars  ($2,400)  per  annum,  the  lessor 
to  furnish  light,  heat  and  janitor's  services  and  to  keep  the  roof  in  repair  ;  and  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund,  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the 
interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel  as  provided  by 
sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


[December  i  t,  1900. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Fire  Department  relative  to  the  renewal 
of  five  leases  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  December  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  WYCK,  Mayor,  and  Chairman  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund, 
City  of  New  York  : 

Sir — I  have  the  honor,  upon  recommendation  of  the  Chief  of  Department,  to  respectfully 
request  that  your  Honorable  Commission  will  please  authorize  renewals  of  leases  of  the  following 
property  occupied  by  this  Department  in  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

1.  Premises  occupied  by  Engine  32,  No.  10S  John  street,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  Janu- 
ary 1,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1,800,  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  are  contained,  in  the  existing  lease  ;  Isabel  R.Clark,  lessor. 

2.  Premises  occupied  by  Engine  30,  No.  253  Spring  street,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from 
January  I,  1901.  at  an  annual  rental  of  $540,  payable  quarterly,  it  being  understood  that  the 
Department  is  to  have  no  privilege  of  renewal,  the  lessor  declining  to  assent  thereio,  otherwise 
upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  Trinity  Church 
Corporation,  lessor. 

3.  Premises  occupied  by  Engine  Company  61,  No.  1.  White  Plains  road  (known  on  the 
records  of  the  Bureau  of  Chief  of  Department  as  No.  61  White  Plains  avenue),  for  a  term  of  one 
year  from  February  I,  1901,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  $75,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Heilman,  lessor. 

4.  No.  2801  Third  avenue  (being  premises  in  rear  of  quarters  of  Engine  Company  41),  for  a 
term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $75,  payable  quarterly,  and  upon 
the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  Emma  Henneberger, 
lessor. 

5.  Premises  No.  876  Railroad  avenue  (now  occupied  by  Engine  Company  71),  for  a  term  of 
one  year  from  January  1,  1900,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  as  pro- 
vided in  the  existing  lease,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $600,  payable  quarterly,  upon  the  same 
terms  and  conditions  as  are  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  Herman  H.  Ehlers,  lessor. 

Early  and  favorable  action  will  be  greatly  appreciated. 

Yours  respectfully, 

J.  J.  SCANNELL,  Fire  Commissioner. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  renewals 
of  leases  to  the  City,  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department,  as  follows  : 

1.  Premises  No.  108  John  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January 
I,  1 901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  eighteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,800),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise 
upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  thereof  ;  Isabel  R.  Clark, 
lessor. 

2.  Premises  No.  253  Spring  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from 
January  1,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  five  hundred  and  forty  dollars  ($540),  payable  quarterly, 
otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  ;  Trinity  Church 
Corporation,  lessor. 


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3.  Premises  No.  1  White  Plains  road,  Borough  of  The  Bronx  (known  on  the  records  of  the 
Bureau  of  the  Chief  of  Department  as  No.  61  White  Plains  avenue),  for  a  term  of  one  year  from 
February  I,  1901,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  seventy-five  dollars  ($75),  otherwise  upon  the  same 
terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  thereof;  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Heilman,  lessor. 

4.  No.  2801  Third  avenue,  Borough'  of  The  Bronx,  being  premises  in  the  rear  of  quarters  of 
Engine  Company  41,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  I,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
seventy-five  dollars  ($75),  payable  quarterly,  and  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained 
in  the  existing  lease  ;  Emma  Henneberger,  lessor. 

5.  Premises  No.  876  Railroad  avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  occupied  by  Engine  Company 
71,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1901,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  an  additional 
year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  six  hundred  dollars  ($600),  payable  quarterly,  and  upon  the  same 
terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  thereof;  Herman  H.  Ehlers,  lessor. 

—  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  an  agreement  with  August  Belmont  and  Walther  Luttgen  for  the  privilege  of  dumping  snow 
and  ice  from  a  bulkhead  owned  by  them  into  the  Harlem  river. 

New  York,  November  28,  1900. 

Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Mayor,  Chairman,  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Sir — I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  of  a  lease  pursuant  to  section  541  of 
the  Charter,  from  August  Belmont  and  Walther  Luttgen,  of  the  privilege  of  dumping  snow  and 
ice  from  trucks,  carts  and  other  vehicles  into  the  Harlem  river,  for  the  period  of  five  months  from 
November  1,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  $25  for  the  whole  of  said  period,  the  lease  of  the  said  privilege 
to  be  otherwise  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  the  lease  to  which  your  Board  gave  its 
consent  and  approval  November  10,  1899. 

Respectfully, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 
In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  :  . 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  an  agreement  to 
be  made  between  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  and  August  Belmont  and  Walther 
Luttgen,  securing  for  the  City  the  privilege  of  dumping  snow  and  ice  from  trucks,  carts  or  other 
vehicles  into  the  Harlem  river,  from  their  bulkhead  just  north  of  the  Madison  Avenue  Bridge, 
for  a  period  of  five  months  from  November  1,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  for  the 
whole  of  said  period,  and  that  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  from  the 
appropriation  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  entitled  "  Rent  and  Contingencies,"  Boroughs 
of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  lor  such  privilege. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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[December  i  i,  1900. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  on  Caton  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  Flatbush  Branch  of  the 
Brooklyn  Public  Library  : 

November  26,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library  held  November 
20,  1900,  the  following  proceedings  were  had  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  requested  to  approve  a  lease 
"  for  one  year,  from  November  1,  1900,  of  the  premises  now  occupied  by  the  Flatbush  Branch, 
"  No.  7  Caton  avenue,  at  a  rental  of  $15  per  month  ; 

li  Resolved,  That  the  above  resolution  be  communicated  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Law  Com- 
"  mittee,  with  the  request  to  see  that  its  provisions  are  carried  out." 

The  premises  consist  of  a  one-story  frame  structure  about  36  feet  by  25  feet,  upon  a  plot  of 
land  25  feet  by  109.4,  situated  on  the  south  side  of  Caton  avenue,  105  feet  2  inches  west  of  Flat- 
bush avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  were  originally  constructed  for  a  kindergarten. 

The  Brooklyn  Public  Library  entered  into  a  lease  with  the  owner,  dating  from  November  I, 

1899,  for  a  term  of  one  year,  at  a  rental  of  $10  per  month,  and  the  premises  were  used  by  the 
Flushing  Branch  of  the  said  library. 

On  March  21,  1900.  upon  an  application  of  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library,  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  (Minutes,  page  118)  assumed  this  lease  on  behalf  of  the  City  from  January 
I,  1900. 

The  present  application  is  for  a  renewal  of  these  quarters  for  one  year,  at  a  rental  of  $15  per 
month,  the  same  being  an  increase  of  $5  a  month  over  the  previous  rental  ;  John  Reis,  lessor,  No. 
805  Flatbush  avenue. 

The  premises  are  assessed  on  the  tax-books  for  1900  at  $1,500,  and,  in  my  opinion,  the  rental 
asked,  namely,  $15  per  month,  .is  just  and  reasonable,  but  I  do  not  consider  that  the  City  should 
assume  the  liability  for  any  repairs  under  the  increased  rental. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Biro  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to 
the  City,  from  John  Reis,  of  premises  on  the  south  side  of  Caton  avenue,  near  Flatbush  avenue, 
and  known  as  No.  7,  in  the  Twenty-ninth  Ward  of  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  for  the  use  of  the 
Flatbush  Branch  of  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library,  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  November  1, 

1900,  at  a  monthly  rental  of  fifteen  dollars,  the  lessor  to  keep  the  premises  in  repair,  both  inside 
and  outside,  during  the  term  of  the  lease,  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming 
the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such 
lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  pre- 
pared and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


December  u,  1900.] 


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The  follow  ing  communication  was  received  from  Justice  F.  C.  Kadien,  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  46  Jackson  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens,  occupied  by  the  First 
Municipal  District  Court  : 

November  14,  1900. 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  City  of  New  York  : 

Sir — I  hereby  certify  that  the  premises  known  as  No.  46  Jackson  avenue,  First  Ward, 
Borough  of  Queens,  New  York,  are  occupied  by  the  Court  for  the  First  Municipal  District  of 
Queens,  the  lease  for  which  expired  October  15,  1900,  and  I  recommend  that  the  said  premises 
be  re-leased  for  a  further  term. 

T.  C.  KADIEN,  Justice. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a 
renewal  of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Mary  E.  Dennler,  of  the  brick  building  consisting  of  two 
floors  situated  on  the  south  side  of  Jackson  avenue,  Borough  of  Queens,  and  numbered  46,  for 
the  use  of  the  Municipal  Court  for  the  First  District,  Borough  of  Queens,  for  a  term  of  one  year 
commencing  October  15,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  fifty  dollars  per  month,  otherwise  upon  the  same 
terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease  thereof — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City 
that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable 
to  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  ; 

December  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  cruelty  to  children  were  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  November,  1900,  viz.: 


Nov.  13,  1900.  Annie  Wallach   $50  00 

"    15,     "     Frank  Reid   10  00 

"    20,     "     Frederick  Zehner     50  00 

"    27,     "     Michael  Browne   50  00 

"      1,     "     Helen  Brown  (paid  Warden,  City  Prison)   5C0  00 

Total  ,     $660  00 


The  returns  of  the  Court  show  that  the  above  cases  were  prosecuted  by  the  officers  of  the  New 
York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children. 

Pursuant  to  section  5,  chapter  122,  Laws  of  1876,  said  fines  are  payable  to  the  said  Society. 
The  total  amount  as  above  was  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  Qeneral  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children 
for  the  sum  of  six  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  ($660),  being  the  arhount  of  fines  for  cruelty  to  chil- 


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dren  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  Novem- 
ber, 1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  Society  pursuant  to  section  5,.  chapter  J22,  Laws  of  1876. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted, 

The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable  to 
the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  : 

December  5,  1900. 

//off.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  following  tines  for  cruelty  to  animals  were  imposed  and  collected  by  Court  of  Special 
Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions,  in  the  month  of  November,  1900,  viz.  : 


First  Division. 

Oct.  31,  1900.  Charles  Dempsey   $15  00 

"   31,     "     Louis  Trohn   1000 

Nov.  7,     "     John  Kearns   25  00 

l*     7,      "     Giovanni  Viligio   25  00 

"     7,     "     George  Melins   25  00 

"     7,     "     Dennis  Burns  •   10  00 

u     8,     "     Frederick  Guyler   25  00 

*•«     8,     <k     Richard  McCarthy   25  00 

"     8,     M     Peter  Colber   25  00 

'*    12,      "     Byron  E.  Herri ngtor.   100  00 

'*    14,     "     Theodore  Made   25  co 

14,     n     Max  Tesler   25  00 

"   28,     "     John  Koehler   25  00 

^   28,     "     John  H.  Steneck     25  00 

"    28,     "     Henry  Elsen  ....  y   2500 

■*   28,     "     Harry  Williams   25  00 

"     8,     "     Pasquale  Jarussi  (paid  Warden,  City  Prison)   50  00 

"    29,      "     William  Rose  (paid  Warden,  City  Prison)   25  00 

  $510  00 

Second  Division 

Nov.  3,  1900.  Francis  Cassidy  (paid  to  Sheriff,  Kings  County)   $50  00 

"     9,     '*     James  Canari  (paid  to  Sheriff,  Kings  County)   25  00 

 75  00 

Total   $585  00 


The  total  amount  of  above  fines.  $585,  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  18S8,  the  amount  of  these  fines  is  payable  to  the 
American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  ot  Cruelty  to  Ani- 
mals, for  the  sum  of  -five  hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars  ($585),  being  the  amount  of  fines  for 


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cruelty  to  animals  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second 
Divisions,  during  the  month  of  November,  1900,  and  payable  to  the  said  Society,  pursuant  to 
section  6,  chapter  490,  Laws  of  1888. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable 
to  the  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  : 

December  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir— In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  November  16,  1900,  Charles  L.  Fox 
was.  convicted  and  fined  S50  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry.  The  amount  of  said  fine  was 
deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest 
on  the  City  Debt. 

The  Dental  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  their  counsel,  claim  the  amount  of  said 
fine,  under  section  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Dental  Society  of  the  Siate  of  New  York  for  the  sum  of 
fifty  dollars  ($50),  being  amount  of  fine  for  illegally  practicing  dentistry,  imposed  upon  and 
collected  from  Charles  L.  Fox  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  November  16, 
1900,  and  payable  to  said  Society,  pursuant  to  section  1^4,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  follow  ing  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable  to 
the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission  : 

December  5,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — The  following  fines  for  violation  of  Game  Laws  have  been  imposed  and  collected  by 


the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  viz.  : 

First  Division. 

April  11,  1900.  John  Dunston  (Manhattan)     $50  00 

Nov.  10.     "     Milton  Robbins  (Manhattan)   1000 

"     10,     "     International  Navigation  Company  (Manhattan)   10  00 

  $70  00 

Second  Division. 

Nov.  15,  1900.  Carmine  Spenelli  (Richmond)  '   $50  00 

"     22,     "     Michael  Genonio  (Richmond)   25  00 

  $75  00 

Total   $145  00 


The  total  amount  of  above  fines  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt,  pursuant  to  section  187,  chapter 


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[December  it,  1900. 


20,  Laws  of  1900,  the  amount  of  said  fines  i>  payable  to  the  c<  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commis- 
sion.'' 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Commission  for  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  and  forty-five  dollars  ($145),  being  amount  of  fines  for  violation'  of  Forest,  Fish  and 
Game  Laws,  imposed  and  collected  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  and  Second  Divisions, 
in  the  months  of  April  and  November,  1900,  and  payable  to  said  Commission  pursuant  to  section 
187  of  chapter  20,  Laws  of  1900. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  relative  to  fines  payable  to 
the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  : 

December  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir— In  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  on  November  13,  1900,  one  Josephine 
Drizzo  was  fined  $50  for  illegally  practicing  medicine,  which  fine  was  paid  on  November  28  to 
Warden  of  Workhouse,  Blackwell's  Island,  and  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt. 

Pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893,  this  fine  is  payable  to  the 
Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York. 

Respectfully, 

I.  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 
Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of  New  York  for  the  sum 
of  fifty  dollars  ($50),  being  the  amount  of  fine  for  violation  of  Medical  Law,  imposed  and  col- 
lected by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  First  Division,  in  the  month  of  November,  1900,  and 
payable  to  said  society,  pursuant  to  sections  153  and  164,  chapter  661,  Laws  of  1893. 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  the  refunding  of  Croton 
Water  Rents  paid  in  error  : 

December  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Applications  for  the  refund  of  erroneous  and  overpayment  of  Croton  Water  Rent  have 
been  made  to  this  Department,  as  per  statement  herewith. 

The  applications  are  severally  approved  by  the  Commissioner  of  Water  Supply  and  the 
Receiver  of  Taxes.  The  total  amount,  five  hundred  and  eighty-eight  dollars  and  thirty  cents 
($588.30),  has  been  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of  the  "  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment 
of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt." 

Respectfully, 

L  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper. 


December  li;  1900.] 


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Water  Registrar, 


Louis  Gruing,  Jr.,  lessee. ..  $4  00 

George  Fielder   23  55 

Alfred  E.  Marling,  agent..  80  00 

Alfred  E.  Marling,  agent..  21  10 

Helen  Mundt    8  00 

Sarah  Kaempfer   11  00 

Margaret  Lussen   11  25 

Jane  Falconer   15  00 

Cornelius  J.  Purcell   11  00 

J.  Edgar  Leaycraft,  agent.  13  20 

George  R.  Read,  agent.  ...  34  55 

Charles  M.  Grainger   7  35 

Ronald  H.Macdonald,  agent  69  00 

Samuel  H.  Jacobs   8  00 

Joseph  Steiner   11  45 


Gottlieb  Klein   $4  35 

Charles  H.  Simmons   10  00 

John  N.  Schweizer   14  00 

Catharine  T.  Smith   11  00 

Vincent  J.  Rusch,  agent...  2495 

Mary  Ann  Mooney   8  00 

George  Dietz   30  00 

DunnelleVanSchaick, agent  10  00 

Joseph  A.  Brantigam   11  55 

Louis  Cohen   18  00 

Cornelia  D.  Earle   11  od 

Title  Guarantee  and  Trust 

Company   19  00 

Mrs.  Frances  Muller   8 '00 


$508  30 


Receiver  of  Taxes. 

George  C.  Hopp   $23  00 

Charles  W.  Hunter.'.   47  80 

Susannah  Rice   9  20 


Total 


80  00 


$588  30 


Resolved,  That  a  warrant,  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on 
the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  eighty-eight 
dollars  and  thirty  cents  ($588.30),  for  deposit  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  "  Croton  Water 
Rent,  Refunding  Account,"  for  refunding  erroneous  and  over  payments  of  Croton  Water  Rent,  as 
per  statement  submitted  herewith. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  on  the  refunding  of  over 

payments  for  Street  Vault  Permits  : 

December  6,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — The  following  applications  for  the  refund  of  over-payments  on  Street  Vault  Permits 
have  been  filed  in  this  office,  viz. : 

Henry  Corn,  southwest  corner  Broadway  and  Walker  street   $185  90 

Philip  Smith,  No.  57  Norfolk  street  (permit  not  used  and  surrendered)   195  25 

Total  ,   $381  15 


With  each  of  the  above  applications  is  submitted  the  affidavit  of  the  owner,  and  with  the  first 
f  the  certificate  of  a  City  Surveyor  ;  both  are  certified  by  the  Superintendent  of  Street  Openings, 
Paving  and  Repairs,  and  approved  by  the  Commissioner  of  Highways. 

The  amount  paid  was  deposited  in  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City  Debt. 

Respectfully,  ' 

I .  S.  BARRETT,  General  Bookkeeper, 


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[December  1  [,  I9OO. 


Resolved,  That  warrants  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Redemption  of  the  City 
Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of —  ' 

Henry  Corn,  for  the  sum  of   $185  90 

And  Philip  Smith,  for  the  sum  of   195  25 

Total   $381  15 

— refunding  them  respectively  these  amounts  overpaid  for  Street  Vault  Permits, 
Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  to  authorize  the  issue  of  $1,500,000  Cor- 
porate Stock  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and  Ferries  : 

Resolved,  That,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  180  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter, 
the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  from  time  to  time  as  may  be  required, 
Corporate  Stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater 
New  York  Charter,  to  the  amount  of  one  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($1,500,000),  the 
proceeds  whereof  shall  be  applied  to  the  uses  and  purposes  of  the  Department  of  Docks  and 
Ferries. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  relative  to  the  assignment  of  rooms  in  the  New  Criminal  Court  Building  for  the  use  of 
the  Coroners  of  the  City  and  County  of  New  York  : 

December  10,  1900. 

Hon.  BIRD  S.  Coler,  Comptroller: 

Sir — I  have  investigated  the  requirements  of  the  Coroner's  office  in  the  New  Criminal  Court 
Building  and  think  that  all  the  rooms  on  the  basement  floor  fronting  on  Elm  street,  west  of  the 
corridors,  will  be  necessary  for  the  business  of  the  office  and  courts,  and  I  recommend  that  ihey 
z.t  assigned  for  that  use  as  shown  on  accompanying  diagram. 

These  rooms  require  very  considerable  repair,  painting,  changes  of  partitions,  etc.  The 
floor  being  of  cement,  it  has  been  partially  covered  by  a  wood  floor  by  the  former  occupants,  and 
this  improvement  should  be  extended  and  completed. 

For  the  use  of  the  Coroners  and  the  Doctors,  as  well  as  the  clerks  and  employees,  it  will  be 
necessary  to  erect  a  water-closet,  the  only  sanitary  arrangements  accessible  to  them  being  the 
water-closets  for  the  public,  which  are  not  suitable  for  this  office;  the  Doctors,  especially, 
requiring  a  cleaner  place  and  greater  conveniences. 

Connecting  the  rooms  lying  on  both  sides  of  the  entrance  to  the  building,  it  will  be  necessary 
to  establish  a  telephone  system  for  the  speedy  transaction  of  business. 

The  total  floor  space  to  be  assigned  for  the  use  of  the  Coroners  will  be  6,754  square  feet. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


December  u,  1900.] 


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In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  following  assignment  of  the  rooms  of  the  New  Criminal  Court  Building 
is  hereby  made  for  the  use  of  the  office  of  the  Coroners  of  the  City  and  County  of  New  York  : 

All  the  rooms  on  the  Elm  street  side  of  the  basement  floor,  colored  red  on  the  accompanying 
diagram,  and  containing  about  6,754  square  feet. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning  relative 
to  a  lease  of  Lots  Nos.  408  and  410,  West  Fifteenth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  with  stable  to 
be  erected  thereon  : 

New  York,  November  9,  1900. 

Hon,  Robert  A.  Van  WYck,  Mayor ',  Chairman^  Board  of  Commissioners  0/  the  Sinking  Fund 7 

SlR— I  desire  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of 
the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  from  James  S.  Herrman,  of  the  lots  Nos.  408  and  410  West 


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[December  i  i,  1900. 


Fifteenth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  with  the  stable  to  be  erected  according  to  the 
plans  and  specifications  made  by  Mr.  Robert  Maynicke,  and  approved  by  Horgan  &  Slattery, 
architects,  herewith  submitted,  for  a  term  of  ten  years,  from  the  completion  and  acceptance  of 
the  stable,  at  the  annual  rental  of  $7,500,  payable  quarterly;  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and 
to  make  all  outside  repairs  ;  the  City  to  make  all  inside  repairs  and  pay  for  all  Croton  water  used 
in  the  premises,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  another  term  of  ten  years  on  the  same  terms 
and  conditions,  the  lessor  to  assume  hom  the  date  of  completion  and  acceptance,  the  remainder 
of  a  certain  lease  dated  September  1,  1897,  from  Charles  Astor  Bristed  to  the  Commissioner  of 
Street  Cleaning,  of  all  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  with  the  brick  stable  thereon 
erected,  situate  and  known  as  Nos.  387,  389  and  391  West  Twelfth  street,  in  the  Borough  of 
Manhattan,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  being  66  feet  front  by  74  feet  in  depth,  and  to  pay  the 
rent  thereon  as  it  shall  fall  due  with  all  and  every  other  liability  of  The  City  of  New  York  under 
the  said  lease. 

I  understand  that  section  541  of  the  Charter  has  been  amended  by  chapter  744  of  the  Laws 
of  1900,  so  as  to  authorize  leases  of  this  Department  for  terms  of  not  exceeding  ten  years. 
I  transmit  herewith  plans  and  specifications  referred  to  above. 

Respectfully  yours, 

P.  E.  NAGLE,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the 
following  resolution  : 

December  10,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Cornptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Percival  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner,  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  in  communica- 
tion dated  November  9,  1900,  requests  the  consent  and  approval  of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  from  James 
S.  Herrman,  of  the  Lots  Nos.  408  and  410  West  Fifteenth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
with  the  stable  to  be  erected  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  made  by  Mr.  Robert  May- 
nicke, and  approved  by  Horgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  for  a  term  of  ten  years,  from  the  complete  n 
and  acceptance  of  the  stable,  at  the  annual  rental  of  $7,500,  payable  quarterly  ;  the  lesssor  to 
pay  all  taxes  and  to  make  all  outside  repairs  ;  the  City  to  make  inside  repairs  and  pay  for  all 
Croton  water  used  on  the  premises,  with  the  privilege  Of  a  renewal  for  another  term  of  ten  years 
on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  ;  the  lessor  to  assume,  from  the  date  of  completion  and  accept- 
ance, the  remainder  of  a  certain  lease,  dated  September  1,  1897,  from  Charles  Astor  Bristed  to 
the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  of  all  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  ot  land,  with  the 
brick  stable  thereon  erected,  situated  and  known  as  Nos.  387  to  391  West  Twelfth  street,  in  the 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  being  66  leet  front  by  74  feet  in  depth,  and  to 
pay  the  rent  thereon  as  it  shall  fall  due.  with  all  and  every  other  liability  of  The  City  of  New 
York  under  the  said  lease,  would  report — 

The  plans  and  specifications  submitted  are  for  a  six  story  and  basement  brick  building,  50 
feet  by  103  feet  ;  the  front  is  to  be  a  first  quality  face  brick  ;  the  main  girders  of  the  first  and 
second  floors,  are  to  be  of  steel  ;  all  other  girders  and  the  floor  beams  are  to  be  of  yellow  pine, 
all  of  a  sufficient  size,  that  the  building  may  be  constructed  for  a  live  load  of  150  pounds  per 
superficial  foot  on  every  floor.  The  basement  is  to  be  concreted  ;  all  other  floors  to  have  a  double 
thickness  flooring,  except  the  second  and  third  stones,  which  are  to  be  cemented  and  covered 
with  a  wood-finished  floor  ;  the  finished  flooring  throughout  is  to  be  of  yellow  pine  or  maple. 

The  basement  fs  to  be  used  for  the  storage  of  carts,  etc. ;  the  first  floor  will  also  be  used  for 
carts  and  wagons,  and  will  have  an  office  in  front  with  desk,  stove,  etc. 

The  stalls  for  the  horses  are  to  be  on  the  second  and  third  stories  ;  114  single  stalls  and  4 
box  stalls  ;  all  equipped  with  mangers,  etc. 


December  ii,  1900.] 


53o 


The-  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  stories  will  be  for  storage,  workshops,  etc.  On  the  top  or  sixth 
floor  will  be  a  harness-room,  feed  bins,  hot  water  tank,  feed-mixing  troughs  and  a  hay  and  feed 
gravity  chuies  to  the  second  and  third  stories. 

The  floors  occupied  by  the  horses,  the  second  and  third,  are  to  be  perfectly  water-tight. 

There  will  be  one  large  electric  elevator,  to  run  from  the  basement  to  the  top  floor,  of  a 
sufficient  capacity  to  carry  carls.  A  large  cart-run  to  be  constructed  in  basement,  a  horse-run 
from  first  to  third  floor,  with  stairs  and  rail  on  side,  and  stairs  from  third  to  sixth  floor. 

The  plumbing  consists  of  lavatories,  watering-troughs,  hot-water  heater,  a  mash  tub,  wash 
sinks  and  the  stalls  all  drained  with  cast-iron  gutter,  covered  with  wood  ;  gas  pipes  and  electric 
wiring  are  to  be  run  throughout  the  building. 

On  first  floor  near  elevator  will  be  built  a  Fairbanks'  platform  scale. 

The  plans  and  specifications,  though  general,  call  for  a  first-class  stable  and  will  be  well 
suited  for  the  purposes,  but  unnecessarily  large  ;  if  the  building  is  five  instead  of  six  stories,  it 
will  give  sufficient  accommodations  for  any  increase  of  business  there  may  be  for  the  next  ten  or 
fifteen  years. 

After  a  careful  examination  of  the  plans  and  specilications  and  what  information  I  have  been 
able  to  obtain  in  relation  to  the  lots,  I  consider  the  following  a  liberal  estimate  of  the  property 
and  improvements  : 

2  lots  (50  feet  by  103  feet)  ,   $26,000  00 

Brick  stable  (6  stories  and  basement)   65,700  00 

Total     $91,700  00 


—and  on  the  basis  (which  I  consider  a  fair  allowance)  that  the  annual  rental  is  eight  per  cent,  of 
the  investment,  $91,700,  the  yearly  rental  will  be  $7,360,  and  as  Mr.  Herrman  is  to  assume  the 
unexpired  lease  of  the  stable  Nos.  387  to  391  West  Twelfth  street,  an  allowance  should  be  made 
for  this. 

The  lease  of  Charles  Astor  Bristed  for  stable  in  West  Twelfth  street,  at  an  annual  rental  of 
$4,000,  expires  on  November  1,  1902,  which  leaves  about  one  and  one-half  years,  or  about  ,s6,coo5 
to  be  taken  into  consideration.  What  may  be  the  loss  in  this  transaction  is  very  uncertain,  but 
there  surely  will  be  some. 

Therefore,  I  consider  the  rental  asked,  $7,500  per  annum,  full  but  not  excessive  for  the 
proposition  as  submitted,  but  I  would  recommend  that  a  five-story  and  basement  brick  stable  be 
erected  instead  of  a  six  story  building.  With  this  reduction  in  the  plans,  I  consider  $7,000  per 
annum  a  fair  annual  rental.    Mr.  Herrman  agrees  to  this  proposition. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to 
the  execution  of  a  lease  to  the  City  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  James  S. 
Herrman,  of  the  lots  Nos.  408  and  410  West  Fifteenth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  with  the  five- 
story  stable  to  be  erected  thereon,  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  made  by  Mr.  Robert 
Maynicke,  and  approved  by  Horgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  as  modified,  for  a  term  of  ten  years 
from  the  completion  and  acceptance  of  the  stable,  at  an  annual  rental  of  seven  thousand  dollars 
($7,000),  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  pay  all  taxes  and  to  make  all  outside  repairs,  the  City  to 
make  inside  repairs  and  pay  for  all  Croton  water  used  on  the  premises,  with  the  privilege  of  a 


53  r 


[December  i i,  1900. 


renewal  for  another  term  of  ten  years  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  the  lessor  to  assume  from 
the  date  of  completion  and  acceptance,  the  remainder  of  a  certain  lease,  dated  September  I, 
1897,  from  Charles  Astor  Bristed  to  The  City  of  New  York,  of  all  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel 
of  land  with  the  brick  stable  thereon  erected,  situated  and  known  as  Nos.  387  to  391  West 
Twelfth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  of  New  York,  and  to  pay  the  rent  thereon  as  it  falls 
due,  with  all  and  every  other  liability  of  The  City  of  New  York  under  said  lease — the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for 
the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  following  vote  : 

Ayes— The  Mayor,  Comptroller,  Chamberlain,  and  Chairman.  Finance  Committee  Board  of 
Aldermen, 

Not  voting— The  President  of  the  Council, 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  statement  and  resolution  to  authorize  a  transfer  of 
$2,000,000  from  the  Interest  Fund  to  the  Redemption  Fund  : 

December  ii,  1900. 

[Ion.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Dear  Sir — I  hereby  certify  that  the  available  cash  balance  in  the  City  Treasury  to  credit  of 
the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interest  on  the  City  Debt  on  the  morning  of  Decembe1" 
10,  1900 

Is   $2,226,423  71 

That  the  liability  of  the  fund  for  "Interest  on  the  City  Debt,"  payable  there- 
from at  the  next  interest  period,  February  1,  1901,  will  not  exceed   6,000  o 

Leaving  a  surplus  of   $2,220,423  71 

JOSEPH  HAAG,  Chief  Bookkeeper. 

Resolved,  That  a  warrant  payable  from  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  Payment  of  the  Interes 
on  the  City  Debt  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  Chamberlain  for  the  sum  of  two  million  dollars,  to  be 
by  him  deposited  in  the  City  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Sinking  Fund  f9r  the  Redemption  of 
the  City  Debt,  thereby  transferring  this  amount  of  surplus  revenue  of  the  Interest  Fund  to  the 
Redemption  Fund,  pursuant  to  section  209  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned, 


EDGAR  J.  LEVEY,  Secretary. 


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[December  27,  1900. 


COMMISSIONERS   OF   THE   SINKING   FUND  OF 
THE   CITY  OF   NEW  YORK. 


Proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  a  Meeting  held  at  the  Mayor's  Office,  at 
12.30  o'clock  P.  M.,  on  Thursday,  December  27,  1900. 


Present— Robert  A. Van  Wyck,  Mayor;  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller;  Patrick  Keenan, 
Chamberlain  ;  Randolph  Guggenheimer,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Robert  Muh,  Chairman, 
Finance  Committee,  Board  of  Aldermen. 


The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  December  11.  1900,  were  approved  as  printed. 


The  following  presentment  was  received  from  the  Grand  Jury  of  Kings  County  relative 
county  buildings  : 

Brooklyn,  December  21,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  City  of  New  York  : 

Sir — In  compliance  with  the  request  of  the  Grand  Jury  of  Kings  County  of  December,  1 900, 
I  herewith  submit  the  inclosed  presentment. 

Yours  respectfully, 

JAMES  S.  REGAN,  Chief  Clerk. 

The  Grand  Jury  for  the  County  of  Kings  for  month  of  December,  1900,  beg  to  make  the 
following  presentment  : 

We  are  more  than  pleased  with  the  able  manner  in  which  the  representatives  of  the  District 
Attorney's  office  presented  the  different  cases  to  this  body. 

In  connection  with  our  tour  of  inspection  of  the  county  buildings,  we  beg  to  call  the 
attention  of  the  proper  authorities  to  the  fact  that  we  found  the  County  Almshouse  Buildings 
badly  overcrowded,  and  we  strongly  recommend  the  erection  of  new  buildings,  so  that  the 
inmates  of  this  institution  can  be  properly  cared  for. 

In  connection  with  Raymond  Street  Jail  we  most  strongly  recommend  the  erection  of  a  new 
female  prison,  as  we  find  the  present  structure  unsafe  and  unfit  for  the  purposes  for  which  it  is 
now  used.  We  feel  that  it  would  be  a  waste  of  public  moneys  to  attempt  to  improve  or  enlarge 
this  structure.  We  approve  the  efforts  of  Sheriff  Walton  in  bringing  this  matter  to  the  attention 
of  the  proper  officials,  and  we  request  that  a  copy  of  this  presentment  be  placed  in  the  hands  of 


December  27,  1900.] 


534 


the  Mayor,  Comptroller,  Commissioner  of  Buildings,  Lighting  and  Supplies  and  the  Board  of 
Estimate  and  Apportionment,  with  a  view  to  having  immediate  action  taken. 

We  wish  to  further  state  that  we  found  all  the  county  "buildings  in  a  most  cleanly  condition 
and  the  management  most  efficient. 

FRANK  S.  PARKER,  Foreman. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting 
and  Supplies,  relative  to  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Rudolph  L.  Daus,  as  Architect,  for  additions  and 
improvements  in  Hall  of  Records,  County  of  Kings  : 

New  York,  December  11,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller.  No.  280  Broadway,  City  : 

Dear  Sir — I  have  to  notify  you  that,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  chapter  647,  Laws 
of  1900,  for  making  additions,  extensions,  alterations  and  improvements  in  the  Hall  of  Records, 
County  of  Kings,  I  have  appointed  Mr.  Rudolph  L.  Daus,  of  No.  26  Court  street,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  to  prepare  the  necessary  plans  and  specifications  in  connection  therewith.  I  respect- 
fully request  that  you  so  notify  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission. 

Very  truly  yours, 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 

Which  was  ordered  filed. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting 
and  Supplies,  relative  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises,  corner  Court  and  Butler  streets,  occu- 
pied by  the  Second  District  City  Magistrate's  Court,  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  December,  11,  1900. 
Hon.  Btrd  S.  Coler,  Comptroller^  Finance  Department,  New  York  City  : 

Dear  Sir — The  lease  of  the  Second  District  City  Magistrate's  Court,  at  Court  and  Butler 
streets,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  will  expire  on  January  I,  1901.  Please  renew  on  same  terms  and 
conditions.    Particulars  in  connection  with  the  same  are  as  follows  : 

Location — Butler  street,  near  Court  street. 

Portion  of  premises  to  be  leased — Court-room  and  appurtenances,  cellar  and  cells  and  closets 
now  occupied  by  above  court. 

Name  o ("owners — James  R.  Townsend  and  Henry  E.  Coe,  executors  of  and  trustees  under  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  Charles  A.  Coe,  deceased. 

Term  of  lease — Three  years  from  January  I,  1901. 

Rental — $1,644  per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 

Taxes  and  water  rates— To  be  paid  by  owner. 

Heating,  etc. — To  be  furnished  by  lessee. 

Conditions  as  to  term — None. 

Special  provisions — In  case  of  damage  by  fire,  repairs  to  be  made  as* speedily  as  possible  by 
owner  ;  if  totally  destroyed  or  so  badly  as  to  be  rendered  untenantable,  the  rent  is  to  cease.  May, 
on  removal,  take  away  all  improvements  made  by  lessee,  except  lath  and  plaster  partitions. 

Yours  truly,  , 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 


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[December  27,  1900. 


In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  James  K.  Townsend  and  Henry  E.  Coe,  executors  of  and  trustees 
under  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Charles  A.  Coe,  deceased,  of  the  court-room  and  appurte- 
nances, cellar  and  cells  and  closets,  in  the  building  on  Butler  street,  near  Court  street,  now  occupied 
by  the  Second  District  City  Magistrate's  Court,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  at  an  annual  rental  of  one 
thousand  six  hundred  and  fourty-four  dollars  ($1,644),  payable  quarterly,  for  a  term  of  three  years 
from  January  i,  1901,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in  the  existing 
lease,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that 
it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  city  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Department  of  Public  Buildings,  Lighting 
and  Supplies,  relative  to  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  at  No.  14  Howard  avenue.  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  occupied  by  the  Fourth  District  Municipal  Court  : 

New  York,  December  12,  1900. 
Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller,  Finance  Department,  Stewart  Building,  City  : 

Dear  Sir — The  lease  of  the  Fourth  District  Municipal  court-rooms,  at  No.  14  Howard  ave- 
nue, Borough  of  Brooklyn,  will  expire  on  February  15,  1901.  Please  renew  on  same  terms  and 
conditions.    Particulars  in  connection  with  the  same  are  as  follows  : 

Location — No.  14  Howard  avenue. 

Portions  of  premises  to  be  leased — Second  floor. 

Name  of  owner — East  Brooklyn  Co-operative  Building  Association. 

Term  of  lease — Three  years  from  February  15,  1901. 

Rental — $2,500  per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 

Taxes  and  water  rates — To  be  paid  by  owner. 

Heating,  etc. — To  be  paid  by  owner. 

Conditions  as  to  term — None. 

Special  provisions — In  case  of  damage  by  fire,  repairs  to  be  made  as  speedily  as  possible  by 
owner  ;  if  totally  destroyed  or  so  badly  damaged  as  to  be  rendered  untenantable,  the  rent  is  to 
cease.  May,  on  removal,  take  away  all  improvements  made  by  lessee,  except  lath  and  plaster  par- 
titions, doors  therein,  or  flooring. 

Kindly  furnish  me  with  a  copy  of  the  lease  and  oblige, 

Yours  respectfully, 

HENRY  S.  KEARNY,  Commissioner. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  the  East  Brooklyn  Co-operative  Building  and  Loan  Association,  of 
the  premises  occupied  by  the  Fourth  District  Municipal  Court,  at  No.  14  Howard  avenue,  Borough 
of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  February  15,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  twenty- 
five  hundred  dollars  ($2,500),  payable  quarterly,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as 


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536 


contained  in  the  existing  Tease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair 
and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  city  that  such  lease  be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  453  St.  Nicholas  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

New  York,  December  13,  1900. 
Hon.  Edgar  J.  Levey,  Secretary,  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

Dear  Sir — Inclosed  herewith  please  find  certified  copy  of  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board 
of  Education,  at  its  meeting  held  on  the  12th  instant,  relative  to  the  renewal  of'the  lease  of  the 
premises  designated  in  the  existing  lease  as  No.  453  St.  Nicholas  avenue. 

Respectfully, 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolutions  found  on  pages  1639  and  1678  of  the  Journal  of  the  Board  of 
Education  for  1900,  relative  to  renewal  of  premises  No.  920  St.  Nicholas  avenue,  Manhattan,  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  rescinded  ;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  the  store  floor  and  portion  of  base- 
ment fronting  on  St.  Nicholas  avenue,  adjoining  the  corner  store  in  the  building  located  on  the 
northwest  corner  of  St.  Nicholas  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  street  (known  in  the 
present  lease  as  No.  453  St.  Nicholas  avenue), used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  46,  Manhattan,  for 
one  year  from  January  1,  1901,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  an  additional  year  at  an  annual 
rental  of  one  thousand  dollars,  to  include  steam  heat,  the  Board  of  Education  to  give  notice  to  the 
owner  of  the  intention  to  continue  or  discontinue  the  said  lease  three  months  prior  to  the  date  of 
expiration  ;  the  other  terms  to  be  the  same  as  those  of  the  existing  lease.  Owner,  Louie  Viola 
Spratley,  No.  453  West  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  street,  Manhattan. 

A  true  copy  of  resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education,  December  12,  1900. 

A.  E.  PALMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith,  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  renewal 
of  the  lease  to  the  City,  from  Louie  Viola  Spratley,  of  the  store  floor  and  portion  of  basement 
fronting  on  St.  Nicholas  avenue,  adjoining  the  corner  store  in  the  building  located  on  the  northwest 
corner  of  St.  Nicholas  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  street  (known  in  the  present  lease 
as  No. 453  St.  Nicholas  avenue),  used  as  an  annex  to  Public  School  46,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for 
a  term  of  one  year  from  January  1,  1901,  with  the  privilege  of  a  further  renewal  for  an  additional 
year  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000),  payable  quarterly,  to  include  steam 
heat ;  the  Board  of  Education  to  give  notice  to  the  owner  of  the  intention  to  continue  or  discon- 
tinue the  said  lease  three  months  prior  to  the  date  of  expiration,  otherwise  upon  the  same  terms 
and  couditions  as  contained  in  the  existing  lease — the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming 
the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  city  that  such  lease 
be  made. 

Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


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[December  27,  1900. 


The  following  report  and  resolution  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Education  relative  to 
a  lease  of  premises  No.  288  East  Broadway,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 

To  the  Board  of  Education: 

The  Committee  on  Buildings,  to  which  was  referred  a  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the 
School  Board  for  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx  on  October  17,  1900,  requesting  the 
Board  of  Education  to  secure  a  lease  of  the  store  floor  in  premises  No.  288  East  Broadway,  for  a 
term  of  one  year,  to  accommodate  the  kindergarten  classes  of  Public  School  147,  Manhattan, 
respectfully  reports  as  follows  : 

The  premises  in  question  have  been  examined,  and  the  store  floor  proposed  to  be  leased  is 
found  to  be  19^  by  41  feet,  and  well  lighted,  and  after  slight  alterations  are  made  the  room  will 
be  adapted  for  school  purposes.    The  rental  asked  is  $900  per  annum. 

Borough  Superintendent  Jasper  has  reported  that  additional  school  accommodations  are 
urgently  needed  in  the  neighborhood,  and  therefore  your  Committee  would  recommend  that  the 
request  of  the  School  Board  be  granted. 

The  following  resolution  is  offered  for  adoption  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  he  and  they  are  hereby  requested  to 
authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store  floor  in  premises  No.  288  East  Broadway, 
for  one  year,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  $900  ; 
George  G.  Hallock,  Jr.'s,  Sons,  No.  401  Grand  street,  Manhattan,  Agents. 

A  true  copy  of  report  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education,  November  28,  1900. 

A.  E.  PAEMER,  Secretary,  Board  of  Education. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  fol- 
lowing resolution: 

December  ii,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — The  Board  of  Education,  at  a  meeting  held  November  28,  1900,  requests  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  lease  of  the  store  floor  in 
premises  No.  288  East  Broadway,  for  one  year,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  an  additional  year, 
at  an  annual  rental  of  $900  ;  agents,  George  G.  Hallock,  Jr.'s,  Sons,  No.  401  Grand  street, 
Manhattan. 

I  have  caused  an  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises  in  question,  and  find  that  they  con- 
sist of  the  store  floor  about  19^  feet  by  41  feet,  of  the  five-story  brick  building  situated  on  the 
northeast  corner  of  East  Broadway  and  Gouveineur  street. 

The  building  is  piped  for  gas,  but  the  heating  will  have  to  be  by  stoves  provided  by  the 
Board  of  Education. 

The  floor  space  is  800  square  feet,  which  at  the  rental  asked,  $900  per  annum,  is  at  the  rate  of 
$1.12%  per  square  foot,  which  I  consider  excessive,  and  I  would  recommend  a  rental  of  $780  per 
annum,  being  at  the  rate  of  $1  per  square  foot,  which  I  consider  reasonable  and  just  ;  the 
lease  to  provide  that  the  lessor  .-hall  put  the  store  in  thorough  tenantable  repair,  to  include  two 
coats  of  paint  on  the  woodwork,  both  inside  and  outside,  the  calcimining  of  the  walls  and  ceiling 
and  space  for  storage  of  coal  in  the  cellar,  and  to  commence  from  the  date  of  occupation. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

December  18,  190c. 

P.  S. — Since  writing  the  above  I  have  received  word  from  the  agent  of  this  building  that  the 
owner  is  unwilling  to' accept  less  than  $900  per  annum,  and,  in  view  of  the  urgent  necessity,  as 


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presented,  for  securing  this  very  building,  J  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Sinking  Fund  may  approve  the  lease  ;  the  owner  to  make  the  repairs,  as  enumerated  above. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the  City, 
from  George  G.  Hallock,  Jr.'s,  .Sons,  agents,  of  the  store  floor  in  premises  No.  288  East  Broadway, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  Board  of  Education  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  occu- 
pation, with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  an  additional  year,  at  an  annual  rental  of  nine  hundred 
dollar;  ($900;,  payable  quarterly,  the  lessor  to  put  the  store  in  thorough  tenantable  repair  and 
paint  the  woodwork,  both  inside  and  outside,  with  two  coats  of  paint  ;  also  to  calcimine  the 
walls  and  ceilings  and  space  for  storage  of  coal  in  the  cellar  ;  and  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City 
that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same 
w  hen  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of 
the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative 
to  a  lease  of  premises  No.  102  Norfolk  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  the  Board  of  Education  : 

December  18,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Education  held  November  14,  1900,  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  they  are  hereby  requested 
"  to  authorize  the  Comptroller  to  execute  a  renewal  of  the  lease  of  premises  No.  102  Norfolk  street 
"  (known  on  the  city  maps  as  No.  112),  upon  which  is  erected  a  part  of  Public  School  140,  for  one 
"  year  from  February  18,  1901,  at  a  rental  of  nine  hundred  dollars.  Trustees,  the  United  States 
"  Trust  Company  of  New  York,  No.  45  Wall  street,  Manhattan. " 

The  existing  lease  for  these  premises,  which  will  expire  on  February  18,  1901,  was  for  a  term  of 
twenty-one  years  at  $350  per  annum.  The  lessee  to  pay  all  taxes,  assessments  and  Croton  water  rents 
assessed  "  by  any  Government,  power  or  authority  whatsoever;"  to  keep  the  premises  properly 
fenced  and  the  sidewalks  in  repair,  and  free  and  clear  from  snow  and  ice.  Further,  that  ten  days 
prior  to  the  termination  of  the  lease,  the  lessee  shall  take  down,  remove  and  carry  off  from  the 
said  premises  all  buildings  and  improvements  which  it  may  make  during  the  term  of  the  lease. 

In  the  year  1879  two  lots  adjoining  the  above  premises  were  purchased  for  school  purposes, 
for  the  sum  of  $13,000,  it  being  at  the  time  impossible  to  purchase  from  the  estate  of  Stephen 
Whitney  the  premises  covered  by  the  lease  and  which  were  necessary  for  the  construction  of  a 
proper  building,  in  consequence  of  which  the  lease  for  this  one  lot  was  made,  as  above,  and  the 
Board  of  Education  constructed  a  school  building  extending  over  the  three  lots. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  Board  of  Education  to  acquire  this  lot  by  condemnation  proceedings 
before  the  expiration  of  the  renewal,  as  proposed  in  the  resolution,  but  pending  such  proceedings, 
a  renewal  of  the  lease  is  necessary. 


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[December  27,  1900. 


I  have  caused  a  careful  examination  to  be  made  of  the  premises,  and  from  the  information 
furnished  me,  I  believe  that  the  value,  namely,  $22,500,  upon  which  a  rental  of  $900  per  annum 
is  based,  being  4  per  cent,  upon  the  same,  is  excessive,  and  consider  that  the  market  value  of  this 
plot  will  not  exceed  $18,000,  which,  at  4  per  cent.,  would  yield  a  rental  of  $720. 

The  matter  was  referred  to  the  Board  of  Education  with  the  request  to  secure  a  reduction  in 
the  rental  if  possible,  and  the  United  States  Trust  Company,  as  trustees  of  the  property,  replying 
to  the  Board  of  Education,  states  as  follows  : 

"  As  trustee  of  the  Whitney  estate  we  are  unable  to  see  any  reason  for  reducing  our  estimate 
"  of  the  value  of  the  lot  No.  102  Norfolk  street  and  in  consequence  to  reduce  the  rental  for  the 
"  ensuing  year." 

As  it  is  absolutely  necessary  that  the  City  should  retain  possession  of  this  property  until  the 
same  is  condemned,  and  the  terms  offered  being  the  best  obtainable,  I  would  therefore  recom- 
mend that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  approve  a  lease  for  one  year  from  February 
18,  1 901,  at  $900  per  annum. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  the  United  States  Trust  Company  of  New  York,  trustees,  of  premises  No.  102  Norfolk 
street  (known  on  the  city  maps  as  No.  112),  upon  which  is  erected  a  part  of  Public  School  140,  for 
a  term  of  one  year  from  February  18,  1901,  at  an  annual  rental  of  nine  hundred  dollars  ($900), 
payable  quarterly,  the  lessee  to  pay  all  taxes  and  assessments  and  Croton  water  rents  and  keep  the 
premises  properly  fenced  and  the  sidewalks  in  repair  and  free  from  snow  and  ice  ;  and  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for 
the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  as  provided  by  see 
tions  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  and  offered  the  following  resolution  rela- 
tive to  an  amendment  to  resolution  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  on  One  Hundred  ami  Seventy - 
fifth  street,  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  Depart- 
ment of  Highways  : 

December  21,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  James  P.  Keating,  Commissioner  of  Highways,  in  a  communication  under  date  of 
December  14,  1900,  states  that  the  owner  of  the  premises  on  the  south  side  of  East  One  Hundred 
and  Seventy-fifth  street,  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place,  Mr.  J.  P.  Schmenger,  declines 
to  execute  the  lease  authorized  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  on  May  18,  1900,  unless 
the  clause  requiring  the  owner  to  make  all  repairs  to  the  exterior  of  the  building  be  stricken  out  : 
and,  further,  that  a  clause  be  inserted  to  the  effect  that  the  owner  reserve  the  right,  in  case  he  sells 
the  property,  to  terminate  the  lease  on  one  year's  notice  to  the  City. 

These  requests  appear  to  me  reasonable,  and  I  would  therefore  recommend  that  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  amend  their  resolution  of  May  18,  1900,  by  omitting  the  words  "  to 


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540 


keep  the  exterior  of  the  b'uilding  in  repair  and  "  and  to  insert  in  place  thereof,  the  owner  to  have 
the  privilege  of  terminating  the  lease  upon  one  year's  notice  to  the  City,  providing  he  shall  have 
disposed  of  the  property  prior  thereto. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Approved  : 

Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  at  meet- 
ing held  May  18,  1900,  authorizing  a  lease  of  premises  on  the  south  side  of  East  One  Hundred 
and  Seventy-fifth  street,  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place,  in  the  Borough  of  The 
Bronx,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Corporation  Counsel  be  and  is  hereby  requested  to  prepare  a  lease  to  the 
City,  from  J.  P.  Schmenger,  of  the  premises  situated  on  the  south  side  of  East  One  Hundred  and 
Seventy-fifth  street  (Prospect  place),  between  Anthony  avenue  and  Crane  place  (now  Clay  ave- 
nue), in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  Highways,  for  a  term  of  one 
year  from  May  I,  1900,  at  a  rental  of  thirty-five  dollars  ($35)  per  month,  with  the  privilege 
of  four  annual  renewals  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  the  owner  to  have  the  privilege  of 
terminating:  the  lease  upon  one  year's  notice  to  the  City,  providing  he  shall  have  disposed  of  the 
property  prior  thereto,  the  lessor  to  place  the  sewer  and  water  connections  in  perfect  order  ;  and 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rent  fair  and  reasonable,  and  that  it 
would  be  for  the  interests  of  the  City  that  such  lease  be  made,  the  Comptroller  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  the  same  when  prepared  and  approved  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel  as  provided  by  sections  149  and  217  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 

The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance, 
relative  to  changes  in  the  lengths,  widths  and  locations  of  Piers,  new  10  and  new  11,  ]North  river, 
and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

December  13,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Docks,  held  December  7,  1900,  the  following  proceedings 
were  had  : 

"  Resolved,  That  this  Board  deems  it  advisable  to  change  the  lengths,  widths  and  locations 
"  of  Piers,  new  10  and  new  II,  North  river,  at  the  foot  of  Albany  street  and  Cedar  street,  respec- 
"  tively,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  from  the  lengths,  widths  and  locations  therefor,  determined 
"  by  the  Board  of  Docks,  April  13,  1871,  and  adopted  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
"  April  27,  1871,  as  follows  : 

"  The  easterly  prolongation  of  the  new  northerly  line  of  Pier,  new  II,  will  intersect  the 
"  easterly  line  of  West  street  at  a  point  19.21  feet  northerly  from  the  northerly  side  of  Cedar  street, 
"  and  will  extend  westerly,  making  an  angle  with  said  easterly  line  of  West  street,  on  the  southerly 
"  side  of  the  intersection,  of  88  degrees  5c  minutes  and  33  seconds.  The  aew  northerly  line  of  Fier, 
"  new  11,  will  begin  at  the  intersection  of  said  easterly  prolongation  with  the  bulkhead-line  estab- 
"  lished  in  1 87 1 ,  and  will  extend  thence  westerly  785.40  feet  to  the  pierhead-line  as  modified  by 
44  tie  Secretary  of  War  in  1897;  thence  southerly  along  said  pierhead-line  60.21  feet;  thence 
"  easterly  on  a  line  parallel  with  the  first  mentioned  course,  and  distant  60  feet  southerly  there- 


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[December  27,  1900. 


"  from  623.25  feet  ;  thence  southeasterly  in  a  straight  line  to  a  point  in  the  bulkhead-line  estab. 
"  lished  in  1871  distant  25  feet  southerly  from  the  intersection  of  the  easterly  prolongation  of  the 
"  last-mentioned  course  with  the  said  bulkhead-line  ;  thence  northerly  along  said  bulkhead-line 
"  85.05  feet  to  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

"  The  northerly  side  of  Pier,  new  10,  will  begin  at  a  point  in  the  bulkhead-line  established  in 
"  1871,  distant  125.17  leet  southerly  from  the  point  where  the  southerly  line  of  Pier,  new  II,  inter- 
"  sects  said  bulkhead-line,  and  running  thence  southwesterly,  making  an  angle  with  said  bulk- 
"  head  line  on  the  northerly  side  of  191  degrees  59  minutes  151.88  feet  to  a  point  in  a  line 
"  parallel  with  the  northerly  line  of  Pier,  new  11,  and  distant  235  feet  southerly  therefrom  ;  thence 
u  westerly  on  a  line  parallel  with  the  northerly  line  of  Pier,  new  11,  and  distant  235  feet  southerly 
"  therefrom  606.98  feet  to  the  pierhead-line  as  modified  by  the  Secretary  of  War  in  1897  ; 
"  thence  southerly  along  said  pierhead-line  80.28  feet  ;  thence  easterly  in  a  line  parallel  with  and 
"  distant  80  feet  southerly  from  the  second  course  5)3.25  feet  to  a  point  distant  152.24  feet 
"  westerly  from  the  established  bulkhead-line  ;  thence  deflecting  southerly  through  an  angle  of  9 
"  degrees  22  minutes  55  seconds  and  running  southeasterly  153.18  feet  to  the  said  bulkhead-line  ; 
"  thence  northetly  along  said  bulkhead-line  established  in  1871  130x8  feet  to  the  point  or  place 
"  of  beginning. 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  and  hereby  are  requested  to 
"  consent  to  and  approve  the  change  in  the  lengths,  widths  and  locations  of  Piers,  new  10  and 
"  new  11,  at  the  foot  of  Albany  and  Cedar  streets,  North  river,  respectively,  in  the  Borough  of 
"  Manhattan,  as  above  set  forth,  and  as  shown  on  the  plans  prepared  and  submitted  by  the 
"  Engineer-in-Chief." 

The  plans  of  the  proposed  improvements  are  submitted. 

I  have  examined  the  plans  and  consider  them  judicious  throughout.  I  have  no  adverse 
criticism  to  make  upon  them,  and  believe  they  may  properly  receive  the  approval  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

In  this  connection  it  may  be  proper  to  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  Board  of 
Estimate  and  Apportionment  has  under  consideration  the  approval  of  proceedings  to  be  initiated 
by  the  Corporation  Counsel  to  acquire  title  to  that  part  of  Piers,  old  12  and  old  14,  the  fee  of 
which  lies  in  parties  other  than  The  City  of  New  York. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved.  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  and  approve  of  the 
resolution  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Docks  on  December  7,  1900,  changing  the  lengths,  widths 
and  locations  of  Piers,  new  10  and  new  11,  North  river,  at  the  foot  of  Albany  street  and  Cedar 
street,  respectively,  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  relative 
to  payment  of  $983.22  to  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slaltery,  architects,  for  services  in  preparing  plans, 
etc.,  for  an  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building,  in  the 
Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  December  18,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Armory  Board  held  December  17,  1900,  the  following 
was  adopted  : 


December  27,  1900.] 


542 


"  Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  to  pay  to  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery,  archi- 
"  tects,  the  sum  (if  nine  hundred  and  eighty-three  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents  ($983.22),  as  per 
il  accompanying  voucher,  on  account,  for  professional  services  in  preparing  plans  and  specifications 
"  and  supervision  of  work  for  an  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory 
"  Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be 
"  respectfully  requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 

The  voucher  is  herewith  transmitted. 

Yours  truly, 

THOS.  L.  FEITNER,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  the  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Armory  Board  at  meeting  held  December  17,  1900,  authorizing  and  requesting  the 
Comptroller  to  pay  to  Messrs.  Horgan  &  Slattery,  architects,  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  and  eighty- 
three  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents  ($983.22),  on  account  of  professional  services  in  preparing 
plans  and  specifications  and  supervision  of  work  for  an  alteration  and  improvement  to  the  Four- 
teenth Regiment  Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 
Which  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  communication  was  received  from  the  Board  of  Armory  Commissioners  relative 
to  the  payment  of  $158  to  Joseph  W.  Cody  for  services  in  making  borings  at  the  Fourteenth  Regi- 
ment Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn  : 

New  York,  December  18,  1900. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — At  a  meeting  of  the  Armory  Board  held  December  17,  1900,  the  following 
was  adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Comptroller  be  authorized  to  pay  to  Joseph  VV.  Cody  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty-eight  dollars  ($158),  as  per  accompanying  voucher,  in  full  for  services  in  making 
borings  at  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  that  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  be  respectfully  requested  to  concur  in  the  same." 

The  voucher  is  herewith  transmitted. 

Yours  truly, 

THOS.  L.  FEITNER,  Secretary. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  offered  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  concur  in  the  resolution 
adopted  by  the  Armory  Board  at  meeting  held  December  17,  1900,  authorizing  and  requesting 
the  Comptroller  to  pay  to  Joseph  W.  Cody  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-eight  dollars  ($158) 
in  full  for  services  in  making  borings  at  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  Armory  Building,  in  the  Bor- 
ough of  Brooklyn. 

Which  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  relative  to  the  erection  of  a  station-house,  prison 


543 


[December  27,  1900. 


and  stable  for  the  Fortieth  Precinct,  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Buston  avenue  nnd  Summit  place, 
Borough  of  The  Bronx  : 

December  24,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

SIR — The  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Police  Department,  under  date  of  December  13,  1900,  transmits 
the  following  communication  to  the  Commissioners  ol  the  Sinking  Fund  : 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  Police  Board  held  this  day,  on  reading  and  filing  communication  from 
"  Hoigan  &  Slattery,  architects,  stating  that  the  plans  for  the  station-house,  prison  and  stable  for 
"  the  Fortieth  Precinct,  located  on  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Boston  avenue  and  Summit  place, 
"  in  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  had  been  approved  by  the  President  of  the  State  Commission  of 
"  Prisons. 

"Resolved,  That  such  plans  and  form  of  specifications  be  respectfully  submitted  to  the  Com- 
"  missioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  approval." 

I  have  examined  the  plans  and  find  t^em  very  complete.  The  specifications  are  in  great 
detail  and  fully  describe  the  work  to  be  done. 

The  premises  upon  which  it  is  proposed  to  erect  the  building  were  acquired  by  the  City  on 
October  2,  19CO,  for  $8,500,  and  are  located  on  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Boston  avenue  and 
Summit  place,  Borough  of  The  Bronx.  The  plot  is  not  rectangular  in  shape,  but  the  dimensions 
are  as  follows  :  102.57  feet  on  Boston  avenue  ;  139.10  feet  on  Summit  place  ;  on  the  rear  running 
parallel  with  Boston  avenue  97.5  feet,  and  on  a  line  running  parallel  with  Summit  place  120.42 
feet.  But  the  building  is  to  be  119  feet  6  inches  by  86  feet  8  inches,  119  feet  6  inches  on  Summit 
place  and  86  feet  8  inches  on  Boston  road. 

The  plans  and  specifications  call  for  a  two-story  fireproof  brick  building  ;  the  front  and  sides 
to  have  a  granite  base  course,  and  above  that  a  selected  face  brick,  with  terra  cotta  trim  (window- 
sills,  lintels,  etc.).    The  entire  cellar  will  not  be  excavated,  but  merely  the  portion  required  for 

the  stair  hall,  coal  storage,  boiler-room,  drying-room  and  general  storage. 

The  first  story  consists  of  the  muster  room,  captain's  room,  bedroom  and  bath,  sitting-room 

for  patrolmen,  toilet  for  matrons,  a  woman's  prison,  including  4  steel  cells;  a  prison  for  wten, 

including  8  steel  cells  ;  a  stable  with  accommodations  for  28  horses,  feed,  hay  and  straw  rooms, 

harness  room  and  carriage  room. 

There  is  a  large  open  court-yard  on  the  ground  floor,  giving  ample  space  for  light  and  venti- 
lation. 

The  second  story  consists  of  four  dormitories  for  men,  giving  room  for  68  patrolmen  ;  2  rounds- 
men's rooms,  accommodating  4  roundsmen  ;  2  sergeants'  rooms  ;  also  separate  toilets  for  sergeants 
and  roundsmen.  The  finished  floors  are  comb-grained  yellow  pine,  except  in  muster  room, 
where  terrazzio  with  marble  base  is  laid  ;  asphalt  in  carriage  room  and  stable  ;  terrazzio  in  prisons 
and  toilet  rooms  ;  in  captain's  toilet  rubble  tile.  The  walls  are  to  be  plastered  with  rock  plaster 
above  5-foot  wainscot  and  painted. 

Plumbing  complete  throughout,  and  entire  building  heated  by  a  low-pressure  steam  warming 
apparatus,  with  flow  and  return  pipes  for  the  direct  system  of  heating. 
The  building  will  be  wired  for  electric  light  and  piped  for  gas. 

The  plans  and  specifications  are  very  complete,  and  call  for  a  first-class  building  in  every 
respect.  The  estimate  of  cost,  as  given  by  the  architects,  is  $70,000. 

I  think  the  plans  and  specifications  may  properly  receive  the  approval  of  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund,  as  required  by  chapter  350,  Laws  of  1892,  as  amended  by  chapter  495,  Laws 
of  1895. 

The  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  by  resolution  adopted  September  15,  1S99, 
authorized  the  issue  of  Corporate  Stock  to  the  amount  of  $100,000  for  a  site  and  building  for  the 


December  27,  1900. J 


544 


Fortieth  Precinct ;  $8,500  of  this  amount  has  been  used  for  the  site  The  action  by  the  Board  of 
Estimate  and  Apportionment,  by  ordinance,  was  duly  adopted  by  the  Municipal  Assembly  on 
December  30,  1899. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  permission  be  and  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Board  of  Police  ol  the  Police 
Department  to  erect  and  construct  a  station-house,  prison  and  stable  for  the  Fortieth  Precinct 
upon  a  plot  of  land  on  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Boston  avenue  and  Summit  place,  in  the 
Borough  of  The  Bronx,  the  title  to  said  plot  of  land  being  now  in  The  City  of  New  York  ;  and 

Resolved,  That  the  plans  and  specifications  for  such  building,  transmitted  to  the  Commission- 
ers of  the  Sinking  Fund  for  their  approval,  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Police  adopted  December 
13,  1900,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  approved. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


The  following  petition  was  received  from  Charles  D.Ingersoll  and  Charles  P.  Latting,  for  a 
quit-claim  deed  of  premises  on  the  north  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty -third  street,  140  feet 
west  of  Fourth  avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan  : 


In  the  Matter 
of 

The  Petition  of  Charles  D.  Ingersoll  and  Charles.  P.  Latting, 
Commissioners  for  Loaning  Certain  Moneys  of  the  United 
States  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  a  quit-claim  deed 
from  The  City  of  New  York  of  premises  north  side  of  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street,  140  feet  west  of  Fourth 
avenue. 


To  the  Comptroller  of  7 lie  City  of  New  York  : 

The  petition  of  Charles  D.  Ingersoll  and  Charles  P.  Latting,  Commissioners  for  Leaning  Certain 
Moneys  of  the  United  States  of  the  County  of  New  York,  respectfully  shows  : 

First — That  your  petitioners  are  such  commissioners  as  aforesaid,  and  as  such  it  is  their  duty 
under  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  New  York  to  exercise  and  they  are  now  exercising  supervision 
and  care  over  the  property  hereinafter  described  in  the  interest  of  the  people  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  and  they  have,  under  said  statutes,  authority  to  sell  said  lands  for  the  State  of  New  York, 
and  they  are  now  endeavoring  to  sell  the  same,  but  on  account  of  the  claim  of  The  City  of  New 
York,  hereafter  set  forth,  have  been  and  are  unable  to  sell  the  same. 

Second— That  heretofore  and  on  about  the  19th  day  of  April,  1866,  Walter  Brady  and  Mary 
Jane,  his  wife,  being  the  owners  thereof,  mortgaged  to  the  Commissioners  for  Loaning  Certain 
Moneys  of  the  United  States  of  the  County  of  New  York,  the  following  described  premises,  viz  : 

All  those  two  certain  lots  of  land  lying  together  in  the  block  between  Fourth  and  Fifth  ave- 
nues and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  streets,  in  The  City 
of  New  York,  and  bounded  southerly  in  front  by  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street  ;  northerly 
by  the  middle  line  of  the  block  between  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  and  One  Hundred  and 


545 


[December  27,  190c. 


Thirty-fourth  streets  ;  easterly  by  a  line  drawn  parallel  to  Fourth  avenue  as  widened,  and  distant 
one  hundred  and  forty  feet  therefrom,  and  westerly  by  a  like  parallel  line  distant  one  hundred  and 
ninety  feet  westerly  from  said  Fourth  avenue  ;  each  lot  containing  twenty-five  feet  in  width  in 
front  and  rear  and  ninety-nine  feet  and  eleven  inches  in  depth. 

Third — That  thereafter  said  mortgage  was  foreclosed  pursuant  to  the  statute  in  such 
cases  made  and  provided,  and  said  premises  were  on  the  17th  day  of  September,  1878,  offered  for 
sale  under  said  foreclosure  and  were  bid  in  for  the  people  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Fourth — That  the  people  of  the  State  of  New  York  ever  since  said  17th  day  of  September, 
1S78,  have  been  and  are  now  the  owners  in  fee  simple  of  said  premises. 

Fifth — That  the  taxes  on  said  property  from  the  time  the  State  purchased  the  same,  namely, 
from  the  year  1879  to  the  year  1884,  inclusive,  have  been  paid  or  remitted  and  are  not  returned 
against  said  property.  Your  petitioners  believe  that  the  taxes  during  that  period  were  remitted 
and  marked  off  the  books  for  the  reason  that  the  State  of  New  x'ork  owned  said  property,  and 
your  petitioners  allege  that  there  are  now  no  taxes  imposed  on  said  premises  during  said  last  men- 
tioned period.  That  taxes  have  been  imposed  and  are  now  returned  against  said  premises  from 
the  year  1885  up  to  and  including  the  year  1894,  amounting  to  in  all  $832.56,  besides  interest. 
That  said  taxes  have  not  been  paid  ;  that  the  said  property  was  exempt  from  taxation  during  the 
said  last-mentioned  period  for  the  reason  that  during  all  that  time  the  State  of  New  York  was  and 
is  now  the  owner  thereof,  and  in  consequence  thereof  the  taxes  now  returned  against  said  property 
as  above  mentioned,  from  1885  lo  1894,  inclusive,  amounting  to  >S32.56,  besides  interest,  are 
improperly  levied  against  and  returned  on  said  property  and  should  be  canceled  and  remitted  for  the 
reason  above  mentioned.  That,  in  addition  to  the  $832.56  taxes  from  1885  to  1894,  inclusive, 
above  mentioned,  there  are  levied  and  returned  against  said  property  taxes  for  the  years  1867  and 
1868,  amounting  in  ail  to  $202.52,  besides  interest.  There  are  several  unpaid  assessments  again>t 
said  property,  amounting  to  $1,036.70,  besides  interest  ;  there  is  some  charge  against  said  prop- 
erty for  advertising  said  property  for  unpaid  assessments.  Said  property  is  now  being  advertised 
for  sale  for  said  unpaid  assessments.  The  date  of  said  sale,  as  advertised,  is  the  4th  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1899. 

Schedule  A,  hereto  annexed,  is  a  statement  of  the  amount  of  taxes  levied  and  imposed; 
against  said  property  which  are  properly  payable,  with  interest  computed  to  the  first  day  01 
December,  1899. 

Schedule  B,  hereto  annexed,  is  a  statement  of  the  taxes  imposed  on  said  property  from  1885 
to  1894,  inclusive,  which  should  be  canceled  and  remitted  as  above  mentioned. 

Schedule  C,  hereto  annexed,  is  a  statement  of  the  assessments  levied  and  imposed  against  said 
property  to  date,  with  interest  computed  to  the  first  day  of  December,  1899,  and  the  computation 
for  expense  of  advertising  said  property  for  sale  for  unpaid  assessments.  That  the  amount  of 
taxes,  assessments  and  interest  thereon  computed  to  December  1,  1S99,  and  the  expenses  of 
advertising  for  sale  as  above  mentioned,  which  are  properly  assessed  and  payable  by  the  people 
of  the  State  of  New  York  as  the  owners  of  said  property,  is  the  sum  of  three  thousand  four  hun- 
dred and  twenty -two  dollars  and  seventy-two  cents. 

Sixth — That  said  property  is  vacant  land  and  no  rent  has  ever  been  received  therefrom  by  the 
people  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Seventh — That  the  City  of  New  York  claims  to  have  some  interest  or  title  in  said  premises  by 
reason  of  the  fact  that  a  portion  of  the  same  were  formerly  below  high-water  of  the  I  larlem  river, 
but  that  even  if  the  City  at  the  present  time  had  the  absolute  title  to  said  premises  the  same  could 
not  be  used  for  dockage  or  navigation  for  the  reason  that  the  high-water  mark  of  the  Harlem 
river  now  lies  east  of  Fourth  avenue,  and  many  streets  to  the  north  of  this  property. 

Eighth — The  other  lots  have  been  released  by  the  City  of  New  York  in  this  neighborhood  for 
a  nominal  consideration. 


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546 


Ninth — That  in  1895,  when  said  property  was  exempted  from  taxation  the  tax  valuation 
thereof  was  four  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

Tenth — That  the  people  of  the  State  of  New  York  wish  to  pay  all  of  said  taxes,  assessments, 
interest  and  expenses  that  are  properly  assessed  and  imposed  against  said  property  and  to  obtain 
therefor  from  The  City  of  New  York  a  release  of  whatever  claim  the  said  City  has  against  said 
properly,  and  your  petitioners  hereby  offer  to  pay  the  City  of  New  York  for  said  release  the  sum 
ot  three  thousand  four  hundred  and  twenty. two  dollars  and  seventy-two  cents. 

Wherefore,  your  petitioners,  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  people  of  the  State  of  New  York,  pray 
that  all  taxes  and  assessments  levied  or  imposed  against  said  property  since  the  said  17th  day  cf 
September  1878,  be  canceled  and  remitted,  and  that  The  City  of  New  York  sell,  quit-claim  and 
release  the  above-described  premises  to  the  people  of  the  State  of  New  York  upon  payment  to  The 
City  of  New  York  of  the  sum  of  three  thousand  four  hundred  and  twenty-two  dollars  and 
seventy-two  cents,  and  on  such  terms  as  shall  be  just  and  proper. 

Dated  New  York,  November  13,  1899. 

CHARLES  D.  INGERSOLL, 
CHARLES  P.  LATTING, 
Commissioners  for  Loaning  Moneys  of  the  United  States  of  the  County  of  New  York. 

County  of  New  York,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  ss.  : 

Charles  D.  Ingersoll  and  Charles  P.  Latting,  being  each  severally  duly  sworn,  each  for  himself 
deposes  and  says  :  That  he  is  one  of  the  petitioners  above-named  and  has  read  the  foregoing  petition 
and  knows  the  contents  thereof  and  that  the  same  is  true  of  his  own  knowledge,  except  as  to  those 
matters  therein  stated  to  be  alleged  upon  information  and  belief  and  as  to  those  matters  he  believes 
it  to  be  true. 

CHARLES  D.  INGERSOLL, 
CHARLES  P.  LATTING. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  13th  day  of  November,  1899. 

John  F.  Shelly,  Notary  Public,  New  York  County. 


SCHEDULE  "A." 

Taxes  of  1867   $96  12 

Interest  to  December  1,  1899   216  16 

Taxes  of  1868   106  40 

Interest  to  December  I,  1899   233  43 

$652  11 

SCHEDULE  "  B." 

Taxes  of  1885  ....  $86  40 

Taxes  of  1886   82  44 

Taxes  of  1887   86  40 

Taxes  of  1888   88  80 

Taxes  of  1889   78  00 

Taxes  of  1890   86  68 

Taxes  of  1891   83  60 

Taxes  of  1892  ,   81  40 

Taxes  of  1893   80  08 

Taxes  of  1894  1  78  76 

$832  56 


547 


[December  27,  1900. 


SCHEDULE  "C." 

Assessments  entered  February  28,  1870   $196  80 

Interest  to  December  1,  1899   410  37 

Assessments  entered  May  5,  1873   180  co 

Interest  to  December  1,  1899   •   334  81 

Assessments  entered  September  9,  1873   272  34 

Interest  to  December  1,  1899   501  22 

Assessments  entered  March  6,  1876   8  42 

Interest  to  December  [,  1899   14  95 

Assessments  entered  May  4,  1882   17  00 

Interest  to  December  I,  1899   20  92 

Assessments  entered  January  6,  1883  ..   229  30 

Interest  to  December  1,  1899   272  14 

Assessments  entered  June  6,  1884   19  gC 

Interest  to  December  I,  1899   21  69 

Assessments  entered  November  6,  1886   95  78 

Interest  to  December  I,  1899   87  83 

Assessments  entered  March  21,  1887   17  10 

Interest  to  December  I,  1899   15  98 

Add  for  advertising,  18  assessments,  at  $3  each   54  00 

$2,770  61 
652  11 

$3,422  72 


In  the  Matter 

of 

The  Petition  of  Charles  D.  Ingersoll  and  Charles  P.  Latting, 
Commissioners  for  Leaning  Certain  Moneys  of  the  United 
States  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  a  quit-claim  deed 
from  The  City  of  New  York  of  premises  north  side  of 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street,  140  feet  west  of 
Fourth  avenue. 


County  of  New  York,  ss.  : 

Charles  D.  Ingersoll,  being  duly  sworn,  says  he  is  one  of  the  Commissioners  for  Loaning  Cer- 
tain Moneys  of  the  United  States  of  the  County  of  New  York,  mentioned  in  the  above  matter,  and 
that  he  verified  the  petition  in  this  matter  November  13,  1899. 

That  the  two  lo;s  mentioned  is  said  petition  being  on  the  north  side  of  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-third  street.  140  feet  west  of  Fourth  avenue,  in  The  City  of  New  York,  were  mortgagtd  to 
the  Commissioners  for  Loaning  Certain  Moneys  of  the  United  States  of  the  County  of  New  York  on 
the  19th  day  of  April,  1866,  by  Walter  Brady  and  Mary  Jane,  his  wife,  by  mortgage  No.  675,  to 
secure  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  dollars  and  interest.  That  the  interest  on  said  mortgage  which 
was  due  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  October,  1877,  was  not  paid,  and  that  said  mortgage  was  lore- 
closed  under  the  statute  relating  to  foreclosures  of  such  mortgages.  All  the  proceedings  were 
had  required  by  the  statute,  and  all  persons  were  notified  in  accordance  with  the  statute,  and 
the  said  two  lots  of  land  were  on  the  17th  day  of  September,  1878,  duly  sold  to  the  people  of  the 
State  of  New  York  ;  that  there  was  at  that  time  due  on  said  mortgage  the  principal  of  the  mortgage, 
eight  hundred  dollars," interest  to  October  I,  187S,  one  hundred  and  twelve  dollars,  and  costs  and 


December  27,  1900.] 


548 


expenses  of  foreclosure,  ninely-three  dollars  and  ten  cents  ;  total,  one  thousand  and  five  dollars 
and  ten  cents.  That  the  amount  of  principal  of  said  mortgage,  interest  and  costs  above  mentioned, 
with  interest  on  the  same  to  date,  is  the  sum  of  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  five  dollars. 

That  one  Sigmund  B.  Simon,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  has  offered  to  purchase  said  two  lots  and  to  pay 
to  the  State  of  New  York  the  sum  of  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  five  dollars,  by  an  offer  dated 
October  30,  1899,  which  offer  has,  under  the  statute,  been  accepted  by  the  above-mentioned  Loan 
Commissioner1--.  That  in  endeavoring  to  sell  to  said  Simon  the  said  property  the  Loan  Commis- 
sioners above  mentioned,  representing  the  State  of  New  York,  are  met  with  the  objection  that  The 
City  of  New  Yoik  claims  some  right  to  or  title  in  the  greater  part  of  said  lots,  on  the  ground  that 
the  greater  part  of  said  lots  was  originally  situated  below  high-water  mark  of  the  Harlem  river,  as 
set  forth  in  the  petition  above  mentioned. 

That  unless  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners  in  this  matter  above-mentioned  should  be  granted  the 
State  of  New  York  will  be  unable  to  sell  the  said  lots.  That  if  said  petition  is  granted  and  The 
City  of  New  York  releases  its  claim  as  prayed  for,  the  City  will  be  paid  the  amount  justly  due  it  for 
taxes  and  assessments  on  said  lots  amounting  with  interest  to  the  sum  of  three  thousand  four  hun- 
dred and  twenty-two  dollars  and  seventy-two  cents  or  thereabouts,  and  the  State  will  receive  the 
sum  of  two  thousand  two  hundred  'and  five  dollars.  That,  unless  the  petition  is  granted  as  above 
mentioned,  it  is  improbable  that  The  City  of  New  York  will  receive  anything  of  taxes  or  assessments 
on  said  lots,  as  nobody  will  buy  said  lots.  It  i»  in  reality  of  greater  interest  to  The  City  of  New 
York  that  said  petition  should  be  granted  than  it  is  to  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the  reason  that 
The  City  of  New  York  will  receive  a  larger  sum  of  money,  namely,  over  three  thousand  four  hun- 
dred dollars,  whereas  the  State  of  New  York  will  receive  only  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  five 
dollars. 

Another  reason  why  The  City  of  New  York  should  grant  the  petition  above  mentioned  is  that 
if  the  said  lots  should  be  sold  as  proposed  as  above  mentioned,  they  will  immediately  after  such 
sale  become  subject  to  taxation,  whereas  now,  being  the  property  of  the  State  of  New  York,  they 
are  not  subject  to  taxation,  that  the  sooner  this  petition  is  granted  and  the  sale  to  Mr.  Simon  carried 
out,  the  sooner  The  City  of  New  York  will  receive  a  revenue  in  the  form  of  taxation  on  said  l~ts. 

CHARLES  D.  INGERSOLL. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  24th  day  of  November,  1899. 

John  F.  Shelly,  Notary  Public,  New  York  County. 

In  connection  therewith  the  Comptroller  presented  the  following  opinion  of  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance,  and  report  of  the  Comptroller,  and 
offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Law  Department,  ) 
Office  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  V 
New  York,  December,  6,  1899.  ) 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — I  am  in  receipt  of  a  communication  from  the  Deputy  Comptroller  under  date  of 
November  17,  1899,  inclosing  for  my  consideration  and  advice  petition  of  Charles  D.  Ingersoli  and 
Charles  P.  Latting,  Commissioners  of  Loaning  Certain  Moneys  of  the  United  States  for  a  quit-claim 
deed  of  any  interest  The  City  of  New  York  might  have  in  premises  situated  on  the  north  side  of 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street,  140  feet  west  of  Fourth  avenue. 

You  request  that  an  examination  be  had,  as  is  provided  for  by  section  149  of  the  Charter,  and 
that  the  Comptroller  be  advised  as  to  his  duly  in  the  premises. 

In  addition  to  the  petition  an  affidavit  as  to  further  facts  was  submitted  by  the  petitioners  in 
lieu  of  an  examination. 

From  the  petition  and  affidavit  it  appears  that  in  1866 , the  then  owners  of  the  premises  in 
question  executed  a  mortgage  to  the  Loan  Commissioners  ;  that  said  mortgage  was  foreclosed  in 


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[December  27,  1900. 


1878,  and  the  premises  were  bid  in  for  the  people  of  the  State  of  New  York  ;  that,  since  September 
17,  187S,  the  people  of  the  State  of  New  York  have  been  and  now  are  the  owners  of  said  property  ; 
that  the  said  Commissioners  have  contracted-  to  sell  said  premises  ;  that,  upon  the  examination  of 
\  the  title  by  the  purchaser,  certain  taxes  levied  prior  to  1878  and  certain  assessments  have  been 
retained  as  unpaid,  as  well  as  taxes  for  1884  to  1894,  inclusive  ;  that  said  property  is  advertised  for 
sale  for  unpaid  assessments,  said  sale  to  take  place  on  December  4,  1899  ;  that  the  purchaser  has 
further  objected  to  the  title  on  the  ground  that  The  City  o  f  New  York  claims  some  interest  in  or 
title  to  said  premises  ;  that  the  City  claims  some  interest  in  said  premises  by  reason  of  the  fact  that 
it  is  claimed  that  a  portion  of  the  same  were  formerly  below  high  water  of  the  Harlem  river  ;  that 
unless  this  application  is  granted  the  State  will  be  unable  to  sell  said  property  ;  that  the  petitioners 
are  willing  to  pay  the  amount  of  the  taxes,  with  interest,  levied  prior  to  the  date  when  the  State 
acquired  title,  as  well  as  the  amount  of  the  various  assessments,  with  interest,  and  the  cost  of  the 
advertisement  for  the  proposed  sale,  and  request  that  the  taxes  levied  while  the  State  held  title 
should  be  canceled. 

The  question  as  to  whether  lands  similarly  situated  lay  between  the  lines  of  ordinary  high 
water  and  low  water  of  the  Harlem  river,  and  that  by  reason  thereof  title  was  vested  in  The  City 
of  New  York,  has  been  decided  twice  adversely  to  the  City. 

In  both  of  these  cases  the  court  and  jury  followed  oral  testimony  as  to  the  time  of  ordinary 
high  water,  in  preference  to  the  line  of  high  water,  as  shown  upon  Randel's  map. 

In  view  of  these  decisions,  it  is  an  extremely  doubtful  question  whether  The  City  of  New  York 
ever  had  any  title  to  the  lands  in  question. 

The  City  has  in  a  number  of  cases  released  its  alleged  interest,  for  a  nominal  consideration, 
in  and  to  lands  similarly  situated. 

In  the  present  case  the  petitioners  offer  to  pay  the  amount  of  taxes,  with  interest,  for  years 
prior  to  the  time  when  the  State  acquired  title  to  said  premises  and  the  amount  of  the  assessments, 
with  interest,  and  the  cost  of  advertising  the  sale  of  said  lots  to  be  held  on  December  4,  1899, 
amounting,  as  stated  in  the  schedule  annexed  to  the  petition,  to  the  sum  of  $3,422.72,  the  interest 
being  calculated  to  December  I,  1899. 

In  view  of  these  facts,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  no  objection  exists  to  the  execution  of  a  quit- 
claim deed  by  the  City,  releasing  and  quit-claiming  to  said  petitioners  any  interest  which  the  City 
might  have  in  and  to  the  said  premises. 

Taxes  levied  subsequent  to  the  year  1878,  when  the  State  acquired  title  to  said  premises  should 
be  canceled  as  levied  against  State  property,  which  under  the  law  is  exempt  from  taxation. 

This  office  has  ascertained  that  an  application  for  a  quit-claim  deed  for  the  same  property  has 
been  presented  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  by  John  B.  Judson,  No.  11  East  State 
street,  Gloverville,  New  York. 

If  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  should  determine  to  act  upon  the  application  of 
the  Commissioners  for  Loaning  Moneys  of  the  United  States  no  action  will  be  necessary  upon  the 
second  application  above  referred  to. 

1  herewith  return  petition  and  additional  affidavit. 

Respect  fully  yours, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

Law  Department,  J 
Office  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  > 
New  York,  December  10,  1900.  ) 

[Ion.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — I  am  in  receipt  of  a  communication  from  the  Deputy  Comptroller,  under  date  of  Novem- 
ber 15,  1900,  inclosing  for  my  consideration  and  advice  petition  of  Charles  D.  Ingersoll  and 


December  27,  1900.] 


55o 


Charles  P.  Latting,  Commissioners  for  Loaning  Certain  Moneys  of  the  United  States  for  a  quit-claim 
deed  or  release  of  any  interest  the  City  might  have  in  premises  situated  on  the  north  side  of  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street,  140  feet  west  of  Fourth  avenue. 

Reference  is  made  to  report  of  Engineer  McLean,  of  the  Finance  Department,  dated  February 
5,  1  goo,  and  all  papers. 

In  his  report  Mr.  McLean  states  that,  in  view  of  my  opinion  sent  to  you  under  date  of  Decem- 
ber 6,  1899,  a  quit-claim  deed  be  given  the  petitioners  for  a  nominal  sum  of  $1,  and  $100  for 
necessary  expenses. 

I  am  requested  to  advise  you  whether  it  would  be  proper  for  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sink- 
ing Fund  to  grant  the  release  without  formal  appraisement  for  such  sums  as  they  may  consider 
a  sufficient  satisfaction  in  settlement,  in  view  of  the  facts  as  shown  in  my  communication  of  De- 
cember 6,  1899,  and  the  doubt  as  to  any  real  ownership  of  the  City  in  the  property. 

In  the  present  case,  upon  the  facts  presented,  it  is  a  very  doubtful  question  as  to  whether  the 
City  has  or  had  any  title  to  the  premises  described  in  the  petition  and  only  a  release  or  quit-claim 
of  any  possible  interest  the  Ciiy  may  have  is  asked  for. 

The  method  of  ascertaining  the  amount  to  be  paid  in  cases  of  grants  is  prescribed  by  section 
91  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1897.  By  this  section  it  is  made  the  duty  of  the  Comptroller  and 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works  to  report  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  what  sum  of 
money,  in  their  judgment,  should  be  charged  as  consideration  and  if  said  Commissioners  or  a  ma- 
jority of  them  agreed  to  the  terms  reported  by  the  Comptroller  and  Commissioner  of  Public  Works, 
then  the  Comptroller  shall  cause  such  grant  to  be  issued  to  the  parties  legally  entitled  to  the  same. 

By  the  provisions  of  the  new  Charter  the  position  of  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  has 
been  abolished  and  various  departments  created,  the  heads  of  which  are  to  exercise  certain  func- 
tions theretofore  performed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  but  no  provision  was  made  for 
the  substitution  of  the  head  of  any  such  departments  to  a„t  with  the  Comptroller  in  relation  to  the 
sale  of  City's  lands  or  any  interest  the  City  might  possibly  have  in  any  lands. 

Under  these  circumstances,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Comptroller  to  re- 
port to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  what  sum  should  be  charged  in  the  present 
instance  as  compensation  for  the  release  asked  for,  and  if  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund 
or  a  majority  of  them  agree  to  such  terms,  then  such  release  should  be  issued. 

Vours  respectfully, 

JOHN  WHALEN,  Corporation  Counsel. 

City  of  New  York — Finance  Department,  ) 
Comptroller's  Office,  [• 
February  5,  1900.  ) 

Bon.  BirdS.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — In  the  matter  of  the  petition  of  Charles  D.  Ingersoll  and  Charles  P.  Latting,  Commis- 
sioners for  Loaning  Certain  Moneys  of  the  United  States  of  the  County  of  York,  for  a  quit-claim 
deed  of  the  City's  interest  in  two  lots  on  the  north  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street, 
140  feet  west  of  Fourth  avenue. 

'1  hese  premises  have  been  heretofore  reported  on  by  me,  on  May  23,  1899,  an(^  December  4, 1899, 
wherein  I  claimed  that  a  poition  of  these  premises  lying  outside  of  original  high-water  mark,  as  laid 
down  by  Randel's  Map,  since  it  had  not  been  heretofore  granted,  was  the  property  of  the  City  ; 
but  according  to  opinion  dated  December  6,  1899,  of  the  Corporation  Counsel,  it  is  an  extremely 
doubtful  question  whether  the  City  of  New  York  ever  had  any  title  to  the  lands  in  question,  and 
states  that  in  his  opinion  no  objection  exists  to  the  execution  of  a  quit-claim  deed  by  the  City, 
releasing  and  quit-claiming  to  said  petitioners  any  interest  which  the  City  might  have  in  and  to  the 
said  premises. 


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[December  27,  1900. 


He  also  advised,  that  since  the  City's  interest  is  doubtful,  -and  that  the  property  belongs  to 
the  State  of  New  York  since  1878,  when  purchased  under  foreclosure  of  mortgage,  that  taxes 
levied  subsequent  to  the  year  1878,  when  the  State  acquired  title  to  said  premises,  should  be 
♦  canceled  as  levied  against  State  property,  which,  under  the  law,  is  exempt  from  taxation. 

In  view  of  the  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  that  the  City's  interest  is  questionable,  I 
would  advise  that  a  quit-claim  deed  be  given  the  petitioners  for  a  nominal  sum  of  $1  and  $ico  for 
necessary  expenses  ;  all  taxes  levied  and  not  canceled  subsequent  to  the  year  1878  be  canceled, 
the  petitioners  to  pay  all  taxes  not  paid  and  levied  previous  to  1878,  with  interest  thereon  to 
date  of  payment.  Also  to  pay  all  assessments  for  improvements  and  interest  and  co^ts  thereon 
to  date  of  payment. 

Respectfully, 

EUG..  E.  M CLEAN,  Engineer. 

Memoranda  of  taxes  and  assessments  which  have  been  levied  and  are  existing  liens  upon  Lots 
Nos.  29  and  30,  Block  1758,  Borough  of  Manhattan. 

The  following  to  be  paid  by  the  petitioners  : 

(1)  Taxes,  with  interest  to  date  of  payment  : 

For  the  year  1867   -    $96  12  $223  70 

"         1868   106  40  239  92 

Totals   $2C2  52  $463  62 


(2)  Assessments  with  interest  and  cost  to  date  of  payment  : 


Improvement. 

Entered. 

Amount. 

Amount. 

Feb. 

28, 

1870 

$196  80 

$425  50 

May 

5» 

1873 

180  00 

335-!  7° 

Sept. 

9» 

272  34 

520  30 

April 

Xj 

1876 

8  42 

14  60 

May 

*4, 

1882 

17  00 

22  17 

Jan. 

6, 

1883 

229  30 

288  50 

6, 

1884 

19  96 

23  75 

July 

29> 

1887 

95  78 

90  20 

March 

SI, 

17  10 

li  73 

$1,036  70 

$  1. 739^  45 

Total  to  be  paid  with  interest  and  costs  to  date  of  payment   $1,239  22 


The  following- to  be  canceled  : 

Taxes  for  year  1885   $86  40 

^         "             1886   82  44 

"            1887   86  40 

1888   88  80 

"            1S89   78  00 


December  27,  1900.] 


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Taxes  for  year  1890....^   $86  68 

"            1891   83  60 

"            1892   81  40 

"            1893   80  08 

"            1894   78  76 

Total  to  be  canceled   $832  56 


EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 


December  27,  1900. J 


554 


December  27,  1900. 

Tp  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund : 

Gentlemen — I  have  received  a  petition  of  Charles  D.  Ingersoll  and  Charles  P.  Latting,  Com- 
missioners for  Loaning  Moneys  of  the  United  States  of  the  County  of  New  York,  for  a  quit-claim 
deed  or  release  of  the  interest  of  the  City  in  a  certain  plot  of  land,  formerly  land  under  water,  on 
the  north  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  street,  140  feet  west  of  Fourth  avenue. 

The  petitioners  have  agreed  to  pay  the  arrears  of  assessments  on  the  lots,  as  shown  by  the 
schedule,  together  with  the  taxes  prior  to  the  year  1878,  when  the  State  acquired  title  under  the 
foreclosure  of  a  certain  mortgage. 

Communications  from  the  Corporation  Counsel  in  reply  to  my  request  fcr  information  as  to 
the  legal  rights  of  the  City  in  this  land  and  the  fixing  of  the  compensation  or  purchase  price  for  the 
release  to  be  paid  by  the  petitioners  are  submitted  herewith. 

The  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Finance  Department  is  also  presented  with  a  map  or  diagram 
of  the  premises. 

A  resolution  authorizing  a  grant  of  said  plot  is  submitted  for  such  action  thereon  as  may  be 
deemed  proper  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund. 

Respectfully, 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  do  fix  the  sum  of  three  thousand  five 
hundred  and  forty-two  dollars  and  twenty-nine  cents  ($3,542.29)  as  the  amount  to  be  charged  and 
paid  as  the  consideration  for  a  granc  or  release  of  the  City's  interest  in  a  certain  plot,  piece  or  parcel 
of  land,  formerly  land  under  water  and  now  filled  in,  between  high  and  low  water  marks  on  the 
Harlem  river,  bounded  and  described  as  follows  : 

"All  those  two  certain  lots  of  land  lying  together  in  the  block  between  Fourth  and  Fifth  ave- 
"  nues  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  streets,  in  the 
"  Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  of  New  York,  and  bounded  southerly  in  front  by  One  Hundred  and 
"  Thirty-third  street  ;  northerly  by  the  middle  line  of  the  block  between  One  Hundred  aud  Thirty- 
"  third  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  streets  ;  easterly  by  a  line  drawn  parallel  to  Fourth 
•'  avenue,  as  widened,  and  distant  one  hundred  and  forty  feet  therefrom,  and  westerly  by  a  like 
"  parallel  line,  distant  one  hundred  and  ninety  feet  westerly  from  said  Fourth  avenue,  each  lot  cpn- 
"  taining  twenty-five  feet  in  width  in  front  and  rear  and  ninety-nine  feet  and  eleven  inches  in  depth," 
free  and  clear  from  taxes  and  assessments  thereon  ;  and  the  Comptroller  hereby  is  authorized  and 
directed  to  cause  a  grant  or  deed  of  conveyance  to  be  issued  to  the  petitioners,  Charles  D.  Ingersoll 
and  Charles  P.  Latting,  Commissioners  for  Loaning  Certain  Moneys  of  the  United  States  of  the 
County  of  New  York,  to  be  executed  by  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk  when  prepared  and  approved 
by  the  Corporation  Counsel.  Provided  that  at  the  time  of  the  delivery  of  such  deed  the  petitioners 
be  allowed,  on  account  of  such  purchase  price  of  $3,542.29,  such  sum  as  they  shall  pay  for  and  on 
account  of  all  taxes  and  asesssments  now  due  and  unpaid  on  said  particular  plot  01  parcel  of  land, 
for  which  payments  they  shall  produce  vouchers  or  receipts.  All  taxes  levied  subsequent  to  the 
year  1878  to  be  canceled. 

The  reports  were  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adoptdd. 


555 


[December  27,  1900. 


The  Comptroller  presented  the  following  report,  relative  to  a  lease  of  Lots  Nos.  511,  513  and 
515  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  lor  the  Department  of  Street 
Cleaning,  and  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

City  of  New  York — Department  of  Finance,  j 
•  Comptroller's  Office,  j- 

Dec  ember  28,  1900.  ) 

To  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Funa  : 

Gentlemen — I  submit  herewith  a  report  made  to  me  by  the  Engineer  of  the  Department  of 
Finance  in  regard  to  the  application  of  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  for  a  lease  of  premises 
known  as  Nos.  511,  513  and  515  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street,  in  the  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan, for  a  term  of  ten  years.  The  rental  proposed  to  be  paid  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street 
Cleaning  is  $3, coo.  The  Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Finance  does  not  believe  that  a  sum 
larger  than  $2,200  per  annum  should  be  paid. 

Since  this  application  was  made  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning  on  July  19,  it  has 
been  made  the  subject  of  protracted  negotiations,  and  I  finally  secured  the  consent  of  the  lessor  to 
accept  a  rental  of  $2,600  per  a-aium.  At  this  figure  I  think  the  lease  might  justifiably  be  author- 
ized by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund,  in  view  of  the  necessities  of  the  Department  of 
Street  Cleaning,  though  the  rental  is  still  high. 

I  call  your  attention  to  the  fact,  however,  that  the  adjoining  property,  Lots  Nos.  505,  507  and  509, 
also  occupied  by  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  are  leased  to  ihe  City  by  the  same  lessor, 
and  that  the  lease  of  these  lots  does  not  expire  until  1902. 

If  the  Lots  Nos.  511,  513  and  515  should  be  leased  for  a  term  of  ten  years,  the  City  might  be 
compelled,  when  the  lease  of  the  other  three  lots  expires  in  1902,  to  pay  almost  any  increased 
rental  which  the  lessor  should  demand,  since  the  lease  of  part  of  this  property  would  be  of  little 
value  to  the  City  without  the  remainder. 

I  therefore  recommend  that  it  be  made  a  condition  of  the  lease  now  pending  before  the 
Commissioners  ot  the  Sinking  Fund  that  the  lessor  should  also  give  the  City  the  privilege  of  a 
renewal  of  Lots  Nos.  505,  507  and  509,  so  that  the  leases  for  all  these  lots  should  terminate  at  Che 
same  time. 

Respectfully, 

BIRD  S.  COLER,  Comptroller. 

August  4,  1900. 

Hon.  Bird  S.  Coler,  Comptroller  : 

Sir — Hon.  Percival  E.  Nagle,  Commissioner  of  the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  under  date 
of  July  19,  1900,  addressed  the  following  communication  to  ihe  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking 
Fund  : 

"  I  request  the  consent  and  approval  of  your  Board  for  a  lease,  pursuant  to  section  541  of  the 
"  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended  by  chapter  744  of  the  Laws  of  1900,  of  premises  con- 
"  sisting  of  lots  known  as  Nos.  511,  513  and  515  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street,  in  the 
"  Borough  of  Manhattan,  for  a  term  of  ten  (10)  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  with  the  privilege 
*«  of  renewal  for  another  term  of  ten  (10)  years  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  contained  in 
"  this  lease.  The  owner  ol  the  premises  is  Mr.  George  W.  Plunkitt,  and  they  are  offered  at  a 
"  rental  of  three  thousand  dollars  ($3,000)  per  annum,  with  the  understanding  that  the  lease  will 
"  provide  that  the  City  shall  pay  all  Croton  water  rents  and  at  its  own  expense  make  all  necessary 
"  repairs  to  the  building,  both  inside  and  outside,  and  that  the  City  shall  have  the  privilege  of 
"  changing  or  altering  the  building  if  such  be  necessary  to  suit  its  requirements,  but  at  the  expense 
"  of  the  City. 


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"  There  is  a  brick  wall  twenty-five  feet  in  height,  extending  from  Stable  '  D,'  of  this  Depart- 
"  merit  on  the  northerly  side  of  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street,  along  Lots  Nos.  511,  513  and 
"  515,  seventy-five  feet,  with  a  gate  in  the  middle,  and  there  is  an  '  L  '-shaped  building  twenty-five 
"  feet  in  width  and  twenty-five  feet  in  height,  extending  along  the  easterly  and  northerly  side  of 
"  the  said  lots.  The  floor  of  said  premises  is  concreted  and  the  premises  are  provided  with  facilities 
"  for  sewerage,  gas,  water,  light  and  ventilation,  and  suited  for  the  purposes  of  this  Department. 
"  Space  has  also  been  allowed  for  shops  for  Blacksmiths  and  Wheelwrights,  and  there  is  also  room 
"  for  carts  and  sweeping  machines. 

li  Lots  Nos.  511  and  513  above  mentioned  have  been  held  by  the  City,  through  this  Depart- 
"  ment,  under  a  lease  dated  July  16,  1897,  from  the  date  of  occupation,  August  2,  1897,  the 
"  original  lessor  having  been  the  late  W.  C.  Andrews.  The  said  lease,  from  August  1,  1899,  was  sold, 
"  along  with  the  fee,  by  the  estate  of  the  late  W.  C.  Andrews  to  the  present  owner,  Mr.  Plunkitt, 
"  so  that  the  proposed  lease  would  work  a  surrender  of  the  said  lease  of  the  Lots  Nos.  511  and  513. 

But  in  the  meantime,  the  present  owner,  under  the  authority  contained  in  the  said  lease,  has 
"  given  notice  to  this  Department  of  his  intention  to  terminate  the  lease  within  three  months  from 
"  the  date  of  said  notice  (May  29,  1900),  which  was  actually  delivered  at  this  Department  June 
"  14,  1900." 

I  have  examined  the  premises,  and  find  them  substantially  as  described  by  the  Commissioner. 

The  property  is  valued  on  the  tax  books  at  $9,000.  I  estimate  its  value,  with  the  improve- 
ments upon  it,  at  $25,000.  With  this  valuation,  the  rent  proposed,  $3,000  per  annum,  would  be 
twelve  per  cent,  of  the  value,  which  is  excessive. 

I  consider  $2,000  per  annum,  being  eight  per  cent,  of  my  valuation,  a  full  rental  to  pay  for  the 
lease  proposed  for  ten  years  from  the  time  of  occupation,  with  the  privilege  of  renewal  for  another 
ten  years  ;  the  City  to  pay  Croton  water  rents,  to  make  all  necessary  repairs,  both  inside  and  out- 
side of  the  building,  and  to  have  the  privilege  of  changing  or  altering  the  building  to  suit  its 
requirements  at  its  own  expense. 

The  present  lease  of  the  two  Lots  Nos.  511  and  513  should  be  terminated  on  the  date  of  occu- 
pation under  the  proposed  lease  of  the  whole  property. 

Under  these  terms,  I  think  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  may  properly  approve  the 
proposed  lease. 

Respectfully, 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

P.  S. — Since  writing  the  above  report,  I  have  received  from  Mr.  Plunkitt  the  bills  paid  by  him 
for  the  construction  of  the  building  and  improvement  of  the  premises,  amounting  to  $9,221  12 
The  deed  of  the  lots,  amounting  to   18,000  00 

Total   $27,221  12 


This  sum  represents  in  exact  form  the  value  of  the  property,  and  eight  per  cent,  of  this  amount, 
$2,177.69,  or  say  $2,200,  would  be  a  full  price  to  pay. 

$3,000  per  annum  would  be  eleven  per  cent,  of  this  valuation,  which  is  excessive. 

EUG.  E.  McLEAN,  Engineer. 

Resolved,  That  the  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  hereby  approve  of  and  consent  to  the 
execution  of  a  lease  by  the  Commissioner  of  Street  Cleaning,  from  George  W.  Plunkitt,  of 
premises  on  the  north  side  of  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street,  known  as  Nos.  511,  513  and 
515  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street,  together  with  the  buildings  or  straclures  thereon 
erected,  for  a  term  of  ten  years  from  the  date  of  occupation,  at'  an  annual  rental  of  twenty-six 
hundred  dollars  ($2,600),  payable  quarterly,  with  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  for  a  further  term  of 


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ten  years  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  ;  the  City,  as  lessee,  to  pay  Croton  water  rents  accruing 
thereon,  and  to  make  all  necessary  repairs  thereto  during  the  term  of  the  lease,  with  the  privilege 
of  making  such  changes  or  alterations  in  and  to  the  buildings  thereon  as  it  may  deem  necessary  foi 
its  uses  and  purposes  ;  this  lease  being  authorized  upon  the  express  condition  and  provision  that  the 
said  lessor,  George  W.  Plunkitt,  agrees  to  execute  and  deliver  to  the  City  a  renewal  of  the  lease 
for  the  adjoining  premises,  Nos.  505,  507  and  509  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street,  which 
expires  on  September  15,  1902,  for  a  term  to  expire  simultaneously  with  the  lease  for  the  premises 
Nos.  511,  513  and  515  East  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  street,  as  above  authorized  ;  such  renewal 
to  be  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  and  at  the  same  rental  ($5,000)  as  contained  in  the  existing 
lease  for  said  premises,  and  also  providing  for  the  privilege  of  a  renewal  thereof  for  a  further  term 
of  ten  years,  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are  mentioned  and  contained  therein  — the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Sinking  Fund  deeming  the  said  rents  fair  and  reasonable  and  that  it  would  be  for  the 
i  nterests  of  the  City  that  such  leases  be  made. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  unanimously  adopted. 


Adjourned. 

EDGAR  J.  LEVEV,  Secretary. 


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